Berlin, Day 11
The Holocaust Memorial looking into it...
...and down in it (note the person in the distance).
1. Snow, snow and more snow. Beautiful
2. Really? Did we really go to McDonalds? Tasty though. And very trendy decor, unlike the US
3. Building cranes all over the city, even in the dead of winter
4. Spent quite a lot of time walking through the Holocaust Memorial, which I'd only seen at a distance the day before. Slabs of dark grey granite, went at dusk and snowing as mentioned, the whole thing covered with snow, in general very somber but there we a few children playing hide and seek on occasion, which sounds disrespectful but there was actually something kind of beautiful about it, like life goes on, you know? Also in the middle the slabs are way taller than you and so when you come to the junctions between the slabs you have to look both ways to make sure you don't run into anyone. Once I came face to face with a woman who looked/was dressed like me and my first thought was that I was looking in a mirror. Surreal. Overall a lovely, peaceful, moving experience
5. Kika Lounge on late night TV starring Berndt, a manic-depressive loaf-of-bread-puppet. Will post a You Tube link when I'm back. My husband's college German kicked in...he was giggling
To check out the Kika Lounge, CLICK HERE.
