Berliners
Today we met friends of Jerry Sohn's for lunch! Real Berliners! We went first to Si and Deter Rosencranz's home which was airy and comfortable, and they drove us to a restaurant near the Sony Center where we not only had good food, but got to know more about these amazing people who made us feel quite at home. They have spent some time in Santa Monica and have even stayed at Jerry's desert place, so they are quite familiar with the Sohns and happy to meet another one (they remarked on the resemblance of Mark to Jerry). The afternoon was so successful that we arranged another luncheon at the end of our trip when we get back to Berlin around the 14th.
Next we visited the Bauhaus Museum which featured among the furniture and other objects a two room exhibit on color and its use in architecture. Having spent a day many years ago at the Mies Van der Rohe exhibit at the University of Illinois in Chicago, we were curious to see the birthplace of the movement. There was a shop with some of the objects and we thought immediately of Laura and Shawn.
Mark has gone swimming, and after a huge meal at lunch, we are looking for something light and small for dinner about 8 p.m. I booked our ticket for Garmische, got my glasses fixed, mailed 10 postcards, got money, went to the bookstore and bought 3 books (one on Berlin in 1945), and am now writing to you. It rained today so it is cooler and we are into long pants and warm clothes. Tomorrow, weather permitting, we are planning to go to the big market for breakfast and sightseeing. Then we may do a museum--Jerry's friends have recommended several for us, and Museum Island is very close.
Hope all is well. Hugs and kisses, Kathy
Next we visited the Bauhaus Museum which featured among the furniture and other objects a two room exhibit on color and its use in architecture. Having spent a day many years ago at the Mies Van der Rohe exhibit at the University of Illinois in Chicago, we were curious to see the birthplace of the movement. There was a shop with some of the objects and we thought immediately of Laura and Shawn.
Mark has gone swimming, and after a huge meal at lunch, we are looking for something light and small for dinner about 8 p.m. I booked our ticket for Garmische, got my glasses fixed, mailed 10 postcards, got money, went to the bookstore and bought 3 books (one on Berlin in 1945), and am now writing to you. It rained today so it is cooler and we are into long pants and warm clothes. Tomorrow, weather permitting, we are planning to go to the big market for breakfast and sightseeing. Then we may do a museum--Jerry's friends have recommended several for us, and Museum Island is very close.
Hope all is well. Hugs and kisses, Kathy
posted by Kathy Sohn | 10:30 PM
1 Comments:
Great job Kathy; one interesting point our guide gave us is that while she was growing up in East Berlin, she was told that the wall was to keep westerners from coming in. So, the Second World War come alive here: our first contact was with an east Berliner. Then, today, Dieter Rosencrantz said the Belin is a gheto in the sense that so much did not happen, could not happen until the country was unified. He was comparing it to west Germany, where he lived. Mark Sohn
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