Ich war eine Berlinerin
I spent five days in Berlin last week and assembled here a picture cavalcade of the most memorable instants. Many of those moments are related to eating and drinking: enjoying fresh Vietnamese food, sparkling organic apple cider, exciting Ethiopian meal or lovely Ghanaian mango and passion fruit beers called Dju Dju (their German info page at www.djudju.de ), meaning the voodoo religion also massively present in Benin and Togo. Our first day in Berlin, however, included loads of Russians. It was the 9th of May, the Victory Day (Der Tage des Sieges), and hundreds, if not thousands of Russians gathered in the Treptow Park in Berlin. Bringing flowers to the feet of the Soviet soldier statue (in the picture) was not the only programme number, but Russian bands played classic songs, sausages were grilled and vodka sold. What a great way to spend a sunny afternoon! If you ever go to Berlin and love or even like coffee, go to an Ethiopian restaurant. There are several of them, but we went to...