Now here's a perfect example of "they don't make 'em like they used to" and dammit, if I wasn't such a progressive-minded young fella I'd make a pretty good conservative cos they just don't!
These windows are amazing: they're double windows, with a foot-long gap between the outer windows and the inner. Combine that with some good curtains and that fine old radiator and you've got a Berlin winter-proof apartment. This is the room that G and I stayed in and it is very much in keeping with the minimalist aesthetic of the test of the place. In fact it was so minimalist that there wasn't even any soap in the bathroom - just a bath, a sink and a toilet, all immaculate and white like the jeans and tshirt of our towering host Dortmut.
And check this out: no right angles!
Speaking of the "olden days" (which is where kids at the high school think I'm from, by the way) getting stuck at shitty Charles de Gaulle airport was kind of a drag, but on the other hand they put us up in a hotel and we got to spend an extra afternoon in Paris (plus they refunded our tickets!). There we had a chance to see the Louvre (from the outside) and the Tuileries and this old sign.
[insert mournful howling sax here]
What a city! Perfect selection for the second act of "Inception". So dreamy and yet so controlled.
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