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First Impressions of Berlin | Cheng-Wei Hu

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Last year, I had the opportunity to travel to Europe for the first time. During my trip, I spent about a month exploring the continent and stayed in three different cities: Paris, Berlin, and London. Inspired by Paul Graham's Cities and Ambition, I made a conscious effort to jot down my first impressions of each city, trying to guess the unique message that each one was trying to convey to me. This second note is about Berlin. I've also noted my preferred way to travel and how you should interpret my opinions on these cities in my first note about Paris. Below is a log of my first impressions of Berlin, along with some photos I took with Fuji C200, and iPhone. Berlin has a vibe that feels like a big international young hippie gathering. There are so many good coffee shops where you can work comfortably. Additionally, this city gives me the impression that it would be easy to survive here as a foreigner if I need to move and live here for a year because most of the essential things 1 ar

Last year, I had the opportunity to travel to Europe for the first time. During my trip, I spent about a month exploring the continent and stayed in three different cities: Paris, Berlin, and London. Inspired by Paul Graham's Cities and Ambition , I made a conscious effort to jot down my first impressions of each city, trying to guess the unique message that each one was trying to convey to me. This second note is about Berlin. I've also noted my preferred way to travel and how you should interpret my opinions on these cities in my first note about Paris . Berlin: International young hippie ga

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