leaving Mitte

Was awoken early this morning by the bumping and grinding of a dorm-mate and the girl who works across the road from him. He works nightshifts, so they didn't lob-in till around 5am. After much huffing and puffing from the bed next to me, decided it was time to go for an early-morning ride :)


Took a detour off one of the main roads heading North (Prenzlauer Allee) - away from the TV Tower (Fernsehturm in Deutsche) - and found myself in an old cemetery. Apart from the distant hum of morning commuters, it would have been easy to forget I was in the middle of a city… Am really beginning to appreciate the amount of parkland remaining in Berlin - I'm sure it will make for some memorable, spontaneous park-parties come the warmer weather.


Next mission was to find a basket for my bike, so that I can lug more stuff around. Found one, care of a beauty-product-department-store… quick stroll in & out and I was up a complimentary bicycling accessory (and looking around town, I'm not the only one to have reached this conclusion - all I had to do now was find some zip-ties…).


Attempting to hurdle the language barrier, I next decided to hunt-down some occy straps  (according to the girl at reception, that's 'gepacktrager-gammieband' in German)… done & dusted, the afternoon's mission was a cross-town adventure with all my bags.


Having found a couch to crash in the South-West of Berlin, it was time to check-out of the hostel and time to exit Mitte. Thanks to the kind generosity of a host on couch-surfers.org, I had a place lined-up not far from the S-Bahn station in Lichterfelde West… getting there proved to be a bit of a mission. Carrying about 30kg of stuff, I can safely-say that I need to lighten the load!   

Later in the afternoon my host and I rode down to the local 'supermarket' to stock-up on food. Never has grocery shopping been so interesting! So many unusual foods - from packaged goods to veggies,  there was a lot of things I didn't recognise. What's more, I've noticed that cheese is much cheaper here. So is Jagermeister (€10 a bottle)… interesting : )

my host's backyard - think I'll catch some rays & Vit D

this part of town is very picturesque and quiet…  come the weekend, I think I'll be hungry for some oonce-tst-ooonce-tst sounds and vibe… maybe Berghain is on the cards for Sunday?





And here's the audio environment: