where do i begin? the flight took altogether 14 hours to reach Berlin, and by the time we checked into the hotel, it's still in the morning. so after dumping the bags, went out immediately to grab some food and have a quick tour around the area.
Kufurstendamm is the main street in the area and apparently it housed some of the most fashionable stores and retails outlets in Berlin.
yes...nice cars parked on the sidewalks and even saw a Ferrari Enzo speeding past! too fast to take a photo!
was told by a friend before the trip that Berlin is a city rich in art & culture, but the streets sometimes tend to be a bit dirt filled, just like many other major cities... sorry, this wasn't my impression at all, the city was very neat and tidy, not a single piece of litter was in sight (well, not quite true, there's a piece of litter just captured by the photo above, but that's all, really.) was it because of the district i was in? or was it because that Germany was the host to the biggest event on Earth - the WORLDCUP 2006? many questions crossed my mind...
my image of Berlin before the trip was somewhat different: torn walls, littered streets, Neo-Nazis demonstrating, military uniform, barbed wires, remnants of the cold war, grey colour everywhere.... wake up!!! most of those images were of the 80s, this is the 21 st Century!!!
pavements were wide, the trees lined up both sides of Ku-Damm, and people sitting out on those fashionable sidewalk cafe, sipping down iced-coffee with scoop of chocolate ice cream, or downing 0.5l of Berliner Pilsner while bicyles were drifting past under the shaded trees...
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