Citizen by El Bocho
IMGP8202-el-bochoI’ve deliberately used a wide shot here so you can see the art work in relation to the surrounds. Top right you can see two of the major characters used…
Berliner Mauer
Berliner MauerGetting towards the end of my time in Berlin I thought it only appropriate to put this up, Berliner Mauer or the Berlin Wall. It made me feel a…
Herman Bar
Two Swedes and an Australian sit down in a craft beer bar in Berlin run by a Belgian. What could possibly go wrong? #craftbeer http://bit.ly/1iIPXFk Although I didn’t go to…
Suicide Sue, Prenzlauer
I don’t know how a coffee shop known as “Suicide Sue’ would go down in Australia, particularly with it’s eye -patched, sword wielding heroine. Suicide Sue is like a brunette…
Monterey Bar
Monterey Bar, Danzigerstrasse, Prenzlauer. The first Australian I met in Berlin was a Melbourne guy who owns this bar. I went in because of the craft beer signs outside. Basically…
Jewish cemetery, Prenzlauer
Part of the Jewish cemetery ( Jüdischer Friedhof ) in Schonhauser Allee, Prenzlauer. It’s history is an interesting read, although the only gravesite I specifically went looking for was that…
Drinking in the street
Coming from a country with strict licensing laws, particularly about where you can and can not drink, I first found the idea of people wandering down the street with a…
Stolpersteine or stumbling stones
In the Stolpersteine in the footpaths outside many buildings in Berlin are such simple but poignant stories. This collection of four is outside a building in Danzigerstrase, Prenzlauer. The information…
Leibhaftig
Craft beer in Prenzlauer bergLeibhaftig is a bar that serves Bavarian Tapas, but is also the home of a hausbrauerei, Wanke Brau. At the moment it serves a pilsner and…
Finches
This finch was sitting on the back of the chair across from me - they are quite common in this area and there were a couple having a dust bath…