Just got back from Berlin, had a great time but not really sure where a lot of places were as I was following people and some of the music venues etc. barely seemed to exist (and might not next week). I had the odd experience of hearing Irish accents everywhere (gigs, bars, museums, walking down the street...), don't know if the city is full of ex-Dub now-Ber Linners or if it's just my imagination.
Probably my favourite experience of the whole trip was spending three hours eating all-you-can-eat brunch on Sunday morning in a place called Freischwimmer on the riverbank in Kreuzberg. Enough food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus a roaring fire for just 8 Euros. Wonderful.