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9 posts categorized "A perfect day in Berlin"

Concrete Weekend (St Agnes & Haus am Waldsee)

After the birthday brunch we crossed the river to look in at St Agnes. The sunlight rippling across the concrete wall was immediately the most interesting part of the room, and I followed the sun to the corner and looked......

Sledding in Berlin

It still feels magical to live in a city and walk to a park where you can go sledding until everyone's cheeks are crimson and you can hardly feel your hands. Do you have a favourite slope? Ours is one......

Moments to form a Saturday

Let's begin this Saturday with another Saturday: 1 Courtyards disclosing their secrets as traffic rushes by. 2 A gallery of art from Africa nestled a gem of a Berlin Hinterhof: bronze warrior, reddened ivy; motorcycle diva, tinkling fountain. 3 Eyeing......

On a summer morning

On a wet summer morning I took the U1 east to Friedrichshain to visit Sandra and Johan for Freunde von Freunden. We talked for hours, then it was time for lunch. After we had eaten, we went to the market......

Weekend in brief (I)

Art books (and legs) at the Miss Read book fair. Fresh savory Indian semolina courtesy of my mum. Acorns gathered at Volkspark Wilmersdorf....

Strandbad Wannsee/Housekeeping

Too cruel to be stuck in bed with a cold on one of Berlin's prettiest summer weekends this year. Will you tell me what you did, so I might live vicariously? But never mind, it is a good time to......

A riverside picnic

We'd arranged to meet in Mitte and I couldn't think of anywhere I cared to go, so we decided to have a picnic instead. The scent of the lindens and jasmine in the evening air made me feel like I'd......