Bonanza

Today should have been all about visiting several flea markets in Berlin. We choose four of them to visit (Arkonaplatz, Mauerpark, Ostbahnhof and ending up at Boxhagenerplatz) by bike so we would travel fast and would actually be able to visit them all, but today was cold. And I mean really, really cold. The master plan was to not get cold to the bone but warm up every hour at least to try and stay warm.

So after Arkonaplatz (where I bought 4 lovely breakfast plates) we went to Bonanza to warm up. Nice little coffee place with just a few tables and high chairs. It’s all about coffee and they really make great coffees. Or at least cappuccino’s, my sister ordered a lungo but I guess it then is better to take a regular filter coffee which they also serve. The green tea and pistachio cookies they sell on the side are also very, very good. I also bought a bag of coffee beans for we are still looking for good roasted beans for our machine at home and unfortunately weren’t able to find good ones yet. Hope they are good, but doubt we will find as good beans as by Brandmeesters in Amsterdam.

After Bonanza we went to the Mauerparkmarket, where indeed are a lot of tourists but nonetheless I found it to be a pleasant market with some nice second hand stalls but we also bought an illustration by two Japanese artists and some handmade wool-lined children gloves. After half an hour at the Mauerpark we really did give up our flea market journey but not before we have some fantastic homemade ravioli in sage and butter (one of my favorite dishes and here they really know how to make it) with Heisse Zitrone (hot lemonade) at Teigwaren, in the Oderbergerstrasse again, to warm ourselves for the ten minute bike ride back.