Went to the Bauhaus Archiv museum for design today. I passed the German equivalent of the YMCA; “Es macht Spaß, zu bleiben am CVJM!”
Here’s a really neat sculpture that actually functions as a staircase railing, and an interesting brickwork pattern.
Three sculptures: two abstract, one realistic.
Here’s a view from the Hercules Bridge near the museum, and the entranceway to the museum. Once again, this museum doesn’t allow photography.
One thing I realized I hadn’t done was go to KaDeWe, the big department store on Kurfürstendamm. By “big,” I mean huge, and very very upscale. The sixth floor has a huge array of foods. Here’s just one of the pastry cases.
On the walk back to the hotel, I went down Lietzenburger Straße and saw this odd pink piping that went for a couple of blocks.
Sign above the Berlin, Berlin hotel.
No surgeon general’s warning here; the text reads: “Smoking can be deadly.”
A cute sign above a car rental place.
The German word hell means clear or bright, so this is a store for Bright Living.
What do you do when you don’t have enough room horizontally or vertically for the umlaut? Stack it vertically inside the letter.
The Assala Restaurant near the hotel specializes in Lebanese food. I had the Chicken Maklube, which was chicken breast slices in basmati rice with roasted vegetables. It was very dry, so I am glad they gave yogurt mint sauce on the side.
