Stumbled on an outdoor market in Kreuzberg, at the Maybach Ufer. Ufer is the bank of a river or canal; in this case a canal. Turns out...

After Deutsch class in Wittenberg Platz, we walked through the Tiergarten to Oranienburger Tor. The wind was up; the leaves are falling:...

Out to Potsdam. We’d seen the town center already (post oct #6), so we rented bikes to see the surrounding area:

Friday, nice weather (high ~60), took the S1 out to the southwest suburb of Wannsee. It’s an affluent suburb on the shores of a wide...

Two days: Oct 15 & 16, we covered 3 kietz: Akazienkietz, which is kind of part of Schöneberg, Nollendorfkietz, which straddles Schöneberg...

Today we walked through the grounds, and around the neighborhood, of Charlottenburg Palace. The palace & grounds are pretty impressive,...

One day a year the city puts on a Festival of Lights, in which they commission artists to make light shows on the downtown buildings....

Out of coffee, off to FirstCrack in Prenzlauer Berg: Then back through Mitte. The dark circle is the shadow of the TV tower:

Potsdam is a big town / small city just outside Berlin. Lots happened there: it was the home of Prussian royalty for a long time, the...

Leslie found a Lebanese restaurant in Neukölln (known for middle-eastern communities): Azzam. We ate there, it was great! Walking back...

On Oct 6 we moved to Friedenau. It’s quite different than Friedrichshain: more upscale, a bit more suburban. It’s the blue dot in the...

We have been meeting one of my online Deutsch teachers, Birgit. She suggested this place Bellboy, an over-the-top 20’s supper club. Very...

Leslie had a hair appointment in Preslauer Berg. I dropped her off & went exploring. Ran across the Kulturbraurei, the brewery of...

Misc walking about on a cold & rainy day... Marienkirche: Hackescher Markt: The DDR museum. Pretty interesting, there was a...

Today is the last day of September, Monday the 30th. We got around a fair amount today (although, checking the health app, we did about...

So the Berlin marathon was today (Sun Sep 28). We set up between the 2 and 3 KM markers, at a sharp right turn in the route. There were...

First signs of winter; pulled out scarves gloves & hats & headed out for Neuköln for more exploration. First stop: Friedrichshain...

Another day in Treptower park, in the former East Berlin alongside the Spree river. It's huge, many-faceted. There's a Forest School and...

Living in the former East Berlin, we've been diving deep into DDR history. The "stasi" was the DDR's ministry for state security, the...

Scenes from the S-Bahn around the Ost-Kreuz station, near home, in the former East-Berlin: On Birgit’s suggestion, we took a walk around...