Berlin, Germany Diary

Hi,
Taking a break from Hawaii.  I, recently, had the opportunity to take a trip to Europe for work.  My coworker and I traveled to Berlin, Germany first and then London, England to do some trend research for our Fall 2012 line of socks.  Basically we shopped our butts off!  That was hard work, but oh so fun!  :)  Also, we were able to meet with a new client, With It, while in London.  The trip was well worth it professionally and I managed to get some pretty cool shots of the two cities during our down time. All of this post is from Berlin.  London will be next.  If you like what you see here and want to see more, visit my other blog that I dedicate to pattern.  www.iseepattern.tumblr.com  Enjoy Berlin, Germany!

iPhone shot from the taxi from the airport!  We're here!

We went straight to the hotel and dropped off our luggage and then found the nearest outdoor cafe to dine at.

We got onion soup aaaaaaand it was mainly onion!  :)  But it was delicious.

FALL!  Something we Texans were excited about.  Before our travels, Dallas had been 110 degrees with no rain for months.  This Berlin weather was awesome!

Hop Berlin shops.

I took a picture of this tree bc the pattern reminds me of camouflage.  Thought it was cool...  :)

We decided to venture out and take the subway to a big shopping center our hotel told us about.  I believe it was called Europa Center.  Anyway, glad we did, we found a ton of stuff for trend.  The subway was a tad bit hard to figure out, but we survived and I got some good stuff for my pattern blog.  The subway had pattern all over it.  Check out my post about it on my pattern blog here.

Me in the middle of the huge outdoor Shopping Center area with my pet giraffe in hand.  We carried these totes around shopping so we wouldnt have a thousands bags to carry around all day.    

One of the many department stores we went shopping for trends and socks in.  I loved how the store was so minimal and white.  Our US department stores have so many visuals.  The Germans keep it simple and clean.

This guy played pipes?  And Im not talking about bag pipes...  I only give money to those street entertainers that deserve it!  This guy certainly got my money.  very cool!

Another street vendor who sold military hats... ???  not sure why, but i liked it.  Altho I did not spend my money bc my paw paw has a ton of this stuff that my mom and I get to enjoy without spending any money.  

This is what our hotel floor looked like.  And this was only a 15th of what we bought.  SOOOOO many socks!  Inspiring!

OF COURSE, i had to try a Vienerschnitzel.  I mean Wiener schnitzel.  :)  It looks disgusting, but the whole meal was actually really good!

Bye Bye Berlin.  Ending the Berlin portion of the trip with a FRISKY TURKEY sandwich at the tiny Berlin Airport.

Berlin was nice. One day I will have to visit for pleasure. Next stop LONDON baby! Top Shop here we come! haha  Auf Weidersehen! :)

XO,

Whitney