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  1. Our summer in Berlin starts now. A short delay at the airport means Japadog for dinner.
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      Made it to Berlin. Our first place is by Planufer Strand, and has a lovely Terrasse. We got a few groceries, drank a beer in the street on the way home, & a small dinner before bed.
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        Oh yeah! Firefox Propaganda posters pasted up in lots of places! Yeah, North America could use more of this type of propaganda.
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          Yesterday we got phone plans. Which means you get street scenes like this Istanbul Market ad for WhatsApp customer sign ups
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            Or maybe some of the tons of street art. We’ve been told we’re in a “rough” area, and there’s definitely a lot of trash graffiti too. But it feels like #eastvan
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              Found a market hall a short walk from our place. ALL the cheese, meats, breads, etc.
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                For @allbombs, a marble cake. My mom @AnneonBowen makes a better one still.
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                  Apparently a cortado here has sweetened condensed milk on the bottom. Hey @revolver_coffee what’s your Berlin coffee reco list?
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                    Apparently I am going to document marble cake wherever I find it. Also, it’s berry season, so here’s a raspberry cheesecake
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                      Why yes, I am trying a variety of radlers while I’m here. (I’ve had relatively commercial / large brewery beers so far other than the one @BRLObeer Weiße)
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                        Great lunch with the Founders Institute Berlin team fi.co/s/berlin - FI as a worldwide organization is something I’m getting more familiar with
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                          The street life here in Berlin is great. Our apartment is by the Landwehr Canal, and the Admirals Bridge is a place where people sit and hang out. Same for this grassy slope a little further on, which is filled with swans during the day.
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                            At the Mauerpark “flea market” - lots of food, vintage, fashion, crafts. And beer!
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                              So basically a cortado has a 50-50 chance of being with condensed milk or not here in Berlin.
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                                We’re heading to Rotterdam for 5 days tomorrow. We went to Wedding, the neighbourhood we’ll be staying in when we get back. The Flop Cafe is a pretty chill place. Ate a Halloumi Bowl for lunch.
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                                  In Rotterdam, visiting the Cubic Houses. Yes, Vancouver could do so much more. What will it be allowed to do?
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                                    Found a @glowforge in the wild at a cool store @evernownl Their own art & design as well as commissions & making.
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                                      Back in Berlin, at an apartment in Wedding. We overlook a “Innenhof” from a small balcony. Quiet & cool.
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                                        This is basically like melted coffee ice cream. Grocery shopping in foreign countries is fun!
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                                          Finally made it to awesome coffee at @THEBARNBERLIN. In honour of my “home” coffee place @revolver_coffee I had an espresso tonic
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                                            Mr @allbombs is here in Berlin! We’re sitting and working out of the Prinzessingärten: a community garden space that has a cafe under the trees.
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                                              Went out for a southern German meal at Alpenstueck alpenstueck.de/ last night with Canadians & some Scotsmen. Giant portions! My meal pictured: gaspachio with basil sorbet and then Maultaschen with salad.
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                                                When I travel, I look for “local” cookbooks to buy. For Berlin, I got a little booklet of “classic” dishes & this big book of chefs, recipes & the food scene here
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                                                  We still haven’t gone to the “famous” döner place (Mustafa’s), but we have had a couple of take out meals from our local, Döneria
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                                                    Yay! @expede arrives. Selfie with Funkturm - the famous Berlin radio tower.
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                                                      The espresso tonics will continue as long as the heat is here. At The Visit Coffee Roastery in Wedding visit-coffee.com/
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                                                        Oh yeah, we had breakfast out for the first time yesterday. It’s an ice cream shop / cafe, Eisladen Kibo. This is a pretty typical German cold breakfast — LOTS of meat & cheese, and fresh buns.
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                                                          Went for a morning swim in Plötzensee, which is about a 15min walk from our apartment in Wedding. Hot here, lovely to have a cool swim.
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                                                            Pro tip: if the Berlin S-Bahn causes you issues and you love the U-Bahn, go to the options screen when Google Maps is giving you directions & flip the “prefer subway” toggle
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                                                              Today it’s going to get up to 34C. Too hot for us! We went out in the morning & got yummy baked goods and an espresso tonic from Five Elephants Mitte. Look! It’s got an orange slice smile!
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                                                                Packing to head back to Vancouver. I bought a bag. I love this bag. I have a crazy idea of trying to import a bunch of them to Vancouver.
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                                                                  Of course I had pork knuckle in the Frankfurt airport before flying home to Canada. Bye Germany!
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