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Saturday 23 November 2013

Berlin November 2013


Yes yes, I was in Berlin visiting my good friend Ato. It was fun.

Before we start, let me give you my general impressions about Berlin:
-It's cold (in November)
-There's A LOT of art!
-People like their beer
-A lot of girls were Air Max 1's
-The history within the city is intense!

Because there's a lot to talk about, I'm dividing this post into several sections. I know! It's new! I've never done it before! But it's fine, we're fine, let's breath...


THE CLASSICS: in this section you will find what every good tourist will have seen in Berlin.

 -The Reichstag: all I could think about was the end of Call Of Duty, when you have to get the flag up on the roof. 
 

-Memorial for the Communist soldiers:
 

-The first Berlin Wall I saw, quite high and not so thick (or so I thought!):


-New Synagogue of Berlin: the older one having been destroyed by the nazis.


-Brandenburg Gate: the ultimate classic, symbol of the reunification!
 

-Jewish Memorial:

Also you find these plaques scattered around town. They're tributes to the people that got arrested and deported by the gestapo:


-Cool bridge BRO!


-Checkpoint Charlie, which was the official crossing point between East and West Berlin during Cold War:


Hello, Eastside Gallery:


-In the suburbs, the ghetto:
 



ART: When I say art, I mean a bit of everything. This is my highlight here. I could have taken twenty thousand pictures to be honest.

-Some official German symbol:


-Outside of Anne Frank Museum:


 -Letter boxes:

 
 -Training at KMantenne:


-Every Tuesday at lunchtime, the Philharmonic of Berlin does a free concert! It's definitely worth it (since it's free):

 

-"Message": 
 

-I like Mount Fuji!!!! 
 

-Memorial for the Jews outside of the Jewish cemetery:




PEOPLE

-This is Ato, the host with the most! Rock on surfer dude!
 

-Hello, it's me (I love the colors in this picture):
 

-These guys trying to rip off the tourists!
 



FOOD: there was a lot of choice and it's cheaper than the rest of Europe. I had some good snacks and didn't eat anything German for the whole week!

-What is supposed to be the best kebab in Berlin, Mustafa's. It's ok, not amazing to be honest:


 -Mexican food mucacho:
 

-Vietnamese food:




JOKES:

-The worst poster ever, it doesn't even make sense:


-QUESTION: What do you call a German market in Germany?
...
ANSWER: A market:

(sorry)


Special shout out to Ato, Ioana and Bugz!
Danke Schoen and hasta luego.





Tuesday 30 April 2013

April 2013: South of France!


We're back! In France, in English this time!

I spent 1 week in the South of France to see my friends and visit the area. You'd think that it was really warm and sunny at this time of the year. Well... NO! The weather was ok, it wasn't amazing, but at least, we escaped the rain!


TOULOUSE

So I landed in Toulouse. The place is called "Pink City" because of the colour of the bricks. You know I like pictures more than anything else so here we are:

-Toulouse is located in the Midi-Pyrenees, south near Spain basically, no lie:


-Le Capitole, like the town hall or central square (mega expensive hot chocolate around there lol):
,  Colorful!

-Inside the Capitole, smiling staute of Henry the 4th, big dog:


-La Basilique St Sernin, Romane style:


-La Garonne!!! (with the local accent, "lah garrrrroneuh):


-They write the name of the street in French and in Occitan (Southern dialect):


-Cheeky training session at the train station, so good to dance in the street!




CORDES SUR CIEL

This little town north of Toulouse was built in 1222 precisely is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France... It's true, they don't lie! When you drive toward the town, the whole village is up on the hill, it looks amazing!

-One of the gates:


-None and Sophie, just chilling in the street:


-View from the top of town:




ALBI

Another really nice town.

-Cathedrale Sainte Cecile and its crazy gate:


-Inside, gothic meridional style:


-This is inside some church's backyard, arty!


-I told you it was a nice town:





BORDEAUX

We then moved on to the weeeeeeeeeeeeeest side!

-First thing we did was to go a very local battle in Castillon. Very local indeed (I've tried to look for footage but no luck so far, boooo):


-Around there is full of vineyards! This picture doesn't show how much they produce, it was crazy, grapes everywhere!!!


-In Bordeaux we've got Place des Quinconces (pretty big in European standard from what they say) with the monument for Girondins!


-The longest commercial street in Europe: Rue Sainte Catherine, so long you can barely see the end:


-Eglise Saint Michel, pretty good picture this one!!!


-They have a really good skatepark too:


-Of course, we went training. I forgot to take a picture of one of the rooms where Animaniaxxx train. But we trained in this other place, best room ever: killa floor, nice sound system, some natural light:


-The best gate in town:


-We finish the day nicely with the hypest kebab in town, featuring my 2 guides Badou and Chloe:






In other news...

-Horse meat for days!


-Straight up French breakfast:


-Straight up French car, 4L baby!

-Bordeaux was run by the English at one point, "have it!"


-Newschool Catholic stained-glass window!


-Best meal of the year!!! Poulet yassa by Madame, delicious!!!




Specials remerciements a None, Sophie, Badou, Chloe, Kiki et Hassan et Madame Sarr. J'ai ete accueilli comme un roi!
C'est quand meme pas mal le sud hein?!?