german classes, christmas markets and mittens warmed up by cups of glühwein, lunch concerts at the philarmonie, baking, christmas parties, daytrips outside berlin… it feels good to be busy, always on the run, but right now i wish life would slow down a little bit, just enough for me to process it all.
coming back home after some weeks in a whirlwind of constant excitement and perpetual sugar rushes. it’s all so quiet…
on random walls of kreuzberg and friedrichshain.
the sign outside states “don’t die before trying”, and so, try we did. and then it became a sort of ritual: every time we were nearby, the caffeine siren calling would divert us from our path straight into this tiny little coffee shop. well, the coffee and the cheesecake, if we’re being honest. it’s really good.
i don’t know enough about coffee to comment beyond “i like it” – so their fancy machine has little allure on a commoner like me.
but sometimes, good coffee has this quality of making time go slower while you sip. have you noticed? this is one of those coffees. you take a sip, taste the foam, close your eyes and feel all is well with the world. you take a bite of that cheesecake and let it melt in your tongue, slowly. yup, you don’t even notice the impatient baristas anymore. all is well. :)
bonanza is on oderberger straße, 35 near mauerpark.
i’ve always wanted to live in a city with one of these…
…and now we do! :)