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Although it’s a little bit cold and rainy in Berlin at the moment, when I left it several weeks ago, Spring had definitely sprung. Everyone was out in full force, enjoying the warm weather with many table side cafes and the wonderful biergartens (no translations necessary) where the British have something to learn from the efficiency of German people serving beer. There is simply no mucking about! <\/p>\n

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Above is a picture of one of the streets I pass regularly on the way to work. Quite a distinct contrast from its leafless, sombre brown branches I barely saw in the dark back in January. <\/p>\n

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And one of the aforementioned biergartens, this one fairly well known, called Prater Garten<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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