Tag: berlin

  • My ic! berlin

    On my last day in Berlin, while wandering in Mitte, it came to me that my eyeglass frame by ic! berlin must somehow be related to this city.  After googling the brand on the street, I discovered that their original store was located at Max-Beer-Straße, which is only two blocks from where I was.  So

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  • Berlin: Even more KaDeWe sausages

    8 (107) KaDeWe’s delicatessen is rumored to sell more than 1000 types of sausages. To test the rumor,  I started counting the number of price tags in each display case in my last post. Click here to see the earlier post (and more sausages… ). The fun continues here … the bracketed number is the

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  • Berlin: KaDeWe’s 1000 sausages

    12 (12) Rumors has it that KaDeWe’s delicatessen on the sixth floor carries more than 1000 types of sausages.  I did an estimate to test the rumor.  Here is the evidence, presented in two posts. I have counted the number of price tags and put the number under each picture, along with the running total.

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  • Berlin: KaDeWe – Gourmet Bouillabaisse

    On my last day in Berlin, it was raining and the wind harsh. Stay indoors was the advice offered by the hotel concierge. KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) is the second largest department store in Europe, after Harrods in London.  But the food hall on the sixth floor, in my opinion, is bigger and better than

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