
so for the last part of travel break I decided to do a quick jaunt to
Berlin
this is the view from the "Nordic Room" of the ferry across the baltic sea(?) to Germany from Kobenhavn

headed across a body of water at sunset


yup

(beginning of day one)
and then I was in Berlin, seemingly on a street-art mission.
It's a nice place and it was certainly interesting being there all by my lonesome.
I'm still standing and so is Berlin, so I'll call this one a draw.
Next time, I'm taking the title

awesome

been waiting to see this for awhile, the only cultural event (or anything) I paid for the entire trip

spy shot of beautiful german lady....don't judge. worth it.

saxophonist in the entrance to a park near museum island

and then I saw the sights
it was gorgeous weather so there were people eveeeeeerywhere

brandenburg gate version 1

and the Reichstag.

a much more interesting version:
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/wr.shtml
After the project "The Umbrellas" Christo and Jeanne-Claude concerned themselves again, with wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin. With the support of the President of the Parliament, Rita Süssmuth, Christo and Jeanne-Claude worked to convince the elected Members of Parliament, going from office to office, writing explanatory letters to each of the 662 delegates and innumerable telephone calls and negotiations. On 25 February 1995 after a 70 minute debate at the Parliament and a Roll Call vote, the Bundestag allowed the project to go ahead.
More than 100,000 m2 of fireproof polypropylene fabric, covered by an aluminum layer, and 15 km of rope were needed. The wrapping began on 17 June 1995 and was finished on 24 June. The spectacle was seen by five million visitors before the unveiling began on 7 July.[citation needed]

sweet mural "E" bear near....somewhere in Berlin. a sign.


ah, Europe. great logo.

then I sat in the park for awhile and read/wrote/various

trumpeters in the park

ended up heading back to the hostel late only to find it had disappeared and all that was left was this telephone booth
false

(day two)
next morning, last Saturday
ping-pong in park

found a weird "Mellow Park/Beach Bar" on the old east side

"beach view"
still sweet




the east side gallery
The
East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3km long section of the
Berlin Wall located near the centre of
Berlin on Mühlenstraße in
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
one of the coolest places I saw in Berlin






Borf? maybe it's a D.C thing


wanted to go there so bad. unfortunately, 20 Euro-too much



Robert Smith?

fresh wall

awesome

"marry me eric"

best movie ever

back in the city


chilled in another park....you should start to see a theme here

lone spanish guitar on the hillside

near Tiergarten


the rest of the afternoon was this

under this

with a lot of this.

then I got on my new harley and rolled off

nope, stayed in the park

somewhere across the city, bombed-out ruins
just the way I like them

sweet car

checkpoint charlie





brandenburg gate version two...it was much better in the afternoon twilight

I want one

I really do


Reichstag on the second time around

other view of the gate

quite a line for reichstag night I guess

and that was Berlin.
Now I'm back in Copenhagen but we'll see if something post-worthy comes up.