Why is it that, having just arrived from Schönefeld airport into the unspectacular but leafy and cosmopolitan district of Schöneberg, Berlin feels so open, free, alive? Whereas in Barcelona--whether the Eixample, Gracia or even the oh so trendy Born and squalor chic Ravel--the famously Bacchanalian beach destination seems only oppressive and stultified?
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Barcelona, Meet Berlin
Why is it that, having just arrived from Schönefeld airport into the unspectacular but leafy and cosmopolitan district of Schöneberg, Berlin feels so open, free, alive? Whereas in Barcelona--whether the Eixample, Gracia or even the oh so trendy Born and squalor chic Ravel--the famously Bacchanalian beach destination seems only oppressive and stultified?
