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.