Having previously done the big sights of Berlin and sampled its "official" culture, I took a street-by-street approach this time around, looking for the local tensions and energy that give Berlin a nighttime edge.
"If you take a street for a parade or protest without a permit, you are subject to arrest".
The Google Street View trucks had driven onto their road, down to their house, to take a Street View 360 degree photo.
They took a back street out of the lot, an unfamiliar way out of town.
Schott took a side street to a restaurant where we were to have lunch.
Later that evening, we wandered where the old American University of Cairo campus was located, and took a side street.
It took a lot of street smarts just to survive and not get caught by the police.
He dropped Rod back at the video store and headed north, thinking to beat the parade by taking a side street, but he was too late.
It might take a good street map and sufficient reading material for some long M o rides, but the journeys will be worth it.
