Right Under the Berlin TV Tower, and a Closed Ice Bar

"Being in Berlin has really inspired me in a way I wasn't expecting." The rest of Checkpoint Charlie's history boards, a quick stop at a synthesizer shop that turned out to be mostly repairs and parts, then over to Alexanderplatz and right under the TV Tower, the closest I've been to it. A frozen Neptune fountain, statues of alligators and seals, a friend near Amsterdam inviting me to a horror movie night (I don't do horror movies), and how Berlin in winter is inspiring me to build a sci-fi game set here. Then the Ice Bar, which is closed for renovation. Berlin, Germany. Day 9 of 10. CHAPTERS 00:00 Tanks that roamed these streets 00:17 The 1953 uprising 00:32 An American tour guide 01:05 How Berlin was split 01:56 Heading to the music shop 02:22 A very immigrant heavy area 03:02 I want lemonade 03:17 Even more so than where I'm staying 03:39 The bridge near RAW 04:18 I don't record inside small stores 05:07 The shop is on the corner 05:27 Someone playing fantasy music on a synth 05:42 A quick look downstairs 06:05 Mostly a repair shop with parts 06:53 Five minutes, but now I know it 07:26 Off to the Berlin Ice Bar 07:57 Tomorrow is just the cathedral 08:15 Bikini Berlin 08:30 My train is in three minutes 09:25 This dude is sneezing everywhere 09:40 I can see the Berlin Cathedral dome 10:16 A man with a sign 10:33 The day pass made me want to travel more 11:19 They open at three 11:46 Names tied to a metal tree 12:11 Right under the TV Tower 12:26 Not going up 12:48 Zero negative comments about my camera 13:07 A pile of dirt? 13:22 Why I love tall human-made structures 13:39 A frozen fountain. Is that Poseidon? 13:55 A horror movie party near Amsterdam 14:37 Horror movies scare me more than my neighborhood 15:15 An art photo shoot 15:31 Why are there so many alligators? 16:07 A seal, not what I expected 16:24 I should have got a day pass sooner 16:46 The sci-fi game I lost with my hard drive 17:24 Berlin is inspiring me 18:03 Listening to Neuromancer 18:47 He's talking to his beer 19:03 Shadowrun, and its German fans 19:58 Night City and the original Seattle 20:33 It all exists in my head 20:51 The Ice Bar. Minus 12 inside 21:09 Closed for renovation until Valentine's Day 21:40 Bikini Berlin is five kilometers away 21:58 Google Maps says open 22:45 Real human body parts, nearby 23:17 Back to the station 23:58 The cathedral with the Berlin Tower behind it #Berlin #Alexanderplatz #Germany