My Starbucks Breakfast with the Birds in Berlin

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p id="6eda">Ever prepared and anxious about getting lost, I reached the tour’s meeting point early and decided to dip into the Starbucks across the way for a casual bite of breakfast whilst I waited. It was an especially warm and sunny day for May, so I took my freshly baked croissants and settled on a table outside in the sun.Within moments, however, any chance of peace and solitude evaporated. I remember locking eyes with the approaching birds, as though we were assessing each other with equal trepidation. After a few quiet moments, it seemed they weren’t intent on stealing my whole snack, but they did hop forward to peck gently at the discarded flecks of loose pastry that had fallen on my plate.For those few moments, everything was just, and I appreciated getting such an up-close look at a beauty I never would have noticed otherwise from such a typically comm

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on and ordinary creature, whilst neither of us did anything to bother or disturb the other. Enjoying my breakfast alongside these birds is something that sticks with me. Even now 3-4 years have passed, and I did some great things on that particular trip too that should really occupy more of my memory than a simple breakfast stop.Yes, of course, it’s important to see and experience the very things you travelled to a place for, and to make the most of your privilege and opportunity to engage with a new place and culture other than your own, but don’t dismiss the little things either, those unremarkable and yet truly special moments that make the chaotic world we live in seem just that little bit brighter. The big Instagrammable moments are great, but so are the extra things you experience during your downtime, which should also be appreciated for what they are.</article></body>

My Breakfast with the Birds in Berlin

A new friend (Photo by Author)

When you have a limited time to visit your dream destination, jumping from sight to sight in order to fit in as much as possible is a natural response. However, I can tell you from experience that if you keep this up for too long, it will lead to burnout.

Instead, let’s consider the smaller moments, the ones you haven’t got from a travel guide.

So as not to over-exert myself during my day in Berlin back in 2019, I simply booked a four-hour historical walking tour for the morning (which was fantastic, by the way), as well as a ticket to an English-speaking comedy club for the evening (equally memorable).

Ever prepared and anxious about getting lost, I reached the tour’s meeting point early and decided to dip into the Starbucks across the way for a casual bite of breakfast whilst I waited. It was an especially warm and sunny day for May, so I took my freshly baked croissants and settled on a table outside in the sun.

Within moments, however, any chance of peace and solitude evaporated. I remember locking eyes with the approaching birds, as though we were assessing each other with equal trepidation. After a few quiet moments, it seemed they weren’t intent on stealing my whole snack, but they did hop forward to peck gently at the discarded flecks of loose pastry that had fallen on my plate.

For those few moments, everything was just, and I appreciated getting such an up-close look at a beauty I never would have noticed otherwise from such a typically common and ordinary creature, whilst neither of us did anything to bother or disturb the other. Enjoying my breakfast alongside these birds is something that sticks with me. Even now 3-4 years have passed, and I did some great things on that particular trip too that should really occupy more of my memory than a simple breakfast stop.

Yes, of course, it’s important to see and experience the very things you travelled to a place for, and to make the most of your privilege and opportunity to engage with a new place and culture other than your own, but don’t dismiss the little things either, those unremarkable and yet truly special moments that make the chaotic world we live in seem just that little bit brighter. The big Instagrammable moments are great, but so are the extra things you experience during your downtime, which should also be appreciated for what they are.