Sunday

In remembrance of where the wall once stood they have laid cobblestones along its original track and also little plaques (below) of what area it is, its CRAZY to think this was here only 20 years ago, 163 people lost theirs lives trying to cross the wall, the last death being just 3 months before the wall came down in 1989. Along the original track of the wall there are also random bits of political art (above).

Sundays in Berlin are real slow- just how I like them, so today I went to Mauer Park for a flea market, which looked alot like a car boot sale- it basically sold absolute rubbish but good rubbish, i managed to buy 2 solid gold plated bracelets, 2 dvds, 4 pairs of earrings ad a book for 20 euro, its def worth a visit if your willing to trawl through the mounds of crap!

I visited the Reichstag building (kinda like the german verson of the houses of paliment) the other day which has ALOT of history, so much I cant even remember it all but at one point the place was burned down by a left wing activist group (apparently) which then gave Hitler more ammunition to 'watch over' the public more- least I think thats the story- dont quote me, so anyway it was then renovated by the English architect Norman Foster, who added a cool glass bubble type structure to the top where you can see 360 views of the city.

The exterior of the Reichstag

I also went and seen the holocaust memorail which is mental- as you can see below its loads of concrete blocks at different heights with walk ways in between them, as you go further in the blocks become taller making you feel more enclosed, I did not like this AT ALL, and freaked out a lil n had to go and stand at the edge, it basically had the effect on me the designer Peter Einsenman wanted-

'Eisenman hoped to create a feeling of groundlessness and instability; a sense of disorientation. Most will agree that he succeeded'

The monument has caused alot of controversy mainly because the company who supplied the anti-grafitti paint are a sister company of the people who supplied the gas for concentration camps during Hitlers rule.

Random remaining part of the wall.