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Week 316

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The week before this is getting a bit boring, but as soon as the current project is over I promise that adventures will resume again.

German lessons continued even with one of our participants being back in the Netherlands:

Language class remote

Sun was enjoyed at last after the gruelling Berlin winter we had to endure:

Drinking a filter coffee in the sun.

And my laptop crashed again during the week and this time because I had already performed all backups and come to terms with the mortality of the device, this time the decision was quickly made to buy a new laptop. This is something I should have done a year ago.

And I’m noticing that Berlin police are very helpful if you’re cyclist. One example:

Berlin police being fucking helpful and blocking the bike path. Also I don’t understand why it takes 9 people to detain one black guy.

Alper Cugun
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