Saturday, July 6, 2013

Things I'm going to Try to Try in Berlin

Things I'm going to try to try in Berlin

Food:

1. Beer
2. Wurst and Sauerkraut
3. Japanese Food
4. From a Food Cart
5. Whitefish
6. Middle Eastern food
7. Pudding
8. Some sort of apple dessert


Places:

1. Holocaust Museum
2. Berlin Wall
3. Tiergarten
3. Graffiti (Perhaps one of the following)
--Circleculture Gallery (Gipsstrasse 11; 49-30-275-817-80; www.circleculture-gallery.com), on a charming side street in Mitte’s gallery district, shows international graffiti and street artists.
The back of the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain (www.eastsidegallery.com ), the longest remaining piece of the Berlin Wall (about 0.8 mile), offers fine examples of local graffiti styles. Take the S-Bahn to Warschauer Strasse.
The east end of the Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn platform offers views of Kripoe’s giant fists, which rise from the boarded-up windows of an abandoned building.
A lot at Falckensteinstrasse and Schlesische Strasse in Kreuzberg offers a variety of styles from locals like Inka to the building-size murals of the Italian artist Blu and the French artist JR. The nearest U-Bahn stop is Schlesisches Tor.
4. Mitte In general
5. Bauhaus

Things I'm going to Try to Try in Paris

While I try to remember to fervently guard my purse
Food:

1. Croissant
2. Macaron
3. Chocolate Eclair
4. Mille Feuille
5. Pomme Frites (with mussels or steak, if price allows)
6. A Brasserie and a traditional Brasserie dish
7. A Bistro and a traditional Bistro dish
8. McDonalds
9. a plate of fruit, cheese, meat and bread


Sightseeing:
It is highly unlikely that I will hit all of these as I am trying to just do one a day

1. Eiffel Tower
2. Champ Elysee
3. Montmartre
4. Invalides
5. Marais
6. Opera
7. Le Louvre
8. Orsay
9. Beaubourg


Shopping:
1.Lafayette
2. Printemps
3. Bd Haussman