alieninberlinNow I have become an alien in Britain, Re-invented.
Oh To be in Scotland
Now that Brexit’s here
…….
……
That the lowest troughs, and the canny chief
Round that slim hope is in tiny leaf
Whilst the sturgeon sings on that forgotten bough
England should listen now
I will return. Currently there more axes to grind in the former EU country of EWJ. No sparrows so far.
Oh to be in England
Now that Brexit’s here.
And whoever wakes in England
Sees some mourning unaware.
In Berliner Strasse there are 2 Mobile phone shops. Where are the rest?
This city is amazing…. I’m back I think I may have been asleep for a few days. Or my machine was. or my code was. Or whatever. What Berlin has done for me, it has woken me up. i am still the Paul who wakes up late. I am still the Paul who drinks coffee in the morning. Berlin, like me, has history written big. I saw tonight those little brass squares on the pavements. In Braunschweig I met this female whose father was an architect during the war. he went to Bremen secretly and copied all of the important buildings so they could be rebuilt after the war. I hope but don’t know if he inspired those bells. I think they must have done the same in Berlin. So sad to be leaving but I think it is a temporary glitch. I’ll collate my thoughts Mr Bear.
Adere
Is it me or someone with an aversion to chemists. There are an inordinate number of Chemist shops in Berlin. Maybe its because they all have the name Apotheke written outside. It makes you wonder.
I saw one… alive. and then… another today. Going to the doctors tomorrow.
Saw this on a toilet door….. better than ‘Out of Order’
the German word for defector is uberlaufen with an umlaut.
Good Berlin word that.
Berlin has sparrows… in abundance. I saw two yesterday around the Kaiser Wilhelm Kirche and some more this morning whilst drinking coffee in Adenauer platz. I have some theories as to why.
!. Little rubbish on the streets therefore fewer rats.
2 Not as many crows as there are in London, or magpies.
3. I have not seen a single grey squirrel since I arrived.
Take note EWJ
Yesterday at the Fernsehturm
Still Spick and Span…always was. Thirty years on: Spick rather than Span. Most visited I’m told, before least probably…. but still spick and span.. Spick East German span more western. Span encompasses nothing