Sometimes you want to scream, sometimes you want to sing. Whether you karaoke one of your favorite songs to death in a language you don’t really know, or give an amazing performance of “Eye of the Tiger” at Mauer Park in Berlin, finding an outlet for the vocal release of whateverness is exhilarating. This photo […]
Category Archives: Berlin… That’s Not Scandi/Nordic!
Return to Nordicland
2011-07-21 – 00:33
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. The little more than a week that I spent in Berlin felt like eternity filled with cheap food, cheap drinks, wonderful coffee, too many nice shops, lots of fun people and a somewhat familiar city, not unlike a much larger, more European version of San Francisco. (By contrast, Göteborg is to […]
I’m Analog
2011-07-17 – 23:25
Imagine you’re on vacation in another country, you’ve brought your DSLR, lenses, computer and are ready to walk about the city and shoot whatever you want to your hearts content. Then you realize that you’ve forgotten you’re spare battery. Oh, and also the charger. No worries, because with 8 days of relaxation ahead and the […]
Tempelhof
2011-07-17 – 11:29
Imagine the biggest open flat space in an urban setting that you can imagine. Now multiply that by a factor of 10. That would put you somewhere on the tarmac or in the middle of one of the airstrips at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. The airport itself has some pretty fascinating history, but what is […]
The Scream Heard Around Kreuzberg
2011-07-14 – 20:55
We canvassed the streets while the sun vanished between the clouds and night fell upon Kreuzberg. Conversation wound it’s way from trivial small talk to the never ending reflection on the differences between people in Nordicland/Europe/North America/Asia. As our group of four meandered towards Landwehrkanal two girls came approached us from the front. “AIIEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”, accompanied […]
Thank You, Dahahm
2011-07-13 – 11:26
We met Dahahm the day before yesterday, a friend of Satu‘s whose apartment we are staying in for the rest of our time in Berlin. Thank you, Dahahm!
The Streets of Berlin
2011-07-13 – 11:22
I knew before arriving in Berlin that it was a city that encouraged a lot of foot shuffling about town, but these days my knees, feet, and toes are feeling abuse that is usually only dished out by the likes of New York. It’s been nice to see things while walking about rather than whizzing […]
5차 까지 (I Like Berlin)
2011-07-11 – 00:51
All around the world, we can meet our friends in different places. Though people may not change much, meeting in a different environment can certainly feel odd (and nice!) at first. Yesterday, just after we arrived in Berlin, Chi came over to our apartment and we walked around our neighborhood while managing to eat at […]
Hallo Berlin
2011-07-09 – 17:22
Just a stones throw away from the Nordicland is a place called Berlin, in the country of Germany—a part of Real Europe*–and totally new location for me to explore. Fresh in off the hot streets, this apartment we are staying in for the next 3 nights has so far, with accordian music from below and […]