But at least the sun is finally shining here in Sydney. Just the excuse I needed to start shopping for the summer ahead. I found this $5 lobster beach towel at Kmart. I’m sending it to school with Master SSG this Friday for swimming. I wonder how it will all go, I hope everyone manages to get changed and then changed back again after swimming. Feeling already for Master SSG’s class teacher and her assistant. 14 boys to muster for one swimming class on a Friday afternoon….
And (I can’t deny my excitement) the majors have begun stocking Christmas decorations.
My final instalment of Berlin photos is from a quick walk I took along the East Side Gallery. As with everything else in Berlin, meticulously precise signs on the street direct you to the gallery from the train. Warchauer Str station was the most convenient place for me to alight to access the gallery.
The East Side Gallery is an open-air gallery of artworks painted directly onto a 1316m long segment of the Berlin Wall. It is a heritage listed landmark and it is free to view the gallery.
Artists from all over the world have contributed to the collection with the paintings first created in 1990 with a project initiated in 2009 to rehabilitate works that been damaged by graffiti or time. As its name suggests, all the paintings are on the east side of the wall.
Aside from the immediate context of the paintings in the unified Berlin and Germany, the images of spoke of themes and ideas that are relevant to the world at large.
I couldn’t resist doing a side profile selfie to mimic this painting. Shame I forgot my selfie stick.
Until next time, Berlin. And thank you.