On a gorgeous Monday afternoon, I count seven of us seated on the six-person bike, peddling madly at low gear to move at a Sunday's pace down the Unter den Linden.

"Berlin's Champs-Élysées," smiles Pierre, the proud Frenchman who hails from no less than Versailles itself, to no one in particular.

Indeed, this is really something. Sight of sights, here we are, seven geography students from six different countries ... (click here, for the full story on felix's daily starfish and waffles).