Bangin Berlin

I love Berlin.

I'm going to be honest about it. I am in love with this city. I want one of those rediculous "I heart Berlin" buttons because it's true.

The one benefit of having a city completely obliterated by bombs (a la WWII) is that the reconstruction makes the city almost entirely modern. Glass and steel everywhere. But the people are pretty modern too. The average age of those living in Berlin is 27. This means you have a energetic lively population obsessed with things like fashion, music, computers, underground culture, and everything else guaranteed to make me drool like one of Pavlov's dogs.

But lest you think that Berlin is nothing but a city overrun with punky unruly masses, rest assured it has more than enough "proper" culture to appease the most diehard fan of the classics. After all, the Germans were only second to the British in their tendency to "borrow" the treasures of other cultures. As such, they've got a class A museum in the Pergammon. They also have a thing for Opera here, so it's possible for those with a student card (sadly not me) to see the fat lady sing for the low low price of 8 euro. Not too shabby.

And as for art galleries, you can't get away from them. They are quite literally everywhere. Can't guarantee the quallity of all of them as some really go for that far out weird installation stuff. But the will is there and I love it.

Now I'm off to check out the ultra modern redone glass dome on the Riechstag (zee German parliament) because it's cool and best of all... it's free!