With Empor Berlin, led by Fritz Heiber, with start from U-Bahn Platz der Luftbrücke. Very interesting, but unfortunately cut short due to the heat – upwards of 30C and a merciless mid-day sun.
From Paradestraße I walked home via the northern end of Tempelhofer Feld, close to the airport building, so with everything included, I still managed about 12 km.
Seeing Hangars 4 and 5 so close by, I was reminded how much I look forward to the annual art fair – Positions – which takes place there. Apart from a lot of great contemporary art, it is a good opportunity to see the hangars inside. I have an invitation for a guest and myself for the duration of the fair and plan to go on Thursday, 14 September in the afternoon. If somebody reads this, is available at that time and would like to join me, please let me know.
Great to see so many wildflowers on the former airfield. No birds to speak of, apart from the obligatory crows, but lots of insects – butterflies too small and quick to be able to take decent photos of them (but I am posting some here anyway) and thousands of incredibly well camouflaged grasshoppers.
One of the things I like about Tempelhofer Feld is that in addition to the take-off and landing strips, there are still relics from when it was an airport scattered all over the place, unlike for example Johannistal which has been redesigned to the point that would never guess it was a former airport.
