Woke up Monday morning and it´s a little rainy and a little cold but not enough to put a dent in things. Since I´ve been here everyday has been beautifully sunny, dry and warm. For rainy days, plab B for me, was to visit some museums; there are several opportunities here for that, but turns out many of the museums here are closed on Mondays. I went to the regular corner cafe for Milchkaffee and got great directions to the post office. Perhaps after doing today´s blog I´ll head for the Wall.
...photo album Flickr Berlin 5.7.2007...
Yesterday, I went to the Rathaus Schöneberg, the place from where JFK made his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech way before Ronnie did his plea to Gorbachev: "Tear down this wall." Today, around the Rathaus there are a few remants from that earlier event: the Kennedy Grill which is a Croatian restaurant across the street, commemorative lithograffs in some of the windows of surrounding shops, and the plaque that rest at the Rathaus itself.
Next, I decided to head to the Brandenburger Tor and catch it at sunset. I knew that the lights come up and heard that it can be dramatic. On the way, I wandered by the Holocaust Denkmal again as evening was approaching. After spending some quiet moments there I made the following video:
Spending an appreciable amount of Time at the Tor, I sat nearby to the side drinking some wine in a restaurant where I had a front row seat. As the shadows got longer there was a lone sax player playing at first some familiar classical music and then ventured into more jazz pieces. It lent a very surreal air to the setting sun behind this marvelous gate that has a rich history. I walked over and threw a euro into the musician´s plate.
...photo album Flickr Berlin 5.7.2007...
5.07.2007
Es regnet Montag...
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