Thursday, September 23, 2010

Wednesday 22 September - Day of dreams




11.11pm, Reminiscing on what may have been my favourite Berlin day so far. Well, top five at least. Emma and I met on the streets of Friedrichshain and then walked to the 'Secret Spot' off Schlesische Strasse (try saying that fast!). The sun was shining so brightly and it was actually hot again; maybe we haven't seen the last of summer just yet!

With a bottle of red wine and a chicken schnitzel semmel, we sat by the river and talked about all those bizarre things that only two good friends can spend hours talking about.

Then we walked to Treptower Park, which is absolutely beautiful. I'm so excited because our new house (see here) is right near Treptower Park so I can envisage a few lazy Autumn afternoons there, playing ping pong or throwing leaves around. There's an abandoned amusement park there, which Nick and Andy broke into to get some pictures, but were promptly thrown out of, so they came to meet Emma and me.

The Spree, the river that runs through Berlin, goes right through Treptower Park, so the four of us decided to hire a paddle boat. Lying on the boat's deckchair with a glass of wine in one hand, a wurst in the the other, and the sun and the water and the calm and the friends... It made me realise how this really is the time of my life. We paddled to a little island in the middle of the Spree, moored our boat and had a little look around. Lots of greenery and birds and quietness; it was simply the best.

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