ordinary wonder

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Monday, April 28, 2025 Late morning

Weather: cool, sunny, clear blue skies, light breeze

From this large cafe’s indoor corner table, customers having savored a breakfast served by the friendly wait staff can relax and enjoy a variety of views. Visible right now, for example, are:

• a yellow delivery van parked under a curbside linden tree, which is one of many that line both sides of the street
• a silver Mercedes sports coupe parked behind the van
• the variously sized concrete gray cuboids of the Holocaust Memorial, with their shaded sides appearing black
• a dense cluster of tall trees — all the same spring green color — occupying the corner of the Tiergarten
• the rising columns of the Brandenburg Gate, the sightline to whose top is blocked off by rows of trees
• the U.S. flag waving at half-mast — marking the Pope’s death — atop the modern building of the U.S. Embassy
• a blue-tinted bottle of Selters still water, which its logo states as certified vegan
• two parallel LED strips on the cafe’s floor indicating where the Berlin Wall once stood

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