berlin: three

we spent most of tuesday soaking up the perfect lines of antiquity at the pergamonmuseum, and wandering around the city afterwards.  if we didn't have m. to guide us when she had time, we never would have found, and wouldn't have even remembered about tacheles, a former department store and later nazi administration building in east berlin, that stands in ruins after being hit by several ally bombs during the second world war.  in 1990 it was taken over by young artists who used and continue to use the building as living and studio space.  the inside is completely covered in wall art, and the atmosphere is like an extreme version of baltimore's copycat building.  for me, it was moving to see the building because i only know it from a scene in goodbye, lenin! and then suddenly, here it was.