Day 18 (day 2, Berlin):

After a nice, long sleep, we got up and packed a picnic for breakfast. We went down to the canal and sat there, watching the swans and eating fruit, granola, and yogurt.

We had a lot planned for my 2nd day, but it got cut short because of an incident at the cafe we went to for ice cream.

 

A friend of J's met us there and after we had been sitting for a while, I got up to order some coffee. Just as I was getting in line, this blonde woman coming out the door, out of nowhere, whacks me on the left side of my neck with her forearm. I was so shocked, I just stood there and as she was walking away, she turned around and called me a name I will refrain from repeating on the WWW.

Needless to say, I was beyond shocked. I asked Jules if we could leave and as we were walking away I burst into tears.