Postcards from Berlin For most of 2018 the city where I was living, Berlin is a very vibrant place to be discovered and appreciated for its multi-cultural aspects, intersting role in history and freshness of its artistic life. Overbuilt in the city center, the German capital offers some very pleasant green spaces, like the Tiergarten, that cuts across the North-South divide and provides a much … Continue reading Postcards from Berlin 🖼🐻🇩🇪
🇬🇧 A very lovely local cafe in Moabit, serving some great cooked breakfast or brunch dishes in a cosy ambience, with attentive service and moderate prices. My favorite brunch is this fantastic cheese and ham omelette that comes with a fresh salad, a fresh and spicy sauce, some olives, toasted bread and some fruit slices. A real treat! 🇩🇪 Ein sehr schönes lokales Café in … Continue reading Wald Cafe, Berlin 🌳☕️🐻
🇬🇧 Iconic sunset in Berlin at Brandenburg Gate. Built between 1788 and 1791 by commission of Friederick Wilhem of Prussia, this urban landmark has symbolised peace and unity since its original design. After WWII it was also closed as on the line of the Wall, dividing East and West Berlin. Now an iconic presence of togetherness in central Berlin. 🇮🇹 Tramonto iconico alla Porta di Brandemburgo … Continue reading Sunset in Berlin 🌅🐻🇩🇪
Very lovely and extended green space in the middle of Berlin. Originally designed as hunting ground for the Electors of Brandemburg in the 1500s it then evolved into a public park under instructions given by Frederick the Great in the mid 1700s. Several redesigns and modifications occured in the following periods leaving this vast green space of 520 acres as one of the largest urban … Continue reading Tiergarten in Berlin 🌳🐻🌲
🇬🇧 Summer, oil painting by Claude Monet, exhibited at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Depicting a tranquil countryside scene with a women sitting in a cool shadowy foreground, against a background in the summer heat with wind-blown trees and a child playing. Most probably painted while spending the summer of 1874 in Argenteuil, along with Renoir and Manet. 🇩🇪 Sommer, Ölgemälde von Claude Monet, ausgestellt … Continue reading Summer by Monet 🌞🎨🇫🇷
