Arctic Adventure

Over the past weekends I’ve had some wonderful friends to visit, and have walked around the city as I did when I first arrived here. The wonderful thing is, that you look at your everyday surroundings with new eyes, notice what people wear, the fact the train line runs through the centre of the city, and that the roads are so wide and quiet! And each visitor brings his or her own view of the city.

It also reminds me why I love Berlin.

As I look at people, I feel that just about everyone is someone I’d like to be friends with. That’s not something I’ve had in many places! You overhear conversations about politics in the hairdressers, impromptu late-night U-Bahn jokes amongst strangers, and restaurant tables mixing as if they were life-long friends. There’s an attitude in this city that takes getting used to – but when you do, you wouldn’t want to change back.

Elsewhere in my life, this week I found out that I have been accepted onto WWF’s Voyage for the Future program, as one of two young people representing the UK. The ship is going to the Arctic for ten days with climatologists and experts in how to communicate climate change. I’m going to learn about the science of climate change, help take scientific measurements and witness the supreme beauty of the Arctic. Easy to understand then, why I can’t wait to go!

If you’d like to follow my voyage to the Arctic, my time there, and the campaigning journey afterwards – check out my blog www.caspersarcticvoyage.wordpress.com.