What was once filled with weapons is now filled with tourists and a mcDonalds!
spent the morning after breakfast looking for galleries to visit. All closed so we went past the Jewish museum. Didn’t go in but it’s enough to see the outside. Then off to the Brandenburg Gate and then the park. Wandered past the the monument to gays killed during the war. A giant block of stone with a small opening to see a video loop of two men talking intimately. Very understated but good. A stroll thru the hollocast memorial. My second visit. The light on the stones was beautiful.
Just befor the curtain rose on the Magic Flute in Berlin
After a short rest and dinner at the hotel we walked over to the Berlin State Opera to see The Magic Flute. The interior of the auditorium was magnificent. The music was traditional with excellent arias but the visuals stole the show. The actors were mostly static, sometimes strapped to the wall. There was an enormous white wall from the bottom of the stage to the top where animations were projected around the singers. The style of the projections were antiquated and mostly black and white. They felt like they were from the teens or twenties but at the same time clearly modern. They blended with the music and the movements perfectly. Brian and I commented after how well they and the actors were synced. The two and a half hours were by in a flash.
Having drinks after the Magic Flute with Brian, Nat, Steph and Ed
After we went for drinks outdoors across the street from the Philharmonic Orchestra’s auditorium
Natalie finished hers I couldn’t finish mine.
Nat ordered a liter and finished here, I ordered .3 liters and, and as usual, couldn’t finish mine. A good nite was had by all!
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