Posted by Elizabeth. I just have to tell you how much I love Berlin. Not only is it a green, beautiful city with friendly beer drinking natives but there's a hipster undercurrent that's intoxicating. And I mean hipster in all the artistic, open minded, authentic ways. Let me tell you why I love Berlin:
• The fashion is outstanding (street fashion from flea markets and designed in Berlin shops).
• There's a ton of multicultural food options.
• Organic food is everywhere.
• The street art is inspirational.
• Everyone bikes and if they don't bike they ride the many transit options.
• There are awesome parks full of people (Treptower Park has an abandoned amusement park with a ghost-run Ferris wheel).
• The art and culture scene is the best in the world.
• And at dinner it's cheaper to buy beer than water.
I didn't even mention that you can visit the real Stasi headquarters and see rooms frozen in time Soviet 1960s-style. Or that there's a constant reminder of the Cold War in the wall remanents that litter the city. The city's ugly past is still here but there's a new generation pushing past all of us in their diversity and experimentation and desire to make their city more interesting and livable.
I'm happy to celebrate my birthday here this week. German waffles for breakfast, shopping in Freidrichshain in the morning, the Me Gallery cafe for lunch with a wander through the all-female artists exhibit. And dinner on a canal or in an open air restaurant on Auguststrase. Wish you were here to play with me!
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