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Periodic thread of what I think of as extremely Berlin moments:

Stopped at a red light on my bike while riding home from the gym yesterday, I hear a familiar beat slowly coming into audio focus behind me. Smiling, I look back to see a tall person of indeterminate gender piloting a speaker-laden cargo bike containing an extremely chill golden retriever. All three of us seemed to be bobbing our heads in unison to The Prodigy’s Firestarter.

Jack Rusher

Later in the day, while walking home with groceries from the nearby market hall, I see two skinny 20-something lads struggling to hand transport a very tall potted plant. Once I’m close enough I see that it’s a very healthy, leafy, and productive Cannabis plant (newly legal to grow for personal use). After our paths cross, I smell it for the rest of the block.

Today, while walking home from picking up fresh produce from a farm share delivery point, I met two women outside my building on stilts. They amiably agreed to pose for a photo.

I drop round my favorite bakery to meet @marianoguerra for breakfast. There are a pair of smiling Australians outside with custom built cargo bikes (“pastries on the top, bread in the box”). All of the bakery’s deliveries are done by bike, three riders every morning 😻

@marianoguerra You want a high protein vegan dönerkebab? Sure, no problem.

@marianoguerra A Berlin thing that isn’t in Berlin proper: 30 minutes on the S-Bahn and we’re cycling through this field of poppies on our way to an idyllic lake.

@rek I told you! The stilts revolution is happening

@jack

@neauoire i don't regret 17 years of Berlin. But I only built stilts once I moved to the lake (Straussee).

@jack ahh berlin, i do miss it at times! hope you are very well

@jack

...in Euro-standard bins. Those were one of my happiest discoveries on moving to Europe... that everything stacks neatly, and fits just-so on pallets and in trucks. And there are products, like European-market laser printers, that are made to fit exactly within Euro-standard bins. As my daughters would say, "So satisfying!"

@jack @marianoguerra This map of vegetarian/vegan eateries is worth noting:
veggiekarte.de/

Alas the use of soja renders most meat substitutes poisonous to me (Ive got extensive IBS).

Your graphic suggests that one may be palatable!

www.veggiekarte.deVeggiekarte.de - Hier findet man Vegetarisches und VeganesA map to find vegetarian and vegan restaurants in your city.

@stephanetavera @marianoguerra Thanks! It’s still a bit chilly for bathing, but it was a lovely day to cuddle in a hammock by the lake…