Cafe Berlin

... only been here half an hour! Weather here is freezing. Is snowing outside a little today and we still have half of Berlin to see before we move on to Prague tomorrow. This city is crazy! graffiti and strange gothic or dreadlocked people everywhere. ...

... surpised me now that I have a ratty beard), and went for a three-hour coffee/cigarette binge session at a local cafe.  Berlin quickly grew on me as I found something beautifully energetic in the graffiti and architectural mix.  It is ...

... que despues recorrimos. En una revista en Praga, hace mas de 2 meses, lei que en este barrio, estaba el mejor cafe de Berlin, Bonanza Coffee Roasters, asi que obligue a todo el grupo a caminar por la copada Oderberger Strasse, entre, mire al barista, un ...

... library card, which costs €10 per month, to get past the lobby. (Curse you, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin!) I felt much better after some play therapy on the giant seesaws in Tilla Durieu Park. After ...

... , and we were able to fit just as much in for a shorter day. We grabbed a quick bite on the go at the same cafe and took the U-bahn to the Berlin Technology Museum, where we were able to use our student passes. It was a museum full of trains, planes, and ...

... of strong women. The food was also the best we have had since we have been here. I sat writing in my diary, so content. Berlin 003In Naomis highlight of the day she got some boots…that could kick a mongrel dog to Cuba. They are knee high, lace ...

... food for the hostel. Went back to the hostel. Got a City Bus tour of Berlin where we stopped at the berlin wall and checkpoint charlie, and at a cafe for 'lunch', a market where we wandered for ages, looking for the perfect ring for Heather(which never ...

... Bekah and I in Berlin.  After we stuffed ourselves with the free breakfast at the hostel, we took the train across Berlin to Schloss Charlottenburg.  I think it was from the 1700s and it was the summer palace of Sophia Charlotte and then became ...

... Ampelmann figures which are the little men shown on the walk, don't walk traffic signs. They were different in East and West Berlin. The West had a pretty standard little man but the East had quite a different and very cute little character which has now ...

... . I guess its the rocking... but I did wake up a few times when it became a bit colder... brrrr.... The train reached Berlin Lichtenberg Station at 745am. After which we alighted to take the S-bahn which is free to Jannowitzbrucke, and then buy a ticket ...

... up in on the first night, were there were lots of bars and cafes.  Brunch on a Sunday morning is an institution in Berlin, however the huge amounts of cold meats and pasta was a bit alien to our usual Sunday morning food, and whilst I could have ...

... the extremely long queue times. The view at the top was good but most of it was closed off "due to the weather". Nevertheless Berlin's skyline was still easily visible and great views of the Hbf were offered from the glass dome. It was dark by the time ...

... up around 8pm. We then went to the Checkpoint Charlie museum after until closing at 10pm. After we drove to the east Berlin wall, and then walked around the Hackescher Markt area, getting Kurrywurst with Pommes for dinner. Then we drove by all the major ...

... later that night we went to the Buddhist center for meditation. It was also a nice reunion with some friends I had made in Berlin last summer.   I had done quite a bit of sight seeing in Berlin last summer so I didn't focus much of the ...

... the sight of Hitler's bunker, the place where the Gestapo was based (now called the Topography of Terrors), the remains of the Berlin Wall, the Book Burning Memorial and the infamous Checkpoint Charlie. It was like a history lesson, only more fun and ...

... /shopping/cafe complex literally a few feet away from such a stunning building... But Cologne was only an overnight stop, so onto Berlin, arrived here yesterday afternoon and loved it the minute I stepped out of the station - it just looks so bright, open ...

... facts. It would be another check mark next to the free tours. I really enjoyed the whole tour, which included the Berlin Wall, check point Charlie, Hilters bunker, The old Luftwaffe building, the jewish memorial, and potsdam. One really weird fact that ...