Berlin Eats: pastries galore

Berlin Eats: pastries galore

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Food

When I think of pastries, the first thing that comes to mind is "France." But during my time in Berlin, I realized that a lot of pastries that we consider to be "normal" in America, like streusels and strudels, are actually German...

Germany's Lost Art

Germany's Lost Art

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Art

After learning in design history class about the Neue Nationalgalerie, designed by Mies van der Rohe, I knew I must pay a visit...

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

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Travel

Stepping off the train from the Netherlands and arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhof (main station), felt like a country bumpkin visiting the big city for the first time...

Language barriers

Language barriers

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Art

In Helsinki, I visited the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, where there was an exhibit about situations and narrative in art which I quite liked...

Asparagus

Asparagus

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Food

Asparagus is one of the main events of spring, and the Dutch people take asparagus really seriously... 

Dutch-inflected McDonald's

Dutch-inflected McDonald's

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Food

This winter, McDonald's had special "winter weeks" featuring rookworst (smoked sausage, very Dutch), stroopwafel McFlurry (McFlurry with caramel-laced cinnamon-y cookie pieces), and three different kinds of burgers representing different cities of the Netherlands...

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