Looking back, the first few months of this summer feel to me like a slow escape from the terrible vortex of US politics. This happened in July in China, not in Germany. Berlin is obsessed with Germany's new government and with Trump, triggering endless painful questions about Columbia etc etc.
Berlin is obsessed with Germany's new government and with Trump, triggering endless painful questions about Columbia etc etc. Precious little else registers. Plus Berlin is home.
Plus Berlin is home. It induces no sense of dislocation or puzzlement. It offers the comfort of the familiar, not a "reset".