Berlin

ive always been obsessed with visiting the capital city of a country, there has gotta be some unique qualities that govern the choosing as such, other than the obvious such as being the major CBD or in the population perspective.

but like Madrid and London, im in for a major disappointment...

to be quite honest, i really dont know what the big donkey has to offer, first off, everything seemed scattered and distant... never mind the fact that the city was divided before, but surely they can come out with a new plan when the wall was torn down? how'bout concentrating on beautifying a specific area and mark it as the city central, instead of having developments in different parts of the city? it really makes it difficult for travelers who travel by foot, like me...

and if you are here for the architectures and old buildings, you will have to be contented with new, characterless ones...

on the contrary though, there are heaps of museums and theatres and philharmonic halls if you are into them, you can also walk along side what seemed to be the remnants of the wall and soak in the history of yesteryears...

but then again, who am i to judge? hell, im totally biased when it comes to big cities...will always be a country boy at heart...

boy, i sure miss buenache, alcala, hildeshime and offenburg...


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went out with my lovely hosts last night to the local sushi bar for some temaki and A drink, as it turned out, we had more than one drink, we had three drinks each, one maitai and two zombies, and by the time we were done with our drinks, we were the only ones left at the bar, and we walked back home like zombies...

things are not that hot during the week, the night scenes in berlin only heat up towards the weekend, and generally mondays and tuesdays are detox days, you've gotta give the poor liver a darn break at some point, you dont wanna mess it up...

one thing about all my hosts is that, we all share the same passion in traveling. German Vanessa and aussie Michael have been to countless places, and they never stick around at one place long enough to call it home, the world is their home...

we exchanged travel tales and i sorta like what they are doing, just doing what they are doing, worry bout nothing, and you know, Living...

life isnt all that complicated if you get down to it, live it and not to be lived...