Best of Berlin

Well…sort of.

One of the most interesting things that we saw in Berlin was this bed taxi.

Everyone was already snapping photos (I was trying to do so discreetly), when a customer came along fulfilling all our wishes.

Everyone was already snapping photos (I was trying to do so discreetly), when a customer came along fulfilling all our wishes.

all ready to go (looks like there's a seat-belt! Or should I say bed-belt?)

let's go!

I still don’t know whether she actually asked him to send her to a place she was planning to go to, or whether it was a ride around the square (Alexanderplatz is huge, after all…)

The following photos are the ones that I don’t have much to say about, but they are still photos that I would like to share because either they look pretty, or they are little things that I would like to keep a memory of.

For example, taking a photo with Vin Diesel outside Madame Tussaud's museum.

he's wax, I'm real

a pretty scene walking back one night. It's a pity not to share the photo!

a very popular beer house. Lots of people lining up every time we passed. Oktoberfest season, I guess

Cuore di Vetro, a very nice gelato place that we found when walking back after dinner one day (found it thanks to Google ratings). We would have liked to go back again, but it wasn't convenient...

a nice burger place, again, found thanks to Google ratings

This was near our hotel, and it was really good. I wouldn't have minded eating it again, but towards the end of our stay we found a really good kebab (we can find good burgers in Malaysia, but not good kebab!)

Speaking of kebab, this was the good one, just outside the Hallesches Tor U-Bahn station.

doner box

veggies are underneath (we could select either veggies or fries)

And finally, two good photos of the Brandenburger Tor.

Here I shall consider it a wrap for the Europe trip posts. In case you’re wondering (I knew I would wonder, so I kept track), there were:

7 posts just about airport drama, the lounges and flights (hey, it’s my first time experiencing business class travel!)
6 posts on Berlin (including one just about the hotel room)
2 posts on Potsdam
7 posts on Copenhagen
3 posts on Malmö
1 post on Szczecin (crammed; it could have been two!)

Berlin light festival

As luck would have it, the Berlin light festival started on our last night in Berlin. So we spent the night walking around and snapping photos.

before it actually started, the TV tower was greenish

some weird flying things (UFOs? :P )

they changed colour a few times

at Bebelplatz

a building on Unter den Linden (we were saying that the open window spoils the display!)

Brandenburger Tor

managed to get a photo with the blooming flowers :D

Sony Center at Potsdamerplatz

it changes colour too

even trees were lighted up

and some flowers (people were queueing to go into the building for more light shows)

these flowers change colour too

some hanging hearts

caterpillar

and snail

it was a display with them together

lighted swans...

...that can swim about

back to the TV tower, since we had to get back to the hotel

And that's it!

An extensive menu

I’ve probably mentioned in some of my posts that my travel companion likes to try different beers. There was a brewery in Berlin called BRLO, which someone had recommended to him. So we went there during a weekend.

benches outside to sit and drink

It actually rained when we were there, and these blue-sky photos were taken when we were leaving.

Inside, there is an extensive menu.

I am NOT kidding when I say "extensive"

At that time I had been drinking more than usual for a week, so I went with “naked”, the non-alcoholic pale ale. Frankly, it’s a pity when I think about it. :P The lady who served us looked surprised when I selected that.

our beers

the food choices were a lot less extensive :P

my food and my non-beer

they even have merchandise (the "W" is the women's washroom)

I have mentioned that our hotel was near Alexanderplatz. For Oktoberfest, there were booths set up at the square.

crêpes (I didn't try this; I had other things to try)

there were two or three stalls selling this

tell them what you want, and they will put it in a box (aka their plate) for you

beer stall

see the flags on the red-and-white poles? I'm not sure what they are, but I'm guessing they are beer-related

On the left on the photo is another beer stall (the one in the photo above is on the right of this photo; you can see the lighted tower)

And the kurtos that I absolutely needed to try:

Besides the food and the beer, I have to show you how much Berliners love Pikachu.

see all the Pikachu shirts?

There were even some Pokemon in a Samurai Museum (I didn't pay to go into the museum; this is just when we step inside)

The museum doesn't look interesting...I remember stepping inside just because I saw the Pokemon display through the window as we were walking past. :P