I’m just working through some of my photos from Berlin with a bit more time to look at them. One of the more prolific street artists is El Bocho, and one of his signature pieces are melancholy looking girls, often with “I miss my … ’ sorts of sayings.
From my perspective he probably has his work defaced more than most – the pieces I found having tags or other graffiti over most of them.
The place we are living in, like the rest of the buildings on the block, is only one apartment thick. As a result the block is hollow with a substantial green space. In this block that is used for a playground, some vegetable plots and gardens.
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Inspired by the travel notes of one of my colleagues I thought I’d jot down some initial thoughts about the trip so far.
Sim cards – there are a range of SIM cards for mobile phones available, all about €10. The three of us bought ours at the same time from the O2 store so have free calls and SMS between them. Other calls inside Germany are 9c a minute. We upgraded with a 500Mb data package for the month, and some extra call top up, so for €24 we are set for the duration. Our main concern was we needed to activate everything in store with the English speaking assistant as the normal method is to ring a number but that is all in German. The O2 assistant was more than helpful even though the three of us took all his time for more than half an hour.
First full day in Berlin and all the important chores are done. Month long pass in the AB zones, and prepaid SIMs on the O2 network. Trekked across to Schloßstraße and back and had currywurst for lunch.
First beer of my Berlin trip and oddly enough not a German beer but something from the original home of Budweiser, the Czech Republic. At 0.89 Euros for half a litre of dark liquid loveliness, I just couldn’t resist it. #amonthinberlin http://bit.ly/1l8phFH
There was a large bunch of tulips on the dining table in the apartment we are using in Berlin. Tracey went to move them thinking they were plastic, but they were just a prefect real bunch left by our host. #amonthinberlin http://bit.ly/1eVo6kJ
Kulturbrauerei
1990 Bronze sculpture “Adam und Eve” , Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
Tracey and Peggy in background
Kulturbrauerei
At the start of the street is Kulturbrauerei, originally a brewery but now a sprawling expanse of cafes, bars and venues. It also has our local supermarket, Rewe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulturbrauerei
Sredzkistrasse 35
Home for the next month is a top floor apartment in Prenzlauerberg, Berlin
