Amerikaner in Berlin in Nov 15-19, looking for places to see, to meet
I will be in Berlin in 2 weeks for a meeting, which completes on Saturdat, Nov 15. I plan to spend a few days seeing the city and sucking uo local culture ( . . ahem. . )
Any FTers in town that week>
Any native Berliners or others have favorite places to meet fellow 'travellers'
Most appreciated.
Danke schoen!
P.S. When John F Kennedy went to Berlin and said, 'Ich bin ein Berlner!' did he really say he was a berlin danish pastry>>???
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DaDOKin DC: When John F Kennedy went to Berlin and said, 'Ich bin ein Berlner!' did he really say he was a berlin danish pastry>>??? </font>
Indeed. The correct statement is 'Ich bin Berliner!'
DaDOK, be careful with the Berliner Jungen. At first it is just innocent romance, going out to clubs and restaurants... and then you suddenly find yourself mailing jeans (still pretty expensive in BRD) and CK underwear to BER on a weekly basis! http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...um/biggrin.gif
BER- Berlin All Airports
TXL- Flughafen Tegel (LH uses that one)
SXF- Flughafen Schoenefeld (ex-DDR and Interflug hub, used by Air Berlin)
THF- Flughafen Tempelhof, used by small/commuter planes
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DaDOKin DC: I will be in Berlin in 2 weeks for a meeting, which completes on Saturdat, Nov 15. I plan to spend a few days seeing the city and sucking uo local culture ( . . ahem. . )
Any FTers in town that week>
Any native Berliners or others have favorite places to meet fellow 'travellers'
Most appreciated.
Danke schoen!
P.S. When John F Kennedy went to Berlin and said, 'Ich bin ein Berlner!' did he really say he was a berlin danish pastry>>???
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Well, I'll be in Berlin with a friend Nov. 6 - 10, so if you have any free time before that, let me know.
Well -- it is more complicated. In Berlin, what other parts of Germany call "ein Berliner" is called a "Pfannkuchen", which is something quite different in the Rhineland (a pancake, namely). So in Berlin, his statement was unambiguous. Also, leaving out the determiner "ein" would weaken the rhetorical impact of the statement -- you lose the "I am one of you" aspect. So he got it right, I think.
Btw, Berliner are delicious!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BackOfTheBus: Indeed. The correct statement is 'Ich bin Berliner!' </font>
I always thought it was Ronald Reagan attempting to quote JFK who said he was a jellydonut.
I was in Berlin last year, and I found the cafe Schall und Rauch to be quite chummy (not bad food either). It was there that the cute bartender told me, "Dat's a beeeer, not a Fahn-tah, slow down.." *Swoon* hehe
None of the other bars/discos seemed to distinguish themselves.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by VillageFlyer:
Btw, Berliner are delicious!
---------------------------------------------the boys or the donuts? http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...um/biggrin.gif</font>
**** -- beat me to it!
Too good of a line to pass up.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ILuvParis: Well, I'll be in Berlin with a friend Nov. 6 - 10, so if you have any free time before that, let me know. </font>
Thanks for the offer, ILP -- but I will not get in until Nov 13 and will be busy with work until Saturday evening, Nov 15.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DaDOKin DC: Thanks for the offer, ILP -- but I will not get in until Nov 13 and will be busy with work until Saturday evening, Nov 15. </font>
Da DOK 
