Berlin Calling Part 2

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April 11th, 2015: Brunch, Shopping and Clubbing

Our next day started a little bit late, but excellent with an early brunch at a Cafe called Mokkabar in the district Kreuzberg, formerly known as the district for its high criminal rates is now famous for its hip but cheap cafes and restaurants.
As we looked for a place to sit, we already marvelled at the plates of the other custormers.
We finally found a place outside the cafe on a sunny spot and as we read through the menu, we had a difficult time deciding upon a plate. In the end, Our friend Jasmina and me took the cheese breakfast and my sister took the vital breakfast.
This is how it looked like:

Looks like heaven, right? It tasted like that as well <3

Unfortunately, all three of us couldn't finish our plates, since it was obviously bigger than our stomach.

After breakfast slash brunch we went to the Kurfürstendamm, the famous shopping street in Berlin.

My sister and me wanted to go to Forever21 since we don't have this shop in Stuttgart, unfortunately, because I found some awesome clothes <3. A black ripped jeans, a flower print tank/crop top, and a long black Kimono. The latter one was the most expensive, about 30€ but it looks beautiful and I can't wait to wear it already.
Anyway, we walked through the streets and looked for a drugstore to buy some sweets because Jasmina's friends invited us on a picnic nearby. We bought some candy, crisps and finger food and headed to meet the guys.
When we arrived there, the weather unfortunately slowly turned a little bit darker, but we were lucky that it hadn't started raining yet. After we arrived, more and more people came. They were all nice and interesting people and we all crammed ourselves with junk food (except for some cherry tomatoes). Someone had brought a package of purple sweet potatoe crisps and they were oh so good! The best crisps I have ever eaten.
After sitting there for 1 or 2 hours, we noticed that the weather became worse and worse and it seriously looked like rain. Plus, my sister and Jasmina wanted to go buy some sneakers, so we all left the green hill and went to the bus station. It was a funny bus ride because we were about 9 people, on top of the bus, joking and laughing around :D one by one, everyone got out of the bus until we three were left alone. We got off in front of the new shopping mall at Alexanderplatz. It was raining so we waited beneath a shelter but a few minutes late it stopped, and as lucky as we were, a rainbow appeared <3

The mall was quite modern, big and beautiful. However, the sneakers Jasmina and Didi wanted were sold out everywhere.
In the end, we left the mall and took a photo in front of the Television Tower.

Me and my sister

When we arrived back at Jaso's apartment, I took a shower and My sister and Jasmina went downstairs to buy some falafel for us. When they came back I was already finished and dressed. We prepared some drinks and enjoyed our meal. It was the first time I ate a falafel and it was so good. I have to eat it again soon.
When we were ready, we were already in a good mood, but it was ready to be destroyed soon by some douchy doorman.
It all began with a club my sister recommended. And since she already recommende the Mokkabar where we had brunch at and it turned out to be so good, we trusted her. Unfortunately, we didn't read the comments on google about that location, thus had to learn it the hard way. The queue in front of the club wasn't that long and it also wasn't that late an hour of the night, but still there were a lot of groups of people before us that were denied the entry. We got worried a little bit. As it was our turn, the door man didn't even properly look in our faces and told us right away that we couldn't get in tonight.
We turned and left immediately, infuriated and perplexed about this denial. Could a club be so superficial? We knew that there is this most famous club in Berlin, the Berghain with a reputation of having the strictest doormen of Germany's clubbing scene, but we didn't think that this club we wanted to go to, Tube Station, was something like a wanna-be Berghain. It was the first time we were denied entry to a club as a woman. And it is funny that it happened in Berlin, since all we heard about Berlin's clubbing scene was that it was the most chilled one. No Dresscode, no superficial prejudice, just relaxed. But the truth was different.
Anyway, we went to another club at Alexanderplatz, called 2be. That was actually not bad, but not what I imagined of a club in Berlin. It rather looked like just another normal Hip Hop club you could also find in Stuttgart. But we met some funny people there. A drunk girl called Fiona saved us from a creep and then Jasmina went out to smoke a cigarette with her. Later we dance all together and found out that she was from England and a friend of her celebrated her bachelorette party. I was dancing and laughing so much that I couldn't breathe.
We left at about 3 or 4 am. The first thing we did when we arrived at the apartment was to give a negative rating for Tube Club on Google :'D
Complaining about that club and laughing about how funny Fiona was, we soon managed to get into bed and get some sleep before waking up to some good plans for the next day.

What we learned: Our second day in Berlin included a first excellent food experience, as well as our first clubbing disappointment.

Today's rating:

Sightseeing: still due
Food: 5/5
Shopping: 3/5
Clubbing: 2/5
Transportation: 5/5

I hope you enjoyed this post. If you did, leave a comment.
In my next post I will show you more cultural stuff and the reunion with some old university friends. Stay tuned!
Until then:
Here to make you happy!