Flea Market...Rain...Meatball

Requested my friend to bring me to flea market, wanted to see how Berlin flea market is like, because I always have the silly thought that a market is the best way of representing the locals life. This time, in Berlin, I experienced how colourful (sometimes even clashing colours which are not necessarily nice) clothing can be, also found some very interesting art works, antiques etc & a lot of Russian stuffs.


Unfortunately the weather is not so co-operative, it started with drizzling & then the rain became heavier that we have to take shelter in a nearby Burger King (they serve nice cappuccino ice-cream with chocolate chips though). I'm surprise to learn that they don't have free refill policy in Berlin (usually it only happens in Asian countries ;). Towards the end, we got tired of waiting & decided to just go 'home' instead, after a nice Nutella (hazelnut chocolate) crepe & a not so nice liquor crepe from the market.

I read about Berliner Hackfleischbällchen (the meatball) from the tourist handbook and expressed my desire to try it to Susi. So she made me Berliner meatball for dinner (so touched) which to me tasted okay (much better with BBQ sauce though) but she said the meatballs are tasteless (probably the cook is always more strict towards his/her own cooking). Her justification for the 'meatball failure' is because I made her nervous by taking her picture cooking in the kitchen, lol...

First Sunday (and first rainy day) in Berlin went pass quietly with both of us 'resting' at home...I enjoyed the meatball as well as Susi's great company :)