November

November, November ... the month known for darkness, rain, and moody days. Terrible days. However this year the November showed us also his sunny, blue, colorful side. Sure, it was AND is cold and again it's grey.
Also I got sick... cough, cold and even tonsillitis. Finally I have enough of it and luckily feel better now.
Nice thing to get cozy inside, put on some candles, soft music and a hot cup of tea. Perfect!

 In Berlin there are many nice parks and so many trees .Here are some pics from my walk in November on a sunny day with beautiful blue sky.  Just to remember and brighten up the grey days.  :-)

Happy Diwali - Indian Festival of Lights

source: DPA

In India the Festival of Lights -  Diwali - was celebrated yesterday. Just to keep a long story very short... Diwali is a Hindu festival and symbolizes the victory of the good.

This year because we're in Germany have not been really celebrating it, only had cooked and eaten Indian food yesterday.

But I remember the beauty of lit oil lamps, yummy sweets, noise and smell of fire crackers, the big eyes of children when the fire crackers lighted up, a sky full of light and people full of smiles. 

The Fall of the Wall

23 years ago on the 9th November 1989 was the day of the Fall of the Wall! A day to celebrate and to remember that the country was once divided, and with it the the suffering of people. Now we can share happiness of freedom.

Recently I visited the Wall Panorama (see my previous post about The Wall Panorama)
http://berlinbackagain.blogspot.de/2012/11/the-wall-panoramaproject.html
and it reminded me of the time as a child how the wall around us had become something normal and how odd it felt to visit relatives in East Berlin. How weird is was to be checked at the border.
How great and happy it felt that the wall was teared down and people could move freely and not fear anymore the constraints and punishment of the regime.

This is just a short post, just to tell you about this day and share a very few memories.

The Wall - Panoramaproject

Die Mauer - THE WALL - a Panoramaproject by the Iranian artist Yadegar Asisis



The artist Yadegar Asissi has already created a few of these Panoramaprojects in Leipzig and Dresden. And earlier in Berlin the Pergamon Panorama was exhibited. All these are the world biggest panoramas. And now since 23rd September 2012 in Berlin The Wall Panorama.











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In his latest art work, which is the first of a contemporary panorma, the artist wants to show his artistic intense view of the time of cold war. He presents daily life at the Berliner Wall. The panorama is impressive because it feels very real.

Sound tracks are played and night and day give a quite a real feeling. His intention is also for the younger generation to "experience" the normality of that time, He also wants to bring up the ability of human beings  to adapt. To adapt when the living conditions are not ideal and tied to survival. 

Open from 10 am to 8 pmat Checkpoint Charlie. 

Getting there by public transport Bus 147 (Stadtmitte/Leipziger Strasse). M 29 (Kochstrasse/Checkpoint Charlie), U6 (U Kochstrasse/Checkpoint Charlie)