So Berlin was the first hostel that we had on our Euro Trip. And it was the first European hostel I had stayed at, and the first time I was at a hostel for more than a weekend.
The Generator Hostel Berlin, where we stayed at, was basically a resort for student travellers. Surprisingly, there were families and older people there as well, but it was a huge 7-floor hostel full of students from all over the world (mostly US and Australia by my count). They had events set up (like the city tour), which was sweet cuz then we got the chance to see the city in some sort of orderly way and also get to meet really cool people (like on the pub crawl we did the first night!).
I feel like it’d be unfair to mention this whole thing without talking about the American friends (3 guys, 3 girls) we made from Georgia Tech. They were studying in France and had been spending their weekends travelling to cities they wanted to see. We met them on the pub crawl, bumped into them every now and then around the hostel, and also did the city tour with them. They were really cool people. And deep down I had this narcissistic self-serving mentality about meeting them (“ahhh, when I was your age...”).
It also really showed me that Americans, Canadians, Australians, whoever... we’re all pretty much the same. Especially this whole American-Canadian business. Sure, we might have a different mind-state about certain things here and there, maybe depending on political leanings (Republican/Democrat, Conservative/Liberal/Marijuana Party), but like... whatever, y’know? (Deep, eh?) I’ve met a lot of Americans in university, visiting Canada, on my travels, etc.... almost all of them have been so cool, so nice. And the douchebags from the States are just like the douchebags from Canada.
So we have the same douchebags and the same cool folk... same culture, yo. Enh, that’s not eloquent. Whatever. Peace. See ya in Hamburg. :D
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