Back in Time
As a tourist, I enjoy going back to places I've been before.
Every time I go back I see everything different. This could be because I've changed a bit since I've first been to that place or I simply try to remain only with the positive experience out of a journey.
I recently took a trip was to Berlin.
First stop after a long long road: The Sixties Diner.
A stroll in Pleasure Garden (Lustgarten), almost at sunset, inspired me to take this photo of the Altes Museum (Old Museum):
And when the sunset came, I saw the magic light:
Leaving Lustgarten I encountered the tactile scale model of the Museum Island:
Taking the way round the Museumsinsel, at one point, I felt that I have to cross the street and touch this wall:
Then I looked in front of me and I saw this tram:
Thinking that the city looks a bit deserted on a Sunday evening, I looked up, at the sky:
Seeing contrails up in the sky always makes me smile.
Next day I've discovered this
tiny statue of a rat, but I can't remember exactly where I saw it, since I was in a hurry. I can only recall it was somewhere on a bridge really close to the city centre.
Last day in Berlin started exactly as the previous one: breakfast with cute tiny sparrows. But this time I managed to take some photos of them:
Tip: sparrows at Starbucks Sony Center (Potsdamer Platz) are friendlier than the ones at Potsdamer Platz 5.
Since a visit to the Jewish Museum was planned I didn't had enough time to stop on the way, so I took advantage of what the surroundings offered me:
The first thing I saw before visiting the museum, was the new deconstructivist-style building designed by Daniel Libeskind:
And I thought it will be an interesting experience, but it wasn't like that... it was heavy, painful, I was taken back in that time and when I saw The Voids, I understood what Daniel Libeskind meant with "that which can never be exhibited when it comes to Jewish Berlin history: Humanity reduced to ashes."
To end this entry in a positive way, for a night out, with live music, I recommend White Trash Fast Food.
Where: Berlin;
When: beginning of June;
With: Nikon 1 V2 (50mm f/1.8G; 50mm - ISO 160; 1/5000-1/40s - f/2-4).
