NEWS: May 3

3:42 PM, May 3, 2011 ι Chris Bunting

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SCHNELL — YOU wanted more service to Berlin, you got it. As of this past Sunday, Airberlin is flying nonstop between here and there four times a week: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays (airberlin.com ).

TUSK LOVE — SURE, $4,400pp might seem pricey for a week-long safari through Kenya when it doesn’t even include the airfare to get there, but keep this in mind: If you sign up for Extraordinary Journeys Africa ’s 8-day “Great Cats and Magnificent Elephants” itinerary, they’ll adopt an elephant on your behalf (ejafrica.com) .

IN LIKE FINN — THINK Finland’s nothing more than herring and cellphones? You need to get out more. Don’t worry, not actually to Finland — just San Diego, for the city’s 28th annual FinnFest . It’s five days (Aug. 10-14) of food, music, films, sports and other guaranteed forms of Nordic weirdotainment (finnfest2011.com ).