Back from Berlin

Ok I am so behind. I still need to post up a TON of pictures, but I will put them on flickr.

I went to Berlin for the weekend, and loved it. The only let down was the bauhaus archive... we had to find our way there, only to find out that it was under construction. We still got to see the building and a small little set up of things, still way cool. I picked up some postcards to make a little something when I get home.

We saw the Reichstag, had a little beer in the beer garden, and then went to the Holocaust Memorial. The memorial was amazing, something that you would never be able to understand unless you go. The space is covered with cement rectangles of all heights. It seems like they are all on the same plane, but once you get closer people start to disappear because in the middle of the space the floor goes down. It was like a maze, but it makes you confused. Such a good solution to the memorial.

On day 2 we went to the Berlin Wall, and then we were on the Metro and saw a museum with an airplane on top... decided to go. It was a technical museum that had an old viking boat with a sail that went 4 stories up in the museum, old planes, and machines/engines... I really enjoyed the displays the most. I will have to post some pictures.

After that we went to the Zoo which was smack dab in the middle of the city, and I feel like I paid money to see animal cruelty. It was awful, the animals were in cement walls behind bars with a random stump to play with. Yes, they were feet away but they all looked so sad, skinny, and just depressed. The animals were completely out of their element, and it seemed like they did not even try to make it seem like their element. I could rant about this for a while...

All in all, we made it home on Monday morning at 3:00 am. The night train arrived in Prague at 12:30 and since the Metro stops at 12:00 we had to find our way back via tram... which takes forever because they don't run like they do during the day. But its always fun to see this city at night, so it just added to the adventure.

PS-

Here is the typeface I have been working on here... inspired by prague.