Goodbye to Berlin

“I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and the woman in the kimono washing her hair. Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.”
― Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin
We left Berlin quite early this morning. It's been a very good trip. Berlin is always evolving and although it's a very different place today than it was in Chistopher Isherwood's day (I first saw the film "Cabaret" which is based on this novel, in 1972 in Berlin) it remains a very special and vibrant place. The quote seemed a nice one to use as a Blipper too.
The bear is the symbol of Berlin, and I first saw these ones, of which there are a great many of different designs, when they were first displayed. There were lots of then in a few places, whereas now, individual ones are dotted about the city and you come upon them unexpectedly. This one was at the airport