Berlin

  • visiting the sights of berlin, a lesson in german history

    how quickly time flies in a city like berlin.  3.5 million people and countless metro lines connect a city that was once divided by politics.  five days was never going to be enough time for us to cover everything we…

  • berlin’s awesome street art scene

    berlin has been given the title ‘creative city of design’ by none other than unesco itself and after spending nearly a week there, i can understand why.  the ethnic diversity is so strong that the city has turned into a…

  • Observations from Berlin

    We only had 5 days in Berlin so we didn’t really get to explore the city too much. Berlin definitely warrants a second visit. What stuck out to me about Berlin are as follows: 1) A beer garden is exactly…

  • weekly summary #23 – berlin & warsaw

    q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. berlin (templehof-schoneberg, hotel, 5 nights) warsaw (airbnb, centrum, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. perogies, borscht and the polish version of a schnitzel at our first (but definitely not…

  • first 24 hours in berlin (germany)

    jojo: what do i like? -not being bed/couchridden and actually being able to explore the town -the subway system – it reminds me a lot of tokyo with a seemingly endless number of connected lines but all accessible with one…