lovely berlin

here it is friends - the last installment of the northern europe trip april 2010.

after a brief moment of not thinking we'd get there, buying a really expensive train ticket, + riding 7 hours while reading orwell's nineteen eighty-four, we arrived.

it's an amazing city.

so much history and so much change.

we needed to see checkpoint charlie and the wall - of course.

the bricks run through the city showing where the wall was.

it was interesting to see damage from the war that has never been repaired.

this church was bombed as well.

the jewish memorial and holocaust museum were moving, unsettling and sombre.

the monuement is huge, full of layered rows of unmarked pillars.

the city is full of all kinds of history, but also is filled with some of the most interesting modern art and architecture in the world. it's a great juxtaposition.

resting my feet at the top of the parliament building.

our favourite activity was the hamburger banhoff museum. (not only because it was warm inside)

this 'piece' was steve's favourite. a huge room, filled with the overwhelming sounds of a football(soccer) match, complimented by the game on the little tv.

my fave was dancing displays of shadows made from random objects as they spun.

this was an unexpected surprise.

berlin we loved you :)

(and your great beer and pastries)

more pics on flickr