6-01-09

's cold out here on kienitzer strasse. -9celsius and the russians just cut the heating juice off from the Ukraine, might get colder. began a language course yesterday, good mixed group of people from europe and kazakhstan, vietnam, etc... of course the school, just east of the tilting wall, has the original heater from the late 40's. it snowed the day after new years, covering much of the used up fireworks entrails, making for what appeared to be large snow piles on the corner, with only 2 inches of schnee in actual. eastvillageradio keeps me up wherever i am, fortydeuceradio and queenmajesty show are top notch for 2 hours room clean up sesh. plans for the week include securing a visa, ice skating, and since i found the next to impossible to find herb here in berlin, cilantro, aka grun coriander, chili. germans use lots of commas.

December shots...of schnapps!

Nina took me to Burg Eltz. In the middle of a steep river valley. Deep in the country. Beautiful place, i wanted to play sardines inside, but we did not have enough people...





















This fortress is Ehrenbreitstein, located at point where the Mosel and Rhein rivers meet, in Koblenz. This rock fort dates back a ways. There is a plan in the works for a gondola to sway up to the building with the 8 windows. Pics to follow...

Location, Rüdesheim. Sunlight, beautiful angles.

The town, built on a cliff. The people, in hiding apparently wrapping their gifts for christmas as there was nobody on the streets...

This quaint little getaway is located in the middle of the Rhein river in a lil burg called Kaub. Thats a great way to utilize a river as a moat.

Can you believe Nina and I were able to top 160 kilometers per hour on the autobahn in this little bad boy! Its got one heck of a stereo to boot.

And here is the biggest freakin church i ever laid eyes on. Kölner Dom, located in Köln, up river from Koblenz about an hour an a half. Köln is a cool city, lots of hipsters and hair gel, but still a laid back vibe. Good kölsch and reibekuchen with applesauce too...

Well, its not every day i get to drive thru a building, let alone this one. Wouldnt want to sleep upstairs...

And here is an old pic that i took on the U1 line, traveling into East Berlin looking for vinyl spots.

Among the many strange buildings around town i spotted this one.
the second shot is a little more close to where i'm livin right now. This church has an adjacent coffee shop, on the left there. Good strong coffee, sweet barista's, and 60's cali pop.
I've seen brain on speed right off hermanstrasse a few times now, but never the driver. Ellusive!