Café am Neuen See & Tiergarten
Trip Start
Aug 11, 2007
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Trip End
Aug 21, 2007
Berlin, Germany
Monday, August 20, 2007
Also no photos from our evening out at Marjellchen, a Prussian restaurant with lots of local color and some very meaty dishes, followed by a performance in the Tanz im August international dance festival by LaLaLa Human Steps from Montreal. They did a "decontructed/reconstructed" version of Swan Lake which was technically impressive but, for the most part, emotionally uninspiring.
Afterward we wanted to go for cocktails at the nearby Galerie Bremer, whose bar was designed by Hans Scharoun, the architect who designed the city library featured in Wings of Desire. I've been denied admittance to the library more times than I care to remember, so I thought, well at least I can see his bar. At first we wondered if we were at the right address because all was dark and seemingly locked up. Then I noticed a sign in the window announcing that the bar was closed the entire month of August for summer vacation. Clearly the universe has conspired to keep me away from the works of Hans Scharoun.
It was just as well. Terry had an early flight in the morning to wake up for, which brings our travelogue to its end. [This is a most unsatisfying concluding sentence, but it'll have to do until I can come up with something better, or until our travels continue....]
