Spotted – Red Light District, Amsterdam
In front of the Palais am Festungsgraben
It seems like this place has been gathering quite some interest over the past few weeks (I’ve noticed it being shared on pinterest and on some other blogs) so I guess now is probably a good time as any to finally publish this post.
I’ve heard about the Tadschikische Teestube even before I moved to Berlin, but having lived here for over 3 years, I still hadn’t managed to actually go and try it out until last month.
Here is a bit of a back story for those who don’t know much about this curious Tea Room.
After being exhibited in the 1976 Exposition in Leipzig – The whole Tajik Tearoom (including the carpets and wooden paneling) was given as a present to the Chairman of the Council of State Erich Honecker (you know – the head of state of the DDR) by the USSR. Not having a better place to set this room up – he had it installed in the wonderfully named „House of German- Soviet Friendship” now known as the Palais am Festungsgraben.
Spotted - Palais am Festungsgraben, Berlin
Its no big secret but I hate fish, so youll be hard pressed to find me in a japanese restaurant (due to their pescy habit of serving mostly fish-based dishes). Nevertheless I was dragged down a dark industrial looking street to the Cocolo Ramenbar (which turned out to be just a street off from the “Trendy” Tor Straße)
Spotted - Palais am Festungsgraben, Berlin
A few years back when my family was living in San Francisco, I encountered this interesting so-called, “German” tradition The Christmas Pickle. My Mother, on the hunt for some Christmas Tree Ornaments ended up in bizarre store somewhere in downtown San Francisco and came across the so-called “German Christmas Pickle”. Now I can guarantee you that about 0 Germans know what the hell a Christmas pickle is – and I’m quite sure that not even that many Americans can explain to me what this thing is, where it came from and why you would hang it in a tree.
Spotted – Lyon, France
Spotted – Pergamon Museum, Berlin
