Berrrlin

I arrived yesterday for the Berlinale.  Germany is seriously cold. Temperatures at minus ˚7 and counting.  I don't think I've been anywhere this cold in a long time.  In fact I tend to avoid these kinds of temperatures but... here I am.  My apartment Mitte is about a twenty minute walk (no doubt less without the treacherous ice) from the hub of the festival in Potsdamer Platz and that's about as long as it takes with double insulated gloves to start feeling the biting cold.  That said there are some amazing sites like seeing large chunks of frozen ice floating in the river or

bicycles that will have to be dug out with an icepick 

I try not to have my hands out of the gloves for more than 45 seconds although the temptation is strong as there is much to see here and Berlin being so full of history.  So whilst walking to and fro to make appointments and catch up with people I haven't seen since Cannes I whip out my beloved iPhone with it's selection of apps and take some pictures.  I start shooting tomorrow so for now I'll leave you with this last picture of some beautiful signage shot in front of the Brandenburg Gate