Postcards from Berlin #12

Mitte (b)

The Nebelkrähe or fog-crows are flying beneath the low clouds. You see the birds everywhere in Berlin – hopping, surly silhouettes against the snow. They seem bolder than their London counterparts, they stop to look at you and hunch their foggy- silver shoulders.

The Palast der Republik is being demolished. The futuristic DDR parliament is being levelled to make way, first for the world cup and then to rebuild an ornate replica of a lost Prussian palace. The future turned out to be riddled with asbestos and now its being replaced with past.

(wondering what this is? Explanation here)

2 Comments

1. I love Berlin

   Posted by: Igor on March 19th, 2011 at 11:44 am

2. Thank you, its beautyful! I like it, good article.

   Posted by: Blog Reader on March 22nd, 2011 at 6:48 pm

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