Berlin visit

Photos from a week-long visit to Berlin in 2021.

I worked remotely for the week from my employer’s Berlin office:

A view from our residence–the sky really summarizes the late October/early November weather:

While it was not specifically a work trip, I was helping to build the international payments experience for Netflix customers at the time, so I was intrigued to see the gift cards at corner stores:

We met up my ex-roommate from Boston, who now lives in Leipzig.

He had taken a train to meet and walk with us:

The riverwalk was really nice, with fun people-watching:

Local art, harkening back to local history:

Walking around town was the way to take it all in, even at night:

Really nice spaces & places:

A lot of gritty graffiti:

The Spanish embassy:

Train stations:

Nifty architecture:

The Konzerthaus in particular looked to be a pre-World War 2 building:

The national parliament, the Bundestag:

More national buildings:

The river is the Spree, which connects with the Czech Republic and flows into a larger river the Elbe which reaches towards the North Sea at Hamburg.

The city’s main park, the Tiergarten:

Interesting statues of 19th century militarymen Roon and Bismarck:

More military monuments, this one commemorating a 19th century victory, Siegessäule):

I tried the beer, and it was good:

Overall, a great trip–very interesting to experience and see the wide range of wealth and architecture/infrastructure age.

Coming from the USA, Europe always feels “old” in its urban fabric.