Well Iäm writing from my hostel in Berlin… the last two days have been crazy. Yesterday on the way here I left my purse on the train .. losing my digital camera, passport, residency card, return plane ticket, ATM card, my money .. and my toothbrush… of course I tried to get it back .. but no luck. I cried a long, long time.

Things are better now .. motions have been put in place.. I had a copy of my passport emailed to me so I have ID now .. and I was able to borrow some money from some great people Keith knew in the city .. .. sigh … such is life… Tomorrow I should get some arrangements figured out, I may end up here a few days longer, depending on my passport situation .. its looking good though ..

Having something stolen makes you feel so violated, like why cant they just turn it in… oh well … at least its just stuff …

Everything is good .. so dont worry … I contacted the police and the embassy knows someone else has my passport….. plus with my Syrian stamps, no one would get very far without being interrogated anyways … hehe ….

Anyways gotta go .. the conference is good … I got to hang out in Berlin tonight and see the place where the Berlin wall was torn down .. pretty amazing stuff … =)