I genuinely want to use this space to document inspiration for my art and parts of my life that have been especially interesting or meaningful, but I took this trip to Berlin in 2015 and it’s 2023 now. The tiny boy walking toward the Berlin Wall is going to be a teenager this summer!
I wish I could remember more details about how I felt when I was experiencing this city, but I do remember loving it and finding it artful and inspiring. Since I don’t have a lot of travel information to give you, this post is pretty much going to be a photo dump. Here are a few links to places I remember visiting.
We stayed at the Casa Camper in Mitte and I remember really liking the hotel and the neighborhood. We also visited and enjoyed Prenzlauer Berg and Kreuzberg.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe by Peter Eisenman
Motto Berlin bookstore
My favorite thing that I did was something that I was not sure I would like — the Fat Tire Bike Tour. I was nervous about doing it because I hadn’t ridden a bike since I lived in Santa Monica in 2005, but I loved it. It felt so free to be riding around a new city. It made me want to live somewhere flat and have a bike!
As you’ll notice, most of the photos I took were of street art and murals.
The doughnut kings managed to eat Berliners in Berlin.
I loved watching Nathaniel take it all in.
Note to self: It’s really helpful to document trips relatively soon after taking them. I may have written a lot of things down in a travel journal. I know I used one when I went to Italy. If so, maybe I’ll find it and come back with any thoughts or insights I had during this trip. That’s one of the things I love about traveling now — how the experience can open you up, inspire, or change you.
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