Ryan Hellyer

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  • Skating at Tempelhof

    Awesome time was had skating at Tempelhof airport in Berlin today 🙂

    tempelhof-skating

  • Obstdöner party

    We had an obstdöner party at Sara’s place 🙂 An obstdöner is a fruit kebab, and they taste amazing!

    dinner-party1

    dinner-party2

  • Ze wabbit

    Cute easter rabbit

  • Cherry Court Lodge

    I have vivid memories from my childhood. One of the things I remember most vividly, is having dinner at Cherry Court Lodge in Dunedin, where my Dad worked from around the time I was born until I turned five. I still recall having frogs legs for dinner. I don’t know why I liked them so much, but it might have had something to do with the attention I got when I selected it off the menu.

    Fast forward 30 years, and I was having dinner in a nice French restaurant in Berlin, so I figured I’d tackle that age old delicacy which I hadn’t tried since those early years. It still tastes pretty good. There aint much meat on those bones though. It’s probably fine for a four year old, but this 34 year old needs a lot more than frogs legs to fill his puku these days 😉

    Frogs legs

  • Go home Facebook, you’re drunk

    facebook-icelandic

  • Wisdom from Kermit

    dont-take-life-seriously-kermit

  • Fruit kebab

    Fruit kebab

    Berliners are very proud that their city is the home of the Doner kebab. Little did I know, that they also do fruit kebabs here, which are even better than the meaty ones 🙂

    Meta picture of Sara photographing and my kebab photographing her and her kebab.
    Sara photographing me photographing our kebabs.
    Me with yummy fruit kebabs. Thanks to Sara for taking the photo :)
    Me with yummy fruit kebabs. Thanks to Sara for taking the photo 🙂

  • We take cash!

    In Germany, it is extremely rare for shops to take cards. In New Zealand, the shops need to emphasise that they do indeed take cash in case people assume they don’t.

    we-take-cash

  • Artwork at Bärenquell brewery

    Thanks to Hannah for taking these photos with her flash during our visit to Bärenquell in Berlin.

    Graffiti at Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    Graffiti at Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    Graffiti at Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    Graffiti at Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

    Graffiti at Bärenquell brewery in Berlin

  • SmartSpy RC aircraft

    Some of you may have heard that I bought a new Radio Control aircraft the other day. It came with an onboard video camera and even included an SD card. As far as I was aware, this aircraft was “made in Germany”. My German skills must be worse than I thought, as I can’t understand a single word of what these folks are saying from when they tested out the camera on the factory line.

    http://youtu.be/HDTp6Cw-SUU

    At least I know they have good quality control though, since they tested the camera and all