crowded

Forget what I wrote about Berlin not being crowded. Today was a different story.
It wasn't a structural crowdiness, however. A couple of S-bahn lines are out for "security reasons". I wonder if they have anything to do with terroristic/criminal threats or if it's simply to do with the structural integrity of the lines and surroundings. Anyway, the Ring train was late in my station - Treptower Park - and not all people even got on it.

In the centre, Alexanderplatz was bristling with activity although I seem to have missed the height of it. Something to do with leftist parties and groups manifesting, lots of "Die Linke" flags and some live music.
Friday seems to get some weirdness to the city. Crazy people on the subway.

Went to the Alte Nationalmuseum, thought to find famous paintings (french impressionism woohoo), but accidentially wound up at the Altes Museum instead (just call it something like "not the alte nationalmuseum", ffs). Paid 8 euro for Greek en Roman pottery and jewelry. Very cool actually, but I expected something else. Better luck and name-remembering next time :-) Lots of camera-toting tourists on these spots, especially in the area of the Museumsinsel, where most of the famous art museums are. Gipsy's asking "do you speak english", only to show you a small paper on which they ask you for money. Don't try to escape them, that won't work. Just ignore.

Passed in front of a famous synagoge in that area as well. Sidewalk guarded off, two submachine gun carrying policemen in front. Wonder what that was about.
Police don't seem to mess around here, a couple of days ago I saw two policemen in Ostkreuz station carrying those same weapons. However, you don't see much police in the area where I live. Only saw a couple of cars passing by in the 5 days I am here now, which is good.