Sightseeing can be exhausting. Seriously! So, instead of circling around monuments, buildings and entire blocks, we decided to take a break from walking inside a gallery.
Gemaldegalerie near Potsdamer Platz seemed inviting with its treasure trove of 13-18 century European painters. Right at the start it greeted us with this Botticelli's classic, "Venus."
Alas, what was supposed to be an easy stroll, turned into an endurance event - the gallery has over 2 kms of halls and paths, loaded with paintings of breath stopping beauty and quality. Luckily, it had a bench in almost every room, for necessary short breaks.
Amazingly for a Saturday, the gallery wasn't crawling with visitors. Probably because the tourists all flock to the museum island. So we had it almost to ourselves, and Meg could enjoy her favorite Dutch master Vermeer--here's his "The wine glass"...
...while I myself found a new favorite - Giovanni Antonio Canal, called "Canaletto" with his amazingly detailed paintings of Venice in 17th century.
Since this Saturday was turned into an art day, still arts had to be complemented by some moving arts. I booked us cabaret tickets at a real old-style German cabaret called Kleine Nachtrevue. The performance was a spoof on the talent reality shows like American Idol, or X Factor. It's called "Be A Stripper, Be A Star" and it was, well you guessed it--about the stripping talent show. It was Meg's first time seeing a nude performance. The cabaret itself is a tiny venue, which can sit about fifty people, counting the bar seats too, which are the ones we got. The performance was sold out, but I hate to say that the most attractive ladies in the cabaret were the waitresses, in cute red corsets. Performers were seasoned queens of burlesque, aged to perfection. And, since the photography wasn't allowed during the performance (duh!), here's us at the bar in the tiny cabaret.
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