On excellent recommendation from Stef we ventured to the 'Schwarze Pumpe' in Prenzlauerberg for an all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast for an astounding 5 euro!!!! Obviously we ate enough for both breakfast and lunch and spend a few hours sitting outside in the sun with Lena and Philip, watching the locals wander by.
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| Lena and Philip at Brunch! |
We then wandered to the Mauerpark Flohmarkt (a flea market that takes place every Sunday in a big park where the Berlin Wall used to stand). It was always one of my favourite Sunday activities, and was still as I remembered it except that every Berliner seemed to be there! The beautiful sunshine had enticed them all from their apartments. The market has everything from second hand goods, to homemade crafts, to beer and cake. We wandered through and ended up on the grass in the sun with everyone else. We then met up with my old old friend Luise and made our way to the Prater Beer Garten on Kastanienallee for a large heffeweizen (wheat beer) in the sun.
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| Prater Bier Garten |
After farewelling all we headed south on the UBahn to Gorlitzer Bahnhof to try my favourite felafel place - and to judge who's felafel reigns supreme! Mike was very impressed and the unanimous decision was 'too close to call'. After the feast we realised we were already late to meet some more old friends of mine at the 'Green Door' near Nollendorfplatz. This was a really classy little cocktail bar with a big green door out the front. The cocktails were a little pricy for Berlin, even at the 'Sunday night special' price, but really excellent for the quality and atmosphere. We had a lovely couple of drinks and catch up, and then headed back to the apartment.
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| Drinks at the Green Door |
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