As far as Berlin goes my random observations consist of the following: 1. Levi’s and the New York Yankees are quite possibly the most popular brands in the entire world. I’d venture to guess we’ve seen nearly 30 Yankee hats and probably 15 Levi’s shirts while in Berlin. 2. When were leaving a beer garden…
Category: Germany
Berlin Day 3
For our third day in Berlin we got up early and attempted to tackle a long list of historical and cultural sites in the span of several hours. Mission accomplished. We started out taking the U-Bahn to Mohrenstarbe for Cafe Einstein – Unter Den Linden for breakfast and from there we didn’t look back until…
Morgenlauf in Berlin
On our last morning in Berlin I ran a 5K to the Victory Column through the Tiergarten. The Victory Column, much like the rest of the historical sites here in Berlin and Paris, is tied deeply to the longstanding animosity between the French and the Germans. From Wikipedia: designed in 1864 to commemorate the Prussian…
Berlin – Days 1 & 2
It’s Saturday in Berlin, but we arrived in the late morning on Friday. After landing at Berlin Tegel Airport, we made our way to the hotel: 25Hours Hotel Bikini Berlin. It’s a modern/hip hotel, yet neither Nik or I are hip. We couldn’t check in yet, so we went to their rooftop bar called “Monkey Bar”…