Thursday, June 20, 2013

We went to Potsdamer Platz three times this week...

This was the last time, thankfully.

Zaha Hadid's building at the very end

some museum


Renzo Piano's open mall

model!!!

Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall 


Mies van der Rohe- Neue National Galerie

really cool "moonlight" store in the day time


Bunker

inside the bunker!

"moonlight" store at night! 

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Day of Memorials!

We went on a tour with our teacher and saw a bagillion memorials! Also Obama was here in Berlin! We saw a lot of the preparations for his speech and visit but it was a major inconvenience for us--it was like the Berlin Wall was built up again.

Soviet Memorial in Berlin

Schinkel Museum in Mitte

Holocaust Memorial

Holocaust Memorial- they put stones like this
all over the city

another Holocaust Memorial dedicated to the children
who left on the nighttrain 

a govt building

another govt building! supposed to be like a ribbon,
connecting east to west

Reichstag. REALLY WANT TO GO IN

Brandenburger Tor

setting up for Obama! 

sewer! 

memorial to the homosexuals

Another Jewish Holocaust Memorial with little girl! 

Jewish Holocaust Memorial--surreal like a rendering

names of victim

barricades.. took a long walk

LEGO GIRAFFE!!! 


Sony Center

the police barrier! 

Sunday, June 16, 2013

New Camera and Munich!

So I haven't been posting for a while because I didn't have a camera! I somehow lost it somewhere. RIP camera, it was a great 7 years with you.

I visited my friend in Munich and got a new one and now I'm able to post.

Munich is so different from Berlin! It's very clean!!! The buildings also look very old and historic because Munich is a very conservative city and it was interesting in contrast to Berlin.

awesome rooftop

housing done by O2

the best vending machine ever.

weissewurst, a light flavored sausage and spezi!!!! 

town hall and touristy area

place where ppl drink beer

purdy

indoor/outdoor mall

archie moment. the curves! 

lederhosen! and traditional Bavarian dress

in a church

train ride home. 



Sunday, June 9, 2013

Berlin Wall Memorial

A really well done memorial for the Berlin Wall.

death strip

foundations of an old house in the death strip

in a really awesome church

the church from the outside

preserved part of the berlin wall. aluminum to reflect
wall to show that it continued 

part of the wall 

memorial to those who tried to escape

from another angle


Mauerpark!!!

So many people! it's just like the Taiwan night market, but during the day! They also had this huge field where people sat, hung out, barbequed and listened to people sing karaoke. 

Flea market: buy anything you can imagine!

that guy lying down.. his belly fat was jiggling

swingsets for adults! 

huge karaoke crowd! 

the singer was pretty cool, played guitar
too



Can anyone who has heard this music really be a bad person?

From the movie, The Lives of Others,

"Can someone who has heard this music, I mean truly heard it, really be a bad person?"



Kaki King's song "Can anyone who has heard this music really be a bad person?" 




I wonder if the song's inspired by the movie?