While in Berlin, in addition to some abstract and architectural images, I also photographed some interesting folks we met along the way.

Our original plans were to fly from Paris, where we attended the OFFF conference, to Berlin…….BUT, the folks at Easy Jet decided to make that impossible by checking us in at the airport, and then going on strike and walking off the job. You read that correctly. Juan and I, after going through security around 6:00pm and checking in, sat and waited….and waited….and then our flight was delayed….and an hour later it was CANCELLED, and guess what? There was NOBODY from Easy Jet at the airport to help us. We were left to fend for ourselves and there were some folks on our (cancelled) flight who went through the same thing the day before. Long story short, the wonderful folks at Paris Orly Sud airport took us to a hotel at 3:00am, we slept for about 5 hours and decided to take a train to Berlin instead.

Alas, this is a portrait of one of the ladies who took care of us during our first leg of the train ride to Berlin.

We rented bicycles from Fahrrad Box, and this gentleman helped set us up with our bikes, making sure we had the right frame size and height. There is no better way to explore Berlin than via bicycle, and one of the most incredible things we noticed was that the bicyclist was king. There are special bike paths on the street and when they’re abstent in certain areas, vehicles share the road with no qualms. Pedestrians get out of your way and the roads are easy to navigate at all hours of the day and even late at night.

If you make it to Berlin, we HIGHLY recommend you rent your bicycles from Fahrrad Box!

During our biking tour of Berlin, we stopped at Checkpoint Charlie and noticed there were 2 men and a woman posing for photos (for 1 Euro) with tourists. I went up and started talking to them and made this portrait of the female dressed as a solider.

Shortly after that stop, we happened to come across a photography lab called Das Foto Image Factory. I am currently exploring different mounting options for a collection of images I have and so we started talking to one of the employees there…..and I took his photo as we left.