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- Mar 8, 2023, 10:11pm
- ☁️ 0 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- GermanyBerlinMehringdamm52°29’15” N 13°23’57” E
A day with a friend
March 8, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 0 °CToday started very slow, as I had planned to meet my old school friend Gülshan whenever she would wake up. As I knew her well, that would be around lunchtime. So I made myself breakfast, had a nice shower and watched some videos whilst I waited for my painkillers to kick in. My period always had to hit hard when I was travelling. Finally, I received Gülshans message, that she was awake and we could meet up. Jumping on the next tube towards city centre, we met Unter den Linden, and it was as if there weren't years between this and our last meeting. She was still the same, and I was, too. It's just so cool to have a friend like that. We decided to go to a café to have a proper catchup, and she navigated - rather poorly, but charming as usual - around the city. Finally, we decided on Wayne's Café, a Swedish brand, looking very similar to Starbucks but way more ecologically friendly. I got a Chai Latte (one of the best I've ever got) and a Blueberry Muffin. We talked about our lives, jobs, boyfriends and travels which was just lovely. Then we decided to go to the Futurium, for which we had to go to the main station. There, we found ourselves next to brambibal's donuts, a vegan donut shop that an influencer named Mirellativegal (that we both watch) had a cooperation with. So we decided to actually get influenced and get ourselves some donuts and God were they delicious! I had a Rhaburb Crumble and it tasted so good... I wanted more! But we already arrived at the Futurium, a free entry museum that is all about the future, what we could use to live more sustainable (e.g. solar, wind, water, bacterial energy) and how we are changing the environment. It had so much information in such a variety of forms that we couldn't stuff more than half of them in our heads. So we decided to sit down and just let everything sink in. Ten minutes before closing time, we made our way to our locker to get our stuff and head out to dinner. Gülshan knew just the right place to go to - Hage Ramen. The logo looks a bit weird, but when you are inside, you get a nice Japanese atmosphere and great wall decor. I've never eaten Japanese food before, let alone with chopsticks. But I was determined to try. After asking Gülshan a bunch of questions, I ordered vegan Age Gyoza, some type of fried dumplings and Ramen Sesame. The Gyoza were extremely delicious and I could have just eaten that, although they were rather salty, so that my Grape Soda didn't last long. The Ramen Sesame was alright, and I actually ate only with the given chopsticks and spoon, but I found it a bit difficult to understand, why not to eat (or rather drink) the actual soup. And when there were only little pieces left, I thought it very frustrating to not being able to see the leftovers because there was so much leftover brown soup. I guess I just don't like throwing food away, but the Japanese don't usually drink it, as they say it would be unhealthy to do so. Completely stuffed, we got on the next tube and said goodbye to each other. It was really a pleasure meeting Gülshan after such a long time. She always makes me feel totally fine with myself and light-hearted. She is just a cool character, full-stop.Read more