Pockets of Culture: A weekend in Berlin

Post date: Oct 05, 2016 6:40:38 PM

Jim! My old friend and travel companion. While I was coming to Prague for a conference, Jim was working on his MS in Berlin. So I stopped in to see him before I went to learn things about polyploidy. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but Jim is the world’s worst tour guide. He might actually be worse than Nick.

He attempted to show me some things, but didn’t know what any of them were. So we almost immediately retired to the closest wine bar to hang out, catch up and argue. He’s classy that Jim :)

What I do recall from that trip was my impression of Berlin. It was a city brand new, that was rebuilding itself. And everywhere I looked little bits of design were springing up. Clubs that were only empty lots filled with graffiti, art made out of nothing.

It was another 5 years before I knew what this building was. It’s one of my few photos from our time together.