Tag Archive: berlin

language barriers

How do you tell an Englishman that you do not speak German on the streets of Berlin? In French, of course.

renting a car in Berlin is hard

Took me half an hour to rent a car. No sites, no usability, no English, no cars, no car details…

How do you want to rent a car to foreigners if you do not have a website in English? And why do you send me the order details in German?

cold air

img_6776I went on the balcony to see if it has rained, and a breeze of cold air hit me.

Berlin smells now like Romania in the mountains. Cold, fresh, clean, refreshing. Sounds like a commercial. But it’s not.
It’s Berlin

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foxy

A few minutes, on Kreuzstrasse, right across Victoriapark, we saw a small fox. At first we thought it was a dog, but getting closer, we saw the long tail and the red skin. Weird seeing a fox in the middle of a big city.

A few months ago, we saw some rabbits in a park at Kassel (the gray spots pictured here). Germany is a green city, indeed.