Helter Skelter

Monday 1:37pm

I made it to the Helter Skelter hostel in Berlin Mitte.
Last night proved somewhat difficult, I overpacked my bag and it weighed too much.
I should have packed two smaller ones instead of one big one, but that would have made transporting them by myself more difficult. Anyway I had to unload 14 lbs or pay 150 US dollars.
It ended up alright, and I have a new duty-free LeSportsac carry-on sized piece. Very cute.

It was a lousy mistake to make, since everyone told me to weigh the bag before I left, but It's all okay now. Actually, that is false. When I claimed my bag at the berlin baggage claim, it had been damaged while in flight. One of the wheels is split, and although it still rolls, it makes a cla-clunk cla-clunk sound. It was really embarassing, in the land of masterfully engineered and designed everything.

The case just has to make it one more day, really. And then I won't have to worry about it for another 5 monthes.

So I'm in the hostel, HELTER SKELTER, formerly known as the Club Hostel, and am about to take a nap. Tomorrow I check in to IES, and finally get to go stay with my homestay family (woman). Looking foward to that.