Berlin the 48Hr city

This city never seems to sleep or its inhabitants for that matter.

Soon after arrival I quickly found my couchsurfers Zuzanna and her boyfriend Denny. Zuzanna is was a maid at a hotel saving for her dream of going to Mexico. Denny is a programmer. They have hitch hiked all across Europe and had so many interesting stories to share. In a way I guess you could say they are couchsurfing legends. From sketchy road side pickups to cool people giving them money in Venice. There never is a dull moment with these two. And they cook the best damn cabbage soup I have ever had.

I had written on my couch surfing request that I was going to make them breakfast and they reciprocated with making dinner for me - cabbage soup. Quick what is the first thing that you think of when I say cabbage soup? For me it was Tiny Tim from a Christmas carol all sad and stuff. So I didn't have high expectations. But when I had it for the first time I was like - FUCK YEA! Give me another bowl of this shit! It was honestly the best soup I have ever had. And it was so easy to make.

So the first day they took me to see the Bunderstag which is the parlimentary building with an awesome glass dome where you can see a nice view of Berlin. But you had to reserve it so we went to get some drinks and between rounds simply lost the time and missed our appointment. But it was good nontheless for the first day.

Second day I got in contact with my friend Isabelle who was also my roommate in Thailand when we trained Muay Thai together. Isabelle is an artist from UK who won an awesome grant and decided to live in Berlin. We caught up on each others lives and checked out some of her favorite places in Berlin which she dubbed: "Mystery Bike Tour". My favorite was just riding the bike around town cause I love biking so much and Berlin is almost completely flat and has a pretty good bike pathways all throughout the city. I tried something called the Club Mate which is a kind of soda which you can only find in Germany. It was interesting, but they say the first time you don't like it, second time it is kind of getting better and third time you are addicted. We went around the city and saw the Berlin wall, the monuments of fallen Russian soldiers and a really sketchy park where people sell you weed. "Hey - want some weed?" Haha it was sketchy but funny too, so I guess it would be a funny sketch. :D I will show myself out.

Third day I checked out the parliament building again and actually made my appointment. I also checked out the Topography of Terror an exhibit on the atrocities committed by the Nazis in the second world war. In the evening I walked around check point charlie which was one of the checkpoints for access between East and West Germany during the Cold War era. 

Night time in Berlin has it's special charm. From dinner parties at a Wikitravel event to Spiegel crawls we were out every night. The party doesn't start until 2am and can continue till the next day. My body simply couldn't take it after a couple hard nights of partying and waking up early. The last night we got home at 4am after stumbling our way across the subway haha.

Peace from Berlin - the 48Hr city.

Hotdog man hotdog man!

Zuzanna and Denny

Isabelle and I

Isabelle and her bike

Me and my awesome bike

A Germany only soda

Great lamb plate at a Kebab place

Part of the East side gallery

Something

Brandenburger Tor (gate)

Deutschland

Holocaust memorial center

This guy didn't salute! Balls of steel

Remains of the Berlin wall

Checkpoint Charlie