Day 15 – Everyday Life In Berlin

Date: 10th of July 2015

Sightseeing: Berlin

Thanks to Philipp’s hospitality we could stay in Berlin one more day. We didn’t want to behave like typical tourists and sightsee the most famous landmarks, such as The Brandenburg Gate, but we chose to walk to a field that used to be an airport, and see some other less crowded places instead.

There are many interesting places in Berlin that are not touristic

While walking around the city, we came across a big Turkish outdoor market. People were selling lots of fruits, vegetables, and other food items there, as well as fabrics, trinkets, and loads of other various colorful things. It was a nice experience to walk there – we could see Berlin (or Kreuzberg) everyday life. If we had walked around the city centre, we would have probably seen only loads of tourists.

We didn’t have any reason to hurry, so we sat in a big park with a rose garden, eating our second breakfast, and looking at people who were relaxing there, for example men who were training their dogs.

Trying to feel the atmosphere of Berlin :-)

Generally speaking, we were just walking around and observing how it is to live in that city. We saw the old airport, a big mosque and other landmarks on the way, but it wasn’t as important for us as trying to feel the atmosphere of Berlin.

On the way back home we encountered a street with around thirty small shops that looked exactly the same. We found out that what was sold in all of them were... license plates (sic!)

Some of the shops selling license plates

As a way to say “Thank you” to Philipp, we prepared delicious fruit smoothies, and cooked lentils with vegetables for dinner for all the three of us.

Philipp was going to work as a DJ in a club that night, and he had to prepare music which he would play on a turntable. Because of that we spent a very nice evening, talking with him and listening to some of entrancing gramophone records that he had in his big collection.