117 – Mechanical monsters and ultra pink

After a lazy lie in, we took the pups for a long walk around Neau Garten park before meeting up with Heike to visit a new part of Potsdam.

As promised Heike had found an event that combined Marks love of science with my love of movement and so we went to a talk on sustainability and dance. Plus the venue had great graffiti and a flea market so I was in heaven mooching around.

The talk was a little stilted and took a while to get going but Heike and I were brainstorming ideas that came up and who knows it may inspire a research paper.

We then got the train back to the Dutch quarter and visited the girliest cafe I have ever been to. It was noticable that any men chose to sit outside… all except Mark who made do with the pastel shades, love hearts and wall of pink roses 😂❤️🌹

After a lovely wander around a ceramics street market, Mark took the pups for another walk while I sorted things in the van. We then we got the train to the east of Berlin in search of Zeus pizza – one of the best vegan pizzas in Berlin! Fair to say it was so yummy we forgot to take a photo. I’d say I’ve had better dough but the fake tuna was a nice change (tasted more nut roast then tuna). And just 3 minutes walk was Balaram vegan ice cream so a scoop of apple and cinnamon (like eating the best apple sauce), and another of crazy peanut flavour and we were ready to waddle back to the tram.

Our lovely friend Mia had suggested going to the monster cabaret last week but we had missed it, so although conscious Heike wasn’t overly taken with the concept, off we went to try it out.

It’s basically a handful of eccentric robot monsters hidden in a basement and the guide takes you through them with a loose story line and a bit of dramatic laughing. It’s definitely a marmite thing – Mark really liked it, Heike and I not so much. I think my expectations of the monsters were a bit high. The area it’s tucked away in is really cool, so worth visiting, so it’s likely worth a €8 punt if you are intrigued.

From here another tram ride to visit the Sony Centre. To be honest this was a bit disappointing, the vibe of the place is dead. It’s just chain restaurants and so sterile. It’s funny how the ‘now’ places change. Currently the best food and vibe is definitely in the east.

I feel like I’ve had a great taste of the ever changing Berlin, and certainly tried every mode of transport (bus, tram, s bahn, u bahn and overground train just to get home last night 😂). If visiting I’d suggest a longer weekend of 4 days or more as there is just so much to see and do. But you can always come back and it will have changed again 😊