Day number 2, Bauhaus and Zoo.

On the second day we were up bright and early again (after another nights drinking and an aborted attempt at going out to a club) and headed for the Bauhaus. This was the part of the trip I was looking forward to the most after seeing the itinerary, as I felt it would have the most relevance to design. I was impressed with the gallery, in particular the photography by Andreas Feininger, which was absolutely stunning.

After the bauhaus seven of us headed off for the zoo, finding it after eventually gleaning directions out of a poor confused german bloke...

"excuse me, do you know where the zoo is?" "huh?" "the zoo??" "say it slowly..." "um, zoooo?? Animals?" "Oh!! The zoo!"

The zoo was absolutely incredible, better than any I had been to before (although we're hardly spoilt for choice with zoo's in Cumbria) and we spent a good four or five hours in here, before heading back to the hotel.

That night we ate out at White Trash, a quirky german bar/restaurant with an odd menu,

"Fuck off fries, anyone??"

Before heading back to the hotel for another night of drinking, resulting in the seven of us that went to the zoo going out in search of some nightlife. After heading towards Alexanderplatz we asked a German couple where to go, which resulted in yet another confusing conversation; 

"Excuse me, we were wondering if you know where there is a good place to go out around here?" "Ja, white trash." "We've already been there tonight, we were wondering if there's anywhere good to dance?" "I think the weekend ist gut?" "We're not here at the weekend, sorry, do you know anywhere good for tonight?" "Ja, ja the weekend is gut" "Nooo..." Turns out the club was called The Weekend, and it was 15 floors up one of the big buildings right in the centre of Alexanderplatz. After eventually finding it we had an epic night, German techno all round, the novelty of indoor smoking, and some luxury toilets which frankly, amazed us. (Free perfume, hair products, hand cream, and a black marble decor).