Sourdough, slow evenings & planting new ideas

Today was a proper rest day, in the best possible way.

After work, I went to a sourdough bread workshop that lasted almost four hours. It turned into a surprisingly grounding evening: learning the basics, touching dough, shaping bread, eating snacks together, and eventually tasting the bread we made. We came home with our own doughs to bake soon (we ordered iron pot, waiting for it), slightly tired but deeply relaxed.

There’s something about working with your hands like this: slow, physical, imperfect that resets your brain in a way screens never do.

I also took a few nice photos and short stories during the workshop. They’ll likely turn into a small write-up soon for a project we quietly planted seeds for this summer: goberliner.com 🐻

The idea is simple and very close to my heart: a curated directory of authentic Berlin experiences — good food, small places we genuinely enjoy, moments that break routine. Not a tourist guide, not SEO-heavy, but something personal and collaborative. A place where anyone on the team (and maybe future teammates in Berlin) can contribute over time.

As someone who lives here, this excites me a lot. Berlin has so much texture and it deserves to be documented slowly, honestly, and with care.

Today reminded me that rest doesn’t mean doing nothing. Sometimes it means learning something completely different and letting new ideas quietly take root.