When oh when will we have teleporters!
Seriously 26 odd hours in a buzzing metal shell sucks. But I'm in
Berlin now so it's all good and that's the only complaint you'll hear from me
about it.
We landed in Berlin at 10.05am and were greeted by a slap of fresh
cold crisp air as it was -1 degrees. Germans
in their typically efficient manner had us off the plane and out of the airport
with 15mins of touching down. Got to love 'em.
Once we step foot off the plane it was the first moment I became truly
excited about the trip, even to the point of doing a little Gene Kelly dancing
jump coming of the plane, just a tad excite!. :)
We took the cab down to Nollendorf Platz to our apartment, and
along the way I began to remember why I love this city so much. The colours of
the city during winter are some beautiful, the contrasting buildings, and the
people. There are still areas of the city that have barely been touched since
the war, homes that are so small that they can really only be called a shack,
but even that shack has a sense of pride to it.
Of course the real fun started once we arrived at the apartment,
we realised the german prepaid sims had not full activated yet, then both
phones crashed and could get the started again, then couldn’t get the number
for the guy we booked our apartment whom was going to be meeting us at the
apartment! So after a comedy of errors we finally located or landlords number
and David went in to a store to ask if he could make a call. Thank the gods we had the foresight to
arrange some cash before arriving so we could at lest get some coffees! :) It’s
all about perspective.
Just as David walked into the store at ask if he could use their
phone, our landlord arrived and showed us into our apartment. Turns out he
thought we were calling him once we arrived and had tried to call our aussie
numbers, but due to our phone issues we had no idea. Oh well.
Lovely apartment on the third floor and so very very quiet. So
quiet in fact, that I have that post dance party ringing in my ears from the
constant plane noise for the past 26 hours.
After sorting out the phone and sim card issues, getting online,
showering (oh it’s good to be clean!) and changing it off to get some lunch.
We took a quick walk around the corner to one of our favourite cafes,
Café Berio for hot chocolate, delicious burger and cheesecake. It’s good to be
back in Berlin and see that some things have still not changed. It’s a smallish
café with art on the walls and decorated in a slightly tacky 1930’s style, but
not in a bad way. It feels comfortably gay and tacky and very welcoming, the
boys always have a smile to spare and the service is great.
Upon walking back to the apartment, via the long way around, we
bumped into my best friend Raz who had arrive the previous day. Once again all is right in the universe.
Berlin, I’ve missed you!
"Let the mind be enlarged to the grandeur of the mysteries,
and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind."
- Francis Bacon
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