UF in Berlin 2005

Market next to Tiergarten = Postcard Project

051405_market_1, originally uploaded by morgpet.

We stopped here on our second day, spotted these funky frog and elf statues and found a huge pile of old postcards depicting Berlin from before WWII and possibly before WWI. I bought 7 postcards and have so far gone back and found the exact location of 6 of them and re-photographed them. Although this type of thing has been done before because Berlin has seen so much change over the years, it is really amazing to see the change of view in each location. Buildings are missing or have been surrounded by new buildings. And the history behind each area is interesting as well... I may have to go buy more postcards from the fair. There is so much history to everything in Berlin. From what we hear, Berliners are not happy at all with publicity of the history of Berlin or Germany, they mainly want to look towards the future and the change that it brings.

Posted this from Dunkin' Donuts internet cafe. TTYL!

posted by Morgan @ 8:57 AM