The office I work at is loc­ated in the heart of Ber­lin, Stadtmitte — right next to the Gen­dar­men­markt. It’s one of the most beau­ti­ful spots in archi­tec­ture and leis­urely posh liv­ing in Berlin.

I obvi­ously prefer the dirty sides of the city to the expens­ive busi­ness attire dis­tricts. But it does have its nice sides: always happy and smil­ing tour­ists, spon­tan­eous orches­tras, and the view. Oh, the view.

Sadly, I have become very blind to my sur­round­ings. One year of rot­ting in the office does that to you. Since we’re leav­ing the office next week for a big­ger one (five minutes away from Gen­dar­men­markt, but still feels like entirely dif­fer­ent world), this might just do it justice.

I took a walk from my work place to Orani­en­bur­ger Tor and thor­oughly enjoyed the early even­ing sun. How beau­ti­ful the jux­ta­pos­i­tion of mod­ern glass build­ings to the rare rem­nants of the second world war– and how thought provoking.

I did sweat my ass off though, so it’s the train again tomorrow.