the moose's name was Ron.

On the day of registration I met S, since then we have been following each other around. As students of the University of the Arts we were welcomed by the head master, on a wednesday morning, in the Georg Neumann Saal at the Jazz Institute where all newcomers were gathered. And as I sat there with musicians, artists, designers and dancers beside me and the grand piano on the stage in front of me I felt excitement and great expectations. This would be fun. 

After the welcoming, our herd of students walked down to the Spree and positioned ourselves on a boat that would take us around the city. With a beer in our hand and a view of Berlin in front of us, we were kept busy for the next 2.5 hours. We ended up in Kreuzberg. S took me and a bunch of others to a local pizza bar that serves heavenly pizza slices - very thin dough combined with unusual toppings just as they do in Toronto where the owner once worked, hence the name Ron Telesky Canadian Pizza. The place is guarded by a giant moose head, bigger than the joint itself. There they got some interesting pizza on offer, like the Couchpotato with sweet potato, rosemary and cheddar, the Wayne Gretzky with caramelized garlic and Herman the German with sauerkraut, potatoes and kasseler. And then you may add additional topping like hot maple sauce, sweet mustard (which was yum) and homemade tabasco sauce. Great stuff! After that, as the rain entered into our lives, I headed back home.