{"id":9,"date":"2009-10-14T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T16:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2009-10-14T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T17:41:39","slug":"9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/archives\/9","title":{"rendered":"After Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do I need to tell you what I think about Berlin or could you figure that one out for yourselves? Berlin is Amazing. The polaroids could tell you that. <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/images\/photos\/berlinpolar22.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin polaroid2\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/images\/photos\/berlinpolar9.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin polaroid6\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/images\/photos\/berlinpolar3.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin polaroid3\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/images\/photos\/berlinpolar10.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin polaroid10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got a young artists&#8217; training award from <strong>Liljesonska Stiftelsen<\/strong> in Sweden in May and I used the money to go to Berlin for almost three weeks in September. I wasn&#8217;t sure if it would live up to the hype, I mean, there&#8217;s hardly any place as hyped up among artists as Berlin, except for, say, New York (if even). I am happy to report that Berlin turned out to be everything I wanted and more. <\/p>\n<p>I rented a room in a lovely neighbourhood just off Boxhagener Strasse in Friedrichshain. The weather was gorgeous for most of the time. The colours were amazing; the street art, the second hand shops, the flea markets, the galleries, the parks, the neighbourhood caf\u00e9s&#8230; I could go on forever. <\/p>\n<p>I borrowed a bike belonging to the guy I was renting the room from. I cycled along Karl Marx all\u00e9e with the wind in my hair. <strong>I had waffles and ice cream at Glucklich am Park near Rosenthaler Platz.<\/strong> I bought a stack of vinyl records. I visited the lovely Nina Hynes. I went to numerous art galleries and museums.<strong> I criss crossed the city in all directions on the U-bahn, S-bahn and metro trams.<\/strong> I had my boyfriend visiting for six days and went with him to the hisitorical sites and museums. <strong>I collected old DDR toys and postcards.<\/strong> I went to numerous lovely caf\u00e9s. I visited <strong>Kunstlerhaus Bethanien<\/strong> and Kunsthaus Tascheles. I looked at the view from the Fernsehturm. <\/p>\n<p>I also had time to visit a number of modernist suburbs and developments on both sides of the city. One which looked like the perfect utopian fantasy, complete with a lake, fountain and willow trees. I took loads and loads of pictures that I&#8217;ll use for my new paint project. <\/p>\n<p>I felt at home there, it was absolutely amazing. I am eternally gratefull that the award gave me the chance to spend a bit longer in the city, which gave me time to explore the different parts. I am absolutely brimming with inspiration. No place will ever feel quite as cool again after Berlin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do I need to tell you what I think about Berlin or could you figure that one out for yourselves? Berlin is Amazing. The polaroids could tell you that. I got a young artists&#8217; training award from Liljesonska Stiftelsen in Sweden in May and I used the money to go to Berlin for almost three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceciliadanell.com\/wordpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}