After almost three whole months (oh, the horror) of sleeping in my own bed, I finally got out of Munich for a few days in Berlin. Berlin is one of the few places I go back to over and over and over again, because I will never get enough of it. It’s so big and diverse and… atmospherey. You know what I mean?
A highlight of the trip was getting to meet Snooker and Sweet No (oh yes, and Mimi!). And I get to see them (minus Mimi) again this coming weekend at the blogger meet-up. Woo hoo!
We met them at the charming Ampelmann Restaurant and ‘beach bar’, where I could indulge my Ampelmann fetish to my heart’s content. Later Snook took us to the kind of place you just don’t find in Munich: an Indian restaurant with a large outdoor terrace populated with glowing neon-pink plastic palm trees. The food was delicious, too.
We found a couple other new (to us) restaurants we liked this trip, too. MaoThai was yummy, cheap Thai food in big portions. In street food, we enjoyed falafel at a small döner kebab place along Karl-Liebknecht-Straße across the street from Alexanderplatz.
2009 marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and naturally the city is celebrating. There’s a great temporary open-air museum up at Alexanderplatz which chronicles the history of the Wall and the revolution which toppled it.
Speaking of museums, we hit a lot of them this trip. More in a later post.
Where is that massive aquarium? I'd love to look for that next time I'm there.
The giant aquarium is in the lobby of the Radisson Blu Hotel across the street from the Dom. It's part of some cheesy tourist trap called Sea Life, which offers rides on the elevator that goes through the middle of the tank. But you can also gaze at it for free from the hotel lobby (or your hotel room, which is this view).
But what if you want to dive in it???!!!! Cool!
Ooh, wish I would have known about the Ampelmann Restaurant last summer…I too have a strange Ampelmann fetish!
Tazz – the divers were cleaning the glass (with ridiculously small rags, I might add). Perhaps you could get a job there. 🙂
Chantal – Aren't they irresistible? It makes me smile every time I see one. I love crossing the street in Berlin.
Excellent, I'm making a list of restaurants to try while I'm there and I've been having trouble so thank you for those additions!
Glad I could help. 🙂 Have a great trip, Kanadisches Mädchen.
Finally I get enough time to read the post! It was great having you here. I'm just really sorry that we didn't have more time to play with you.
Ampelmann Rocks!
Snook – We've been so spoiled getting to see you two weekends in a row. I'm going to go into withdrawal soon!