Hallo Leute!

So this post is going to be a quick one! I just wanted to show you all a place I found recently that I thought was insanely cool! An East Asian Supermarkt! Now I know this sound a bit too regular and/or lame to get excited about, but I found it to be awesome. You see, I used to live in Southern California for a few years, and since there is a large East-Asian Community in that area, one could find many Asian supermarkets in any town. In these supermarkets one can find countless items imported from countries like China, Japan, or Thailand. One could find spices, snacks, home wares, exotic vegetable, meats, sweets, you name it! After I moved from California to Miami, I missed those Supermarkets immensely and thought I wouldn’t see them again for a long while. But lo and behold! Here they are, right in the melting-pot of a city, Berlin! If you are a fan of East Asian food and/or culture, I highly recommend a quick trip to an Asiatischer Markt in your area.

Until then, bis bald!
-Milan :-)

Hallo Leute!

So a few months back I wrote about my uneventful trip to the Pergamon, during which renovation and reconstruction was going on, causing a large part of the museum to be closed. That left me a little dejected about museums for a while, but last week I decided to suck it up and go to the Alte Nationalgalerie! And boy, am I sure glad I did!
Like most of the other main museums in Berlin, this one is on Museuminsel (S7 stop Hackescher Markt) and stands next to the Neues Museum (the one that houses Nefertiti’s Bust!! I still have to go there!) It costs 15 Euros to get in, but is free for kids 17 and under which is great if you have a large family. This museums houses an extensive selection of art, from paintings by Monet and Rodin all the way to sculptures like the Thinker! Not only is the inside beautiful but the outside architecture is just as impressive, and is arguably one of the most incredible buildings in the area (after to the Bode Museum of course).

I highly recommend a visit to this incredible museum! You can spend anywhere from a half hour to 3 hours in there, depending on how fast you walk haha! If you walk very fast, I also highly recommend buying the Museuminsel pass for you can see all the Museums in one day!

 

P.S. The Museum is closed on Monday!
Until then, bis bald!
Milan :-)