Street life is everything in Berlin. Life is lived in public, in the parks, the cafes, and on the streets. Germans love the outdoors and have structured most of their cities to make use of the natural beauty of the land and create the most delightful and usable spaces possible. Cafes almost always have outdoor seating, and graffiti and advertisements seem to be intended to decorate the cityscape rather than pollute. Berlin is a walking city, as I quickly learned. My reliance on public transportation was very difficult for me at first due to my mobility issues. After a few weeks I was walking with the best of them, had lost a considerable amount of weight, and had managed to build muscle and stamina where I hadn’t been able to before. I almost dread coming home to a lack of so much as a sidewalk, let alone a pedestrian friendly environment.