January 13, 2009

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  Berlin – Monday 1st December 2008

  Last day in the German capital and the first stop was Checkpoint Charlie.

   

  

  

  

  

  

   

  

  A column consisting of scrap metal inside the Quartier 205 shopping centre on the popular Friedrichstrasse.  

   

  

  Marble stairs and floors inside the Art Deco-inspired Quartier 206. 

  

  

   

  

  Heavy rain offered only one opportunity to shoot the Berliner Dom.

   

  

  Brandenburger Tor at dusk

   

  

  Admission is free on Mondays at the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum which was just as well because this installation was the only exhibition on display.

   

  

  Located on Friedrichstrasse, Leysieffer sells premium quality chocolate but also house this quaint cafe. The cakes sold in the cafe in the food court at Galeries Lafayette further down the road are of a wider variety and are much tastier.  
  

  
  Pic taken with a camera phone

  Jewellery store in Alexanderplatz.

   

  

  Amongst the many, many Christmas stalls selling bratwursts stood this mobile one-man band offering the famed sausage in a roll at half the price and quadruple the food-poisoning potential.

   

  
  Pic taken with a camera phone

  A few stalls were selling metre long bratwursts. Here’s me attempting to stuff my face with one. The bratwurst is folded in two inside the bread roll. Curry ketchup is the perfect complimentary condiment. And no, I couldn’t finish it. Maybe because I’d scoffed a normal sized one thirty minutes earlier.

   

  

  Mulled wine were sold in Christmas themed cups albeit with a one euro deposit. However, this particular cup (also comes in blue) were mostly never returned causing the vendor a huge shortage the next day. So the deposit was upped to two euros. That didn’t prevent me from taking this one home.

   

  
  Pic taken with a camera phone

  Dinner at the recommended Tucholsky restaurant but the food at the Renger-Patzsch restaurant was much superior.  
  

  
  Pic taken with a camera phone

  German wheat beer

  
  There probably won’t be another blog entry for about 3-4 weeks as I will be away in Asia for two followed immediately by work. After two years absence I’m making a return to Hong Kong to participate in the celebration of a close friend’s big birthday. As I don’t envision returning to Asia for a long time after this trip, I’d earmarked Taiwan as the country to visit for the first time. Even I’m affected by the credit crunch. But if you look now, there are bargains to be had.    

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  How Dogs Are Better Than Men

  1. Dogs do not have problems expressing affection in public.
  2. Dogs miss you when you are gone.
  3. Dogs feel guilty when they have done something wrong.
  4. Dogs admit when they are jealous.
  5. Dogs are very direct about wanting to go out.
  6. Dogs do not play games with you – except fetch…and they never laugh at how you throw.
  7. You can train a dog.
  8. Dogs are easy to buy for.
  9. The worst social disease you can get from a dog is fleas.
  10. Dogs understand what “no” means.
  11. Dogs mean it when they kiss you.

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