last day in berlin

today we leave berlin for stockholm!!! i'm a bit sad to leave as i've grown to like this city, not to mention stockholm is really expensive. we sent some packages home containing the things we couldn't fit in our bags (including presents!!!). i'm excited to go to sweeden but also wanting to come home. i miss my cat and my friends. i feel like a schmuck for not working and i dying to play some music.

this is what i brought with me and the bag i put it in. those of you fashionistas out there could never imagine having to do this (jessica) but i hate checking luggage and i had not intention of walking around berlin in anything but sneakers, tee shirt and a hoodie.

not sure what the internet situation will be like in stockholm but i'll try to keep up the posts. <3

22 September

today was super tourist day, hence all of the photos. we walked through prenzlauerberg, friedrichain, kruezberg and mitte stopping here and there for photo ops and lunch at this really amazing döner place. the last photo is one of what josh is calling my gothic series. pretty pretty funny sir.

21 September

today was flea market day!!! portland needs these as i think any of you living there would agree. lots and lots of junk with some pretty neat stuff mixed in. tons of people, food and drink vendors and extracurricular activities going on around the market.






i wish i had a photo of my outfit today. i found tartan plaid pants!



maüerpark flea market and surrounding activities. there's a basketball hoop in the park with a disco ball attached under and behind the backboard. it went along nicely with the little rave party going on here. mind you this is sunday around 1:30pm. zee germans know how to party yes no?



one of the tastiest little drinks i've had here at a cute veggie/vegan cafe in mitte.



textures

20 September

finally went to kreuzberg to see what there is to see. there used to be a flea market over here but we ran into a couple of guys who told us that's it's not really around anymore. did some shopping but no buying. kreuzberg is younger a far more diverse than other parts of the city we've been to. it's known as little istanbul due to the number of turkish immigrants living here.

tomorrow is the big flea market day. we've gone every weekend with some success but it's so overwhelming with all of the people and things and smells and noise.

19 September

so i'm catching up on posts, if you haven't noticed. with nick here things were a little hectic. not much time to post or deal with photos.

went to alexanderplatz and hung out for a bit. a dj had just set up shop on the edge of the plaza mixing records and the like. a little hippie chick got out her violin and began playing, long haired hipsters were mc'ing and some german kids were doing choreographed dance routines.

18 September

advertisements on paper towels



nick's last night dinner

17 September

feel me



this will happen



ayse erkmen and dan flavin



travel



what i do...



when the boys cook

16 September

museums and museums and museums oh my!!! today we went to the gemäldegalerie (picture gallery) and oh my goodness. i could live here for a year and not spend enough time in there. i had the chance to see so many of the works i've studied over the past 3 years: dürer, cranach, van eyck, bruegel, rubens, rembrandt, caravaggio, velázquez, raphael, titian, giotto and botticelli. not to mention tons of early italian artists like lorenzo monaco and lippo memmi. my heart is warm and full.


this machine was scanning the painting for evidence of any underpainting.







bosch



bruegel



lorenzo monaco

15 September

josh's friend nick came to visit from poland.



frolicking in the forests of germany



hanging out with the great composers of Germany



richard serra in berlin



touring the eastern bloc the only way we can!