As usual, I have to apologise for being so slack in staying in touch. Excuse 1: Nothing very exciting has happened in the last 2 and a bit weeks. Excuse 2: I've been real busy at work. The two excuses are probably very closely linked.
I did have a free Sunday a week or 2 ago, and went to see the East Side Gallery, a section of the Berlin wall that has been preserved, and decorated/graffitied/painted soon after the wall fell. Now, after 20 years, most (perhaps all?) of the paintings still visible have been restored, or painted fresh. Still, lots of them still look like they did 20 years ago. The
re's lots of new graffiti on top, I saw one tag dated the day before I was there, so it's definitely an evolving thing. Here are some pictures I took:
This is a very famous one, a Trabi (iconic East German car) breaking through the wall.
This one says something like "many small people in many small places doing many small things can change the face of the world"
No more wars. No more walls. A united world.
And this is in a different part of Berlin, showing how the wall looked when it was still in use. I thought it was an amazing contrast.
Back in Potsdam, after quite a few false starts, I'm hopeful that spring is here to stay. It was so warm today some people ate lunch outside, some even not wearing jackets! Buds are starting to burst, and a few bulbs starting to flower (see picture). I've really been hanging out for some sun, so it's great.
Hope you are all good, let me know what's up back home!
Adam
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