I spent half of 2012 in Berlin and it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. A brief recount of my time spent abroad:
My street:
My stop on the U-Bahn:
Zehlendorf:
A brief yet memorable trip to Duisburg and Aachen to visit Kirsten!
Back to an incredibly cold and snowy Berlin. Ice skating on the Krumme Lanke Lake:
A visit to the Treptower Park in Berlin with my second (German) family:
Berlin and the Fernsehturm:
Brandenburger Tor:
A view inside the Reichstag:
View from one of my language intensive classrooms in Mitte:
Alexanderplatz Station that I walked past every day:
Berliner Dom and the Fernsehturm:
Brandenburger Tor:
Spring break in London visiting a few friends:
And a 3 day solo trip to Edinburgh:
Another long weekend with a good friend from school in Amsterdam:
More exploring in Berlin (the Hauptbahnhof):
I helped one of my oldest friends start painting his new apartment:
Spent a long break in Prague with friends I was studying in Berlin with:
May 1st spent at a rave with thousands of Gemans at an abandoned Nazi airport (Templehof):
Prenzlauerberg:
Gay pride parade ending at the Brandenburger Tor:
Second to last week in Germany traveling around a few different cities (Dresden):
My first ICE train from Dresden passing through Frankfurt to Cologne:
Spent a few days visiting a good friend from high school in Cologne:
My friend from high school and I traveled to Munich for another short visit:
We stayed at a great hostel where everyone was piled into one massive tent and gave people the opportunity to meet one another:
Traveled with my German family to the forests in the suburbs of Berlin:
We all also took a great day trip to a beautiful lake an hour or so outside of Berlin:
We stopped at a beautiful castle on the way home and I took a few pictures:
After 5 1/2 months I move out of my apartment in late July:
A view of Alexanderplatz at dusk (right around the corner from where I lived):
One of my best friends, Julie, came and spent the last week and a half with me in Berlin:
I was also in my senior capstone class in photography at my college and had an amazing senior show. Below are a few pictures from my workshop project on the formation of identity in adolescent girls:
All images © Mathea Millman 2012.
