I am a hacker, a self-employed programmer, an open-source advocate, a scientist, and an independent security researcher.
During January 2-10, I only had to work a few hours and the rest of the time I could spend on my own interests. I worked on a few new projects and looked around the city a bit more.
Read more »Christmas in Berlin is known as Weinachten. It's a festive time where people hang out in great number downtown and have good fun for the whole family. The markets (markts) are very busy and interesting each with their own unique attraction. The carnival rides were way too dangerous for me to consider riding. I listened to a guy read Red Riding Hood (in German) to a crowd of all ages nearly all drinking gluhwein (aka Glogg or Mullwine). Gluhwein is very tasty (festive taste) and can be either cheap or expensive depending on what it's made of and how much profit the vendor wishes to make. Either way drunkenness ensues for hilarious result.
I delayed buying my connecting ticket from Copenhagen, DK to Berlin, DE, so the only tickets left were First Class on a direct ICE. The next second class ticket would leave 5 hours later and arrive 10 hours later. I decided to spring the extra 50€ for first class to Berlin. I mean, why not?
First class is not worth the extra price obviously unless you are in a hurry or have a laptop. Oh wait, I have a laptop, I plugged in and had a fun 7 hour trip coding many fun projects.
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