Wednesday September 18, 2013

A cold & rainy day in Berlin, so a good one to head to the Gemaldegallerie. Berlin's old masters gallery has first rate paintings but is notable for its large spaces and low attendance, making it an especially enjoyable experience.














We lasted there until our bodies gave out and then headed around the corner to the Resistance museum. There were a series of individual stories but the focus was on the Valkyrie plot most recently dramatized by Tom Cruise as Count von Stauffenberg. It is situated on the square where he was executed after the bomb he planted failed to kill Hitler. As with Sachsenhausen, the museum was full of 16 year olds.






Dinner tonight in a tiny gem of a place called Bandol Sur Mere on Torstrasse with cousin Cormac.


Fiona & Carl

Location:Berlin