We have been in Berlin for almost two days. Immediately upon arriving I felt this urge to be creative and make art and music and write letters to people.
There is something in the air here, or I am picking up on everyone else's vibe. fabulous.
So our adventure to Berlin started a day late because it took us so long to get out of the house due to hungover Emilie and lazy me. We cleaned up Hilleke's house and embarked on our adventure. First stop to a cafe to buy some mushrooms, where we met a strange fellow who ended up walking us to the right place to go and talking about healing and spirit animals.
After a stint of insanity on the street, some film making, and deciding to stay in amsterdam at a hostel for the evening, we headed to the red light district only to find that all of the hostels were damn expensive. we found the cheapest one around via a booking agent and when we got there discovered that it was a christian youth hostel. the receptionist told us that he has been a christian for four years and it has changed his life. he invited us to go on the journey with him and the rest of the staff. It was like talking to my nana - you have to try verý hard not to laugh in their face.
we embarked the next morning on our journey. we walked to the tram which dropped us off at the city limits, and waited for a ride to take us on what we considered to be a two day long journey. the distance between amsterdam and berlin is 660 km - roughly 400 miles. Within 15 minutes we got a ride from a young guy and his mother. he told us that it was no problem that they picked us up because in a few months that will be him. he is going to australia and bali. he was quite a smiley guy. they dropped us off at a giant gas station where everyone was very friendly and within another 15 minutes we got two different rides - albeit short distances. the person that i asked was from poland but living in amsterdam and only spoke dutch and polish, so we signaled to each other in sparse sentences and gestures where we were going. him and his buddy drove us much farther than the afformentioned 20 km, and when we got to the gas station he told us again in few words, and gestures that he was going to ask a van with polish plates if they would take us.
we ended up with a ride ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN that very same day. we skipped our planned stopover in hannover where we had a couchsurfing arrangement, and rode pretty much in silence all the way to berlin. the driver and i ended up talking in circles to each other, and he didn't understand BERLIN so he kept saying that we were going to poland. by this point, it was dark, around 7:30 and he was saying that he was going on a different road than that which would get us to where we were going so I was trying to get him to stop at a gas station so that we would have a possible chance of getting a ride. at this point we had lined up a place to stay with one of jane's friends (jane, is jojo's mom, jojo is tara's - and now my, friend). we stopped at a gas station and pointed to the map for 30 minutes trying to explain to each other where we were going, and eventually he understood, and said he would take us RIGHT to the road that we needed and drop us off at a fuel station. he didn't want to drive through the center of berlin, but there ended up being no fuel station, so he drove as all the way to berlin until we found one. we got another ride from a very dashing man with his daughter in the back and her and emilie drew pikshers, and wrote to each other in different languages, while i talked to the dad about his favorite travels.
once we arrived via train to where we were going we met up with johanna, who let us stay in her house for the night while she went to a friends' place, and let us eat her food. it was all very fortuitous and now we are staying at her mum's flat because there is an extra room.
it feels all very fateful and wonderful and i feel so enheartened after our experience in kleve.
we walked around the city yesterday and ended up finding this crazy four story house that was converted into a gallery. an ABSURD interactive gallery with the most ABSURD artwork. it's all very inspiring and it is everywhere. we found a sculpture garden, old parts of the city pre-wall. It's such a magical place.
I don't have much else to say other than I've been making art, having exciting fortuitous adventures, missing everyone, and reading about fortuity all at once. it is a good life, and i feel electric.
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