Gosh, I'm getting behind on this journal...
Some other things I did in Berlin:
- visited Tacheles, a former shopping centre built a century ago, bombed, turned into Nazi headquarters, abandoned, and turned into a network of experimental art studios
- ate a vegan chicken and cheese burger!
- went to see a late 20s silent film in a dingy, dinky little room with a live pianist who played so incredibly that we forgot our drab surroundings completely
- went to a film museum where I saw original set designs from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "Metropolis", Marlene Dietrich's dresses, and as much pre-50s movie info as my little heart desired
- became fascinated by the period of history in which Germany was divided
- saw statues of Egyptian and Greek gods and goddesses AGAIN and finally got over them (it was the huge reconstructed Greek temple that did it, I found it just as intimidating and alienating as I usually find churches)
- saw an exhibition of precursors to surrealism, and realised I prefer Max Klinger to Dali
My tastes in art have been changing while I wasn't looking. Interesting.
Then I left for Köln, AKA Cologne...
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