Art in Berlin

I received news today that i will have to wait on my bike for at least a couple of more days while customs approves the package. Dealing with all of this bureaucracy for just a bike is rather frustrating, and i hope it all wraps up soon. Now that it looks like i have at least a couple more days in Berlin, I've decided that i good use of my time would be to look at a lot of the museums and universities in the area. Over the past couple of days I went to the Guggenheim here in Berlin as well as the Berlinische Galerie, which houses a lot of modern art which has some sort of relationship to the city. The Belinische Galerie had a lot of Dadaist works which were nice to see in person for the first time. I photographed a lot of the work which attracted me, which can be seen here:

http://flickr.com/photos/30541750@N00/sets/72157600390569847/

Yesterday I ended up walking around Berlin for quite a while, going into various galleries and museums. I was able to meet up with Marla for a short while for dinner and coffee and then decided to walk home along the wall again at around midnight or so. I ended up staying at Kopi squat with a bunch of friends in the guest flat, which is attractive mainly because its free and everyone whom lives there is quite friendly. It's been raining off and on for a few days now, and I'm hoping that it will let up before my bike tour begins. I was worried that this delayed start was going to negatively impact the rest of the trip, but after looking at a calender I think I should still have plenty of time to see everything I had planned to.

It's odd being away from home, and I think its just starting to hit me a little bit that i will truly be on my own for a good while during my travels. It's not a bad feeling necessarily, and I think the change of pace is something which I'll learn form, but it's something I haven't experienced in a while and I'm curious to see how it will unfold. I'm planning on visiting the Jewish museum tomorrow as well as one of the main checkpoints between East and West Berlin. Cheers, -i.