Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Berlin - Seemingly Presumptuous Edition

Hit the rails to Berlin for a few days...



Where we strolled with Jens and Zoe.

Lily's sister Madeline, newly transplanted to the city, joined me for a dip into Tempelhof airport...



And the rake monument to the airlift...



Seemed prescient when BO spent the first chunk of his speech on its history... A lot in the American press about BO seeming presumptuous. Presumptuous? at least somebody's acting presidential around here...



political street party...



We hit the Turkish market, went to the movies (in English), had dinner and drinks with friends, Christian and Uljana showed us the world's greatest flea market, I dipped into Rodchenko and Man Ray exhibits, lily went out with the dancers until dawn...

but mostly we hung out on the balcony doing the nails...





drinking that wine...



we checked out this church...





I got a tip on a great bookstore...



Do visit.

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