WTF?

I'm out there in the cold and my country is advertised as a warm escape!

Berlin Impressions

 It's been my 4th time in Berlin but I have the same excitement each time I go there. Braunschweig is about 230 km.s from Berlin and I wanted to try carpooling for the first time.
'mitfahregelegenheit.de' is a 'car pooling' website very popularly used in Germany. Drivers explain their routes on the website and find passengers accordingly. 100 km's cost around 6 Euros for each passenger. So, it costed me 13 Euros.
Sharing cars is a very efficient way of reducing CO2 emission per person. Besides, it's very affordable compared with other transportation methods, even train.
On the website, people can also look for passengers to share their 'weekend group tickets' valid on trains. In this case, you can travel to Berlin even for 8 Euros, but you have to stick with the group.
The 'weekend group ticket' is a special offer in order to encourage people to use public transport.

Berlin Main Train Station is a wonder of modern architecture with multiple floors, providing intersection to numerous lines.

Just behind the Brandenburger Gate, I couldn't turn down Mario and Luigi who insisted on a group  photo with my gorgeous moustache.

(No I paid them 2 Euros to get this damn picture!)

A six pack of Donuts. The question is; what remains of a six pack after a pack of these?

Berlin under construction!

Some backstreet in Hackescher Markt, the graffitis here are real masterpieces.

 For some reason, someone painted Deniz Gezmis, a well-known Turkish political activist who was treated unfairly and executed with his comrades. After seeing a painting of Kemal Sunal in Braunschweig and him, I'm really wondering who is behind these works. 

Turkish 'Teyze's selling Turkish food and earning money at Hackescher Markt. She complained me about their husbands not working.

 It's been 4 times in Berlin and I never got to go up the TV Tower. One day...

People enjoying Easter and their free time. How?

By eating of course, and drinking...

Poor Ozan munching a 'Kumpir' a.k.a. 'baked potatopes' at the Alexanderplatz Metro Station.

This train station hosts various snack bars which are not bad at all. 

Just before my phone's battery was dead, we got the cheapest price for two beds at a hostel :)

Hello World

Indira Gandhi is known for a notorious phrase in Turkey, which can be translated as 'Indiragandhing' and it means to pocket someone else's belongings. Therefore I felt like making this picture. I still smile when I see this picture.

Alexander Platz by night

One should not leave Berlin without eating a Berliner.. Bullshit.

Just like anything associated with a city, this Berliner from Berlin has no difference than the ones made somewhere else and tastes no better. But it does taste delicious anyway.

Espresso Explosion

My mocha pot looking out of the window, waiting to be used for the first time

And there goes the first espresso ever made by me;

that's where I should have closed the lid

looks like my mocha pot wants a cigarette after a long climax...

English Man in New York

    Globalisation isn't something new and it's not the first time I come across a Turkish textile brand abroad. But I couldn't help running to the LittleBig stand after finding one in Karstadt, a prominent mall chain of Germany.

    Karstadt, though expensive, is good that it brings many brands together and offers a variety of products mostly appealing to the upper class. Joseph and Joseph is a design brand whose products I admire and draw inspiration from. So, finding a stand spared just for this brand was quite a joy for me.

The urban bandit on two wheels

    Sometimes it's incredibly cold here and it feels two times colder when you are on the bike.

So I cover up my face as much as possible and that's the consequence;

Run Like Hell

    Running is my favourite sportive activity. Besides, for me it's the best way of getting to know a city. You set references while running to position yourself and after a few runs, you combine those references and easily reach your destination. It's like 'oh I know this Döner Shop, I should go straight and take a right!'.
   Another reason why I like running in another country is to break the stereotype of a foreigner. When on vacation, people usually move away from their daily routines and have changes in their habits. After going back home, it takes some time to establish the same order. And if you are abroad for 5 months, then you should be more careful not to change your routines so radically. Running is one of the routines I'm trying to keep doing!
    Braunschweig is a small city and doesn't have much of an industry. Therefore the air is so clean and green is the main colour scheme around. My dorm is also situated in the vicinity of a big park where you can run in fields that feel like they won't end.

Me ready to run!

Who wouldn't want to run here?

Summary of the last week

I've been feeling uneasy for the last week for not making any new entries. I knew I wouldn't be able to post everyday once I met people and it is happening now. If you are visiting my blog, you must have noticed that I don't post everyday but almost post 'for' everyday. The pictures I take help me a lot to remind me of what I did that day...
To sum up the last week;

-The orientation took place and I toured the school with the other students that I just met. While touring the school, my enthusiasm rose to start designing something with all the atmosphere around. I almost had a heart attack/ orgasm while visiting the workshops of the Design Department. The wood workshop itself is 5 times larger than the whole workshop of my home university.

-I hung around with my new friends. I'm so glad to have friends now, after spending a week on my own, I was starting to go mad. A funny thing I want to mention is that 4 of my new friends come from London and thus have hardcore English accent. If I don't make any German friends, It's very likely that I have a notable English accent by the end of my Erasmus period.