A sea of concrete blocks.
Very nice first day in Berlin . Slept 14 hours and woke up after my “afternoon” nap at 8:50. Rushed to get showered etc and off to meet Uwe at 10 at Alexanderplatz . Met him at Starbucks !! Then off on a walk all around East Berlin stopping for a coffee and snack catching up after more than 10 years! It was just like we hadn’t seen each other in a few weeks except lots of life and travels to review.
Wandered around admiring all the new architecture – very grand – and also lots of side streets. Stopped fore of lunch of Bavarian sausage, pretzel and of course beer. Went into the largest department store.. An entire floor of food from every country all beautifully presented. Went to the restaurant on the top floor with a huge barrel vaulted ceiling of glass. Beautiful view of the city.
Went to the Brandenburg gate and then say the enormous memorial to the 6 million Jews . Very impressive but alienating sea of concrete blocks that became higher and higher as you walked further into the “sea”. It did just as it was designed to.
- then took the Uban to the west side of town fro more wandering tho this part much greener and more posh. Streets of very fine shops and galleries including on with my name. They were NOT showing my work however. More strolling and a quick stop at Uwes’ hotel and off to dinner at an Italian favorite of Uwe’s. All the day constant great conversation up until I got on the subway for my bandb. All in all a great day.
Fantastic, Doug! Was in Berlin, east and west, before the wall came down! Long time ago! Can you post bigger pictures so we can all see? Have a fabulous time!!