Brienz & Grindelwald

So we entered Switzerland! We drove through Brienz to get to Grindelwald (the dark wizard himself!) before going to the Alps! Brienz is a beautiful little town rolling up the hills by Brienz lake.

no, these are not camera tricks,
the heavens were indeed shining
through the clouds

Brienz, famous for wood carvings

people are obsessed with gardening

so many gardens!

think this is called a "silver dollar tree"

fun water play thing! 

more gardens

pretty public bathrooms. gotta love
Swiss design

outdoor chess! could be like wizard's chess
but probably less brutality.. or maybe not?

another really awesome playground! 

Grindelwald at sunset 

København!

So I've always wanted to go to Copenhagen because of their renowned design! On the long long journey there we had to take a ferry to cross. So the train DROVE right onto the ferry and then we sailed off. We were ordered to get off the train and so we were on this huge boat that had concessions and shops and everything. We sailed for about an hour before we made it to Denmark. It was quite a different experience.

Copenhagen is a rather interesting city. Another biking city, lots more Asians--so good asian food! Best Asian food I had in Europe, especially the home style cooking. Saw the fort, a spirally church (from which we had an amazing view of Copenhagen), Christiania (an interesting squatter area which I was not allowed to take pictures of), a farmer's market, and the Danish Design Museum.. I think that was it, but obviously I forgot many things.

Ok after uploading pics, I remember now! One thing I absolutely love about some parts of Europe is the amount of green space and parks! I love that people are very into their outdoor living, they take public transport or ride bikes, don't use air conditioning. It's that kind of sustainable lifestyle that I think Americans need to adopt. Copenhagen was a little more diverse as a city, so I was able to eat some good ol' home cooking, however, things are REALLY expensive. So if you do visit, bring a lot of money. Think it was about 60 usd for TWO people to eat lunch.

Deutche Bahn has a vending machine
in its train

the ferry!

tourists flock to this mermaid

Danish Design Museum, look at them chairs!
This is for my chair loving friend.

typical Danish food. Doesn't look like much, but the
bread is super filling. also WOODEN utensils!

Copenhagen Opera House

University of Copenhagen

omg good Chinese food

Lego Store! 

One of the gardens/parks of Copenhagen!

the cutest ducks ever. This mama duck was taking care of
its 3 ducklings, and two of them were stuck behind
that concrete barrier. It took them a very long time
to join their sibling on the other side. 

mural before Christiania

inside of spire church

view from above! 

canals!

sooo many bikes

mini model of old Copenhagen

awesome graffitis, love it.

fort!

DeutcheBahn meal!! pretty good for
a train ride.

Sassnitz!

Went to Sassnitz, a small vacation town with my friend. We saw Jasmund National Park with all these beautiful chalk cliffs, while walking through the dense forest (since it was so dense, it was quite cool actually, even in the hot summer). Also saw the nearby town, Stralsund, where we saw an aquarium and a beautiful church.

So I'm still really behind on my posting, so I'm going to leave out most details..

boy, was I happy to see vegetables!

Church at Stralsund

Ozeanum in Stralsund

Stralsund streets!

DeutchePost: they even bike around to deliver mail!

trails of Jasmund National Park

dense forests indeed

successful animal picture!

The Wanderer

the water was so clear and clean looking. 

chalk cliffs

Bye Berlin!

I am really really behind on my posting..

But anyway! I left Berlin and was really sad to leave, so I had to get some last minute pictures to document Kottbusser Tor my home! I also went to the Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind, this Jewish architect. The spaces were really stark and emotional and cold.

love the Bender! 

love the graffiti! 

East Side Gallery, the last, longest remaining
piece of wall in Berlin

Yaam, the dance club next to East Side Gallery

Pergamon Museum! One of the largest collections of
looted antiquities

Haci Baba and Wonder Waffel, my favorite places

Intersection in Kotti! 

cool graffiti by my apartment. it's interesting
because the graffiti in Berlin doesn't
make you feel unsafe.

Berlin's Tempelhof airport! Used to be an airport for West
Berlin, but too small for modern day use. Converted
into a HUGE park!  

Modular!!! Biggest art/architecture
supply store I have ever seen. Three stories
high. so much shopping!!! 

Model of the Libeskind museum.

tall, gaping holes in the museum,
symbolic of the holes in their history that
the Holocaust created.

slits for light

awesome graffiti + bikers! 

oh so clever