So after a quick diversion into the robotic realm last week, I thought I’d wrap up this two-part series about my recent European escapades!

Previously I posted some pics of the cool art to be seen in Oslo, Norway and the choicest selections from Berlin’s East Side Gallery. This week’s focus is a bit more on Berlin’s excellent street art scene.

This awesome Japanese woodcut-style portrait decorated the side of a hotel across the street from the East Side Gallery facing the Spree River. We really loved the economical use of color and elegant contours and just thought in general it was great art AND marketing for the hotel; it’s hard to miss AND hard to forget.

After a couple of mis-steps seeking out the cream of the art scene crop that we’d heard so much about before arriving in Berlin, we asked the proprietor of Big Brobot, a very cool book/toy/comic/t-shirt shop in the Friedrichshain section of the city, if he could recommend any good galleries that exhibited more street art and pop art (as opposed to the truly awful installations we’d seen up to that point.) He kindly pointed us in the direction of the NeuroTitan gallery and shop.

After a couple of missed turns, we finally were pointed in the direction of the correct alley leading to the gallery. Once we stepped into the alley, we were greeted with some really wonderful pieces of street art, from spray can art to traditional media to paste-ups.

The alley then led into a courtyard that featured this very cool steam-powered sculpture of a steampunk bat-creature with flapping wings, roving eyes, and flailing proboscis. I really wish I’d switched on my video camera to catch it in action!

Finally, to get to the NeuroTitan gallery, we had to climb a few flights of stairs to enter the shop area before checking out the exhibit. While the exhibit was pretty “meh”, the trip up the stairs was awesome, with the walls just COVERED in really cool graffiti and street art. One of our favorites was the “Fashion Chimp” ad paste-up, done in the style of a 1930s-40s women’s magazine. Who wouldn’t want a giant, life-sized “fashion chimp” for their home?

That pretty much wraps up our 2011 European adventure. Sad as we were not to be able to make it to Tokyo, it was an excellent diversion none the less, and hopefully the planet is done kicking Japan’s ass for a few years and we can make it over there soon.

In OTHER Ex-Boyfriend news—AT LEAST two new designs are going to be up by the end of this week. If you or someone you know is into vampires, kitties, and/or kawaii-style art, be sure to check back!

ALSO: Be sure to tune into The Daily Show on Comedy Central tonight at 11pm. Our good friend Jackson Galaxy from Animal Planet will be sporting our very own Fuzz Aldrin this evening during Aasif Mandvi’s segment! Woot! Be sure to spread the word!

UPDATE: The Daily Show segment featuring Jackson Galaxy wearing Fuzz Aldrin tonight has been postponed thanks to some big political news today, but I’ll keep you guys updated about when it really airs!

For the last week I’ve been in Oslo and Berlin on a little vacation. Today I’m sharing 5 cool/interesting things I’ve seen. I’ll share 5 more next week.

I loved this mural at the East Side Gallery, Berlin, because he seemed so ideal for photobombing. Thus we told him secrets and picked his nose.

Previously I'd only seen The Scream hanging on posters in college dorm rooms. It was cool to see the original. Though the lighting could have been better. The whole Munch musuem was pretty great. The best part was Munch's overly-sensitive poems about everything. This guy would've been a serious Plain White T's fan.

This was a urinal in a horror-themed bar in Oslo called Dr Jekyll's. The bathroom was hidden behind a bookcase/secret door. They really went all out, with motion-sensor-activated howls & scream to accompany you as you did your business.

One of the most interesting sculptures in Vigeland's sculpture garden in Oslo. Features a guy beset by babies. Terrifying?

My favorite mural at Berlin's East Side Gallery

That’s all for now. I’ll share 5 more next week when I’m back from my trip.

Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, saved himself and his sister from a moose using the valuable lessons he learned playing World of Warcraft. Apparently these two little moppets stumbled into a the moose’s territory while out for a walk and the moose didn’t appreciate the intrusion.

Hans got rid of the moose by alternately taunting it and playing dead. I am not sure what to make of this. On one hand this moose not only has children in his lair, but now he’s got kids taunting him? (How does one taunt a moose any way? Tell him he looks fat?) On the other hand, this moose was “taunted” by a small child and then actually believed the child dropped dead for no apparent reason. This can’t be the smartest moose in the forest.

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