Berlin (again, in 3 months)

I was traveling to Berlin on a business trip last week (that's part of the reason behind my blog delinquence). I never thought I'd be there again in less than 3 months time. Happily informed my friends & they are so kind to picked me up from the airport (again, but different airport). In fact, I've even made reservation for dinner at a famous Chinese restaurant in Berlin before my departure :p

Dinner with them in a relatively authentic SzeChuan Chinese restaurant was nice but things turn down hill when I go to work the next day. It was a really hard day at work, really tough day. On my way back to hotel that day, I accidentally left my handphone in taxi, luckily the taxt driver delivers it back. Then just when things can't go any further down, my luggage won't open up even though I'm 200% sure that the code combination was correct (it in fact is, I manage to forced it open after 2 days attempt).

Good thing is, almost all that can go wrong went wrong on day 1, subsequent 3 days work were difficult but no big surprise anymore. Before I travel, I thought I'd have time to go to my favourite spot in Berlin & snap a Brandenburger Tor in winter picture but I was working late a lot of times and the gate's location is a bit far off from where I stayed.

Manage to sneak out one of the nights, walked through the Christmas market near my hotel. Berlin street (especially the main street Ku'damm) was so beautifully lighted up.

Pic: Berlin street view in Chrsistmas season

Pic: Christmas market sneak peek

Malaysia shopping malls will normally decorate nicely for Christmas but nothing as nice as what they did in Kadawe Berlin. The shopping centre is practically transformed into a winter woods. The window decorations are nicely segregated into different types of colours & products, really nice, don't have these in Copenhagen either, not as nice (Danes, pls don't kill me)...

Pic: Kadewe & its Christmas deco

Finally have a nice meal with my friend in a Thai restaurant called Good Time. Open kitchen, beautiful & handsome waitresses/waitors, nice food, authentic environment, good company and on company's bill...I'm glad. Even the serviettes are folded nicely in lotus pattern, charming :)

Pic: Good time meals. From left, lotus serviette, stir fried glass noodle & deep fried pork with mixed vege.

When I reached Copenhagen after 4 days in Berlin, I said 'danke' (thanks in German) instead of 'tak' (thanks in Danish) to the taxi driver and I forgot my bank card pincode, luckily I have sufficient cash to pay the taxi driver, it was embarrassing. I blame these all to the pressure at work in Berlin.

Holiday in Berlin, yes yes yes...but on business trip again? maybe not.