met Pinnochio in Berlin!

He was on a bench, in front of his dad´shop, very close to Alexander Platz. Of course I took a photo with him! all of you must be so envious now ;) Balázs even measured his nose with him.

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Boat trip on the Spree

The Spree was shining! Paid 2 Euro for a student ticket for 1-hour on the Spree. Spree is the river that crosses Berlin, forming a lovely environment. Also the tour guide told us that Spree has more bridges that Venice, Stockholm and Amsterdam put together!! (hmm should I believe that?) It was such an incredibly [...]

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Adhunika in Berlin!

We met Adhunika at Starbucks on Sunday, then went around the city: the gate, Holocaust memorial, market by the Museum Insel — 4 cards for one Euro!!!, boat trip (see next post), Ampelman Shop in Alexander Platz, döner kebab, World Clock!

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Brandenburg Gate

I somehow like this place a lot, not necessarily because of its touristic image, but because of its feeling, bustling with sounds and colors. It’s incredible that I’m back in this place after two years. At the same time everything is possible too :) I do like Berlin and its artistic feel all the time!

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SandSation in Berlin!

Sandcastles in the middle of Berlin! Who would have thought? :)
More info here
Ort Das Gelände befindet sich direkt am Berliner Hauptbahnhof (Ausgang Europaplatz), mit Strandatmosphäre am nördlichen Teil des Humboldthafens. Eingang von der Invalidenstarße, gegenüber Museum Hamburger Bahnhof. [...]

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Berlin on a Sunday

Got off at Ostbahnhof to meet Adhunika later in the city. On the way, lovely Berlin was sunny and glowing. Or at least so it seemed to me. A quick intro snapshot below.

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Ági in Berlin

From Schonefeld Airport to Wannsee at the dorm. A red rose and my new jacket bought last month in Copenhagen.
I met Ági again in Berlin! She was visiting Balázs for 3 weeks and she left on the day I arrived. But we still had time to talk and have dinner together before she took the [...]

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Over the clouds

This time I flew with GermanWings: nice colorful plane! leather chair, smiley attendants. I flew from Bucharest to Berlin, a 2-hour trip, with some turbulence over Romanian rain clouds.
Have you ever wished to see paradise over the clouds? I saw it!!! Clouds in all shapes and forms, white and puffy like never before! They seriously [...]

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abroad from abroad: more trips to come

Even a 1000 miles trip begins with the first stepOriginally uploaded by angie_real Angela Lobefaro.
La vida es un viaje.
A photographer from Flickr was saying that, characterizing his photo. It means Life is a journey.
Exciting, exhilarating, fresh ideas, packing, spirited, windy, shopping, lists, emails, iPod, coffee, Spanish, Ricardo Arjona, podcasts for [...]

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thinking efficiently

“We can best solve the climate change problem by taxing what we burn, not what we earn.”

Ah the truth.. One efficient idea! To think more about what we can do today, and stop thinking about hypothetical things we could maybe do through treaties and global councils etc.

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alike but different

It’s interesting how you sometimes meet people who just blow you away, whose lives are challenges altogether and who make you proud of having met eachother.

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Leibniz and perception

I have way too many ebooks and articles collected on my laptop!! So this morning I suddenly started reading one.. It’s an article called Kant on Self-Consciousness by Kitcher P (JSTOR). The language is philosophical.
One paragraph talks about Obscure consciousness. It says that to hear the roar of the ocean one must be able to [...]

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Nightout in Ploiesti

Corso and London House w Cori, Alice and Anca! Talked about travels, plans, jobs, girl talk, had cocktails and popcorn!! :)

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