Bin ich ein Berliner?

Turns out I somehow landed in this city of contrasts less than 20 days after the 20 years anniversary. Today's Berlin makes me think of glass, open space, arts, unconventionality, but mostly change. It shows me a face that I would have liked my country to adopt in two decades as well...




Turns out Berlin is in...

Vingt ans après...

... by Homo sapiens


(at least 12 walls standing between man and the better man today - west bank, northern ireland, saudi arabia, ceuta and melilla, cyprus, pakistan-iran, rio de janeiro, us-mexico, india-pakistan, korea border, western sahara, botswana-zimbabwe...)

Random thoughts

It's fascinating how you only learn obvious things when the time is right for you... things you should be familiar with, you've heard and maybe seen before, but that haven't left that mark on your inner self that makes you accept them as truth. how one voice can influence a crowd. how great things start small. how it does matter what environment you're living in. simple, obvious thoughts, but it's so easy to ignore them in the whirlpool of in- and outputs that we're trying to have a relaxed swim in.



how different november is from june. what elliott said.

The simple things...

In timp ce picioarele-mi adorm fericite ca in sfarsit sunt la acelasi nivel cu gandul, ma intreb daca ceva m-ar putea multumi mai mult in seara asta ploiasa de noiembrie. Sunt atat de incantata de trei lucruri prea simple ca sa le numesc banale: ma bucura gandul ca parul imi respira din nou si firele jucause-mi vor rasfata perna in curand; ma linisteste faptul ca sticla de apa e la doar un centimetru distanta de mana-mi ce odihneste pe tastatura si ca buzele-mi nu sunt condamnate sa ramana insetate mai mult decat trei clipe; dar cel mai mult ma alinta perspectiva unei dimineti lungi si lenese, cu miros de mar, de zori, de avocado. Noapte buna, Mihaela...

The city of squirrels

If you've never been to New York it actually doesn't mean that you don't know what New York is like. The picture you have of the city from all those movies and series you've grown up or old with have probably turned you into a regular of Times square, Broadway, Central Park, Wall Street, Madison Avenue, Brooklyn Bridge and of course of that magical ice skating ring where they always go around Christmas so that the first snow flakes of the year can start falling on their happy red cheeks before they dare to kiss... And you've probably explored the Liberty-statue-Manhattan-skyscraper-emerging-out-of-endless-sea overwhelming feeling as an immigrant from inside the screen and imagination before stepping foot on Ellis Island. Finally, you've gotten used to police cars rushing up and down the boulevards in weeping siren accompaniment, you've walked on thousands of smokey streets and you've taken hundreds of yellow cabs.



And while you're walking down Broadway, you probably feel like you remember all those small and big things around you and they somehow make you feel at home in this huge city of contrasts, which changes as much from grey November rain to golden Indian summer days, as from the bird-watching paradise in the heart of Central Park to the financial jungle on Wall Street, or from the Bronx to the 5th Avenue. You get the picture...


However, I bet you've never imagined the warm autumn trees at the bottom of those giants, the cosy Union Street market place, with old-style wine grapes and hot cider, the Sunday fair, the Spanish small-talk, and most importantly the Squirrels. I have seen more squirrels during my 3-4 days in New York than in my whole life until now, and I therefore proclaim New York The city of squirrels :)




Quiz


How many squirrels are captured in this picture?


How many jumping squirrels are captured in this picture?