Its already 2012?

How did this happen? Its amazing how quickly time flies. I printed out a good portion of my pictures from the past semester and put them into multiple photo albums. It was incredible to see all the places I was able to visit in just a few photo albums. One of my goals is to eventually make a scrapbook of at least Berlin, but that will definitely take a long time to do.


Here are some pictures from my last couple of days in Berlin before I headed back to California.

The Sony Center all decorated for Christmas

I love the Lego Santa!

Berliner Dom - Protestant church on Museum Insel

I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. (Siehe ich bin bei euch alle tage bis an der welt ende)

And this is the victory that has overcome the world -- our faith. (Unser glaube ist der sieg, der die welt ueberwunden hat)

Inside the church

Eerie crypt below the church

Dozens of coffins/caskets

The Berliner Dom was really cool to visit and I'm glad that I had a chance to climb up  to the top, where I got a spectacular view of the city. After that, I packed up all my stuff and headed to the airport. After a short flight to London, I boarded my 11 hour flight to LAX. Everything went according to plan and I got to watch 5 movies on the way home...which was nice considering I hadn't seen any movies in awhile! My plan was to not sleep on the flight home so that I would be exhausted by the time I got home. So much for plans! I could not have been more awake than I was when I got home. It took about a week for me to adjust to the time difference but I am still adjusting to being back in California. I don't start classes at Chapman until the end of January, so its nice to be on a break. And I found out that I am nearly done with the courses for my major AND minor. So what am I going to do? Pick up another minor.