IF BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME IS 90% OF THE BATTLE, CONNECTIONS ARE PARAMOUNT. OUR FIRST WEEK IN EAST BERLIN WAS A BIT OVERWHELMING, THE COLLEGE, THE PARTIES, THE NIGHTLIFE. BEN WAS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, RETURNING TO HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER WORKING AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FOR THE UNITED NATIONS, HE HAD AN UPPER HAND IN TERMS OF SKILL SET & CONNECTIONS, WE WERE IN BERLIN LESS THAN A WEEK, BEFORE WE BEFRIENDED DESI, WHO RAN THE OFFICE AT ONE OF BERLINS COOLEST RECORD LABELS AROUND. GOING FROM BEING BERLIN OUTSIDERS, TO EXPERIENCING INSIDE TRACK WITHIN ONE WEEK, BERLIN BEGAN TO REVEAL ITSELF TO US. THE EAST BLOCK WAS SUPER HOT, FROM EBERSWALDER STRASSE, DOWN INTO MITTE, & FRIEDRICHSHAIN.
WITH UNDERGROUND NIGHTS LIKE “ILL NEVER CALL YOU AGAIN“ , POPPING UP ALL OVER KASTANIENALLEE, THESE ONE OFF NIGHTS, WOULD BE HARD TO FIND, AND EVEN HARDER TO FORGET. FOLLOWING A RED LIGHT, INTO A COURTYARD, DOWN PAST A YELLOW LIGHT INTO A BASEMENT FLAT, WITH A MAKESHIFT BAR SET UP IN THE KITCHEN, THE GREEN LIGHT REVEALED THE DANCEFLOOR. THE FRESHLY VACATED APARTMENT STILL HAD A TOOTHBRUSH PROPPED ON THE BATHROOM MIRROR. THE NIGHTLIFE WAS MERCURIAL, IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THE PARTY WAS, YOU PROBABLY WEREN’T GOING TO FIND IT BY YOURSELF. THE KORDSRECKE BECAME THE UNOFFICIAL WAY FARE, AS PARTY HOPPING WAS DE RIGEUR. USUALLY HITTING MARIA, OR COOKIES, BEFORE DESCENDING ON TO OST GUT, (OR UPSTAIRS TO PANORAMA BAR) EVEN IF A CONSERVATIVE REGIME HELD THE REIGNS, BERLIN WAS PULSATING WITH AMAZING ENERGIES.
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