This morning I finished The Berlin Stories, by Christopher Isherwood...it describes everyday events on the streets in Berlin leading up to the Nazi takeover of Germany. He talks about certain avenues and what happens along them and I have been there. I kept thinking of David Sedaris while reading this because their voices are very similar... maybe Isherwood lacks the compulsive streak of Sedaris, however, not by much. The scene he describes in the book about the meeting of Sally Bowles and Natalia is short...but hilarious!
Monday evening I went to see Vier Minuten (Four Minutes) at the Kant Kino...both actresses, Monica Bleibtreu und Hannah Herzsprung, were stellar:
Yesterday, I wandered about Schönehauser Allee, and stopped in a cafe called Eckstein, on the corner of Pappel Allee und Raumerstraße. There I had an Eibauer Schwarzbier while studying german...in the background played Beattles music, quite reminiscient. The afternoon threatened heavy rain so I started heading back on the S-Bahn and the downpour started just as I got off the train at the Savgnyplatz.
Right here there was a Cafe named Jules Verne so I walked in an had a late lunch. Afterward, when the rain had stopped, I headed over to the Theater des Westins on Kantstraße and bought two tickets to see Tanz der Vampire, der Grusical...a stage musical by Roman Polanski...Jason and I will be watching it Friday evening, June 8th.
I am looking forward to this evening as I am going to rendezvous with Regine at the Fernsehturm near the Alexanderplatz at 18:15, pünktlich.
...photo album Berlin 05.30.2007...
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