Bumbag Motel

Mark blows through town for a yarn/update on the going-ons and shows me his nippers

With the snow dissolved and the sun beaming we had first days on the Rad fahren. A tattered and torn booze cruise without the booze.

With visitors from Brussells and London it was time to undertake a ‘Berlin walking tour’ which spliced together Berlin’s immense history into a brief 3 and a half hours amongst sun speckles and snow flurries.

Went along to an exhibition opening at ‘Tape’. This little number caught our eyes as it glinted about the large smoky sound ladened warehouse with installations abound.

With the snow finally melting away we strolled about a new found city to the ‘Buchstabenmuseum’, which houses an ecclectic array of typography, including (temporarily) the human ‘t’ you see here. Was brilliant to get out and about in the sunshine, looking up rather than at our snow ladened feet revealed many delights.

Our flatmates Nath and Dyl performing in the snow just by Brandenburger Tor. ‘The Shits’ entertain well.

Strolling with the flatmates to the art squat ‘Tacheles’ to see a group exhibition and performances

This was definitely the highlight of day three, seeing the timeless pieces from the Bauhaus school and (for Emma) learning what it was all about – the building it is housed in not really doing it justice. Also visited the Technik Museum this day to see impressive displays of trains, planes, boats and the first computers and TVs. Finished up the day with some of the oldest pieces of art from the 12th to 18th century.

11 museums in 3 days – quite the visual extravaganza, and yet there be many more to see!

Getting some natural history into our bones, this be the largest skeleton display according to Guiness. Also perused the Hamburger Bahnhoff with its cigarette patronised “Die Kunst is Super!” (which means “the art is great”) also strolled back to the 18th century at the Altes Museum and went to antiquity with the impressive display at the Pergamon Museum.