Just enjoying another 4-day weekend in Berlin :-). This time it's a public holiday today (Monday). Not sure why... I've had to do a lot of study this weekend though, especially for Stroemungslehre (fluid dynamics), because the exam's in a few weeks. Everything that normally takes ages in Australia takes ages and ages and ages over here! For starters, it's really hard to understand the questions since I have to look up all the technical words and some aren't in either of my dictionaries. Same problem comes up when I try to read the textbook to answer the questions... And again when I try to write answers, but I need to use technical words to explain the equations. On the other hand, going through questions slowly gets you really thinking about the answers, so I think it's sticking pretty well :-).

On a non-engineering note, Karneval der Kulturen is on in Berlin at the moment. I was there yesterday for the parade; dancers, floats and costumes from all over the world were on display. Plus there was heaps of really delicious food. I heard that they're expecting one million visitors to the carneval over four days and I believe it after being there yesterday - streets and streets were packed with so many people you could barely walk. It's such a lively city, there's always something big going on.

Into week 5 of uni now and it's been pretty full on. I have my first exam in two weeks, but luckily it's for the one subject I'm taking in English and it shouldn't be too hard. I'm finding it pretty difficult to know what's going on and organise myself without blackboard etc. You get so used to that sort of thing, you forget what it's like to actually have to go out and find information that's not right under your nose. This week we have a 'Feiertag' (public holiday) on Thursday, which means a 4-day weekend for me :-). I managed to get Friday off. The problem is, it means I have massively long and strenuous days from Tuesday through to Thursday, but it's made a lot more bearable by the great people I've been meeting. Anyway, overall everything's been pretty much same-same since last time I posted. Bis dann!