Finally I’m getting around to documenting our first ever trip to Germany for the man’s birthday last November.
We plumped for the hip capital city of Berlin for our first ever trip to Deutschland and a fab choice it was too.
We stayed in the Ibis Mitte hotel, perfectly placed to explore the city with a tram stop just around the corner.
There’s a bewildering choice of cafes, bars and restaurants all within a stones throw of the hotel, not surprising for a city that has 100s of choices from filling quick burgers to Vietnamese, sushi and Italian to traditional German sausage and beer halls !
Once we’d settled in, the stomach on legs was keen to sample his first ever currywurst and naturally there was a little shop and cafe just around the corner for him to get his fix!
We then take one of those fortuitous turns down a little dark alleyway that leads us to the quirky Cafe Cinema.
This electic cafe / bar has an intriguing open air courtyard splashed in colourful street art.
Whether it’s cute kittens or political satire, the walls are a vivid and mind boggling mas of murals and mayhem!
I force the man to spend a good half an hour here as I meticulously detail every little scrap of paint.
There is no escape once I spot painted walls!! I have a particular fetish for spraypaint..
It is also home to the Anne Frank Zentrum which houses a permanent exhibition about the young girl and the world she inhabited. The Zentrum is the German partner organisation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
The exhibition focuses on the diary and the story of the life of Anne Frank. But also looks at contemporary life via the young people of Berlin.
Next up we’re heading to see Berlin by night including the Berliner Dom and the Brandenburg gate.