Sunday.

Sundays in Berlin are really nice. At least when the weather stays as good as today.

It's fall in the air but the sun is still shining so you can spend your day outside and not getting to cold.

After some hours sleep I went to Elsa's job that is just a short walk from home. Elsa cooks at a natural food place here in Friedrichshain, that has a lot of great things to eat. Today I eat breakfast there.

Me and my friend Amina sat in the sun and we both had a Elsa's royal. A vegan sandwich that Elsa has come up with and it's of course named after her. It's also really popular, which I understand because it was really good. Amina and I had a chil-chil day, as she would say.

Sundays are the days of flea-markets/flohmark in Berlin and in Friedrichshain there is one on Boxhangen Platz. Not as big as the one on by Mauerpark but a nice one. On the markets in Berlin you can find what ever you are looking for from furnitures to book, old cameras, random cabels, old photos, clothes and art.

Walking around at a market always makes me wonder why do people have so much "shit" laying around and how do they have the energy to bring their things every Sunday to the market?

There are so many things that I don't know what it is or don't even want to know what is. There is wonderful art and prints and vintage dresses that I just want to have also. So far since I moved to Berlin, it is on the markets I have found the best bargains. I have bought two dresses, a big hand-knitted scarf and great boots, all for 13euros! Yes, I does take some time to find what your looking for but when/if you do it's usually quite cheep. I like it a lot.

There is also, at least at Mauerpark, so much food that you just want to eat. For me, I always want to eat a Sunday vegan bus burger. There is also karaoke outside in the park there and can be really funny and great.

Today at Boxhagen Platz I was looking for some furniture, a armchair to have in my room that I could read in. The thing is, even if the market is close to home I not strong enough to carry heavy things but I have hope that if I would find something I will grow mighty muscles in a second. I didn't find anything (so we have to see about the muscle growing some other time) but just walking around with Amina for some time is never wrong. It was just a nice lazy day outside.

On the way home, feeling a bit tried but happy with the day I found a späti (24 hour shop) and got some Club Mate, which is the non alcoholic drink that everybody drinks here all the time. It's good and it feels very hip to be drinking it. Group pressure, yes indeed.

Back in my room I wish I had an armchair to read in but I will try my luck next week at the markets.