Berlin

Twenty-second Letter, March 12

Good morning, Berlin!

Twenty-first Letter, March 10

Dear Berlin,

You win. I have been completely seduced. Sh*t.

It only took two months of courtship and twenty-one letters for me to fall in love, to get over my commitment issues, and to admit to myself how much I care…

Twentieth Letter, March 2

Dear Berlin,

I’m in bed with a terrible headache today, but I’ve got a few Berlin things in mind to do this weekend. The plan:

• Zeit für Brot
• Pergamon Museum

Eighteenth Letter, February 25

Dear Berlin,

Seventeenth Letter, February 20

Dear Berlin,

Sixteenth Letter, February 13

Dear Berlin,

Fifteenth Letter, February 10

Dear Berlin,

I have to say that the daily pedestrian rush hour on the Warshauerstraße Brücke is one of my most beloved, most “Berlin” experiences of living here.

Fourteenth Letter, February 8

Dear Berlin,

After sleeping through my alarm and realizing I’m going to be late for a museum date, I write a quick text to Jesslyn, shove my feet into boots, and make for Checkpoint Charlie. I find her reading in the back of the Starbucks on Kochstraße; she looks shocked…

Thirteenth Letter, February 6

Dear Berlin,

Today feels good and I’m spending my precious weekday vacation with you.

Twelfth Letter, February 4

Dear Berlin,

It’s been a week since I last wrote a letter, and somehow that is not an accident. Relationships require honesty, so I will be honest: this was one of the worse weeks since we met.