walking..west vs east

I have started to walking around in the daytime checking out various neighbourhoods. Today I went the the biggest shopping centre in the west, which from Australias standard's seemed like the Myer centre and possibly smaller than a Westfield....So, bored of that I went back east to check out Freidrichshain and strolled down the Karl-Marx Allee. This stretch is appaently billed as Germany's first socialist road...It is a massive stretch, with some amazing 19th C apartments...


Here I discovered the biggest op-shop I have ever seen five levels in one of these buildings. The most intricate spiral staircase. On the way to hear some interesting Australian artists talking about their resiencies and art making in Berlin - Transit Lounge, I went further into the trendier area of Freidrichshain, which presented itself with cool clothes shops and a myriad of well priced restaurants and bars....
Its amazing how you can leave Australia and meet and learn about other Austalian artists! Check out Cat Hope's journal on the Transit lounge website for her project The Phone Book..