Rolling Motel One, Berlin
Yes, to start with, the fact that this gorgeous hotel, which is across the street from the Waldorf Astoria Berlin, is named “Motel One” confuses me, since to me a motel is a local, small, usually cheap place to stay. Motels, at least to me, from what I have seen in the US, are also usually tacky echoes of the US past. However, turns out Motel One is a chain of high end hotels in Europe. Oh well.
Anyway, on my second trip to Berlin, I went to the Museum für Fotografie and C/O Berlin in Amerika Haus, which are a few blocks from each other, because both had photography exhibitions I was interested in seeing.
To get there I took a double decker bus (my first time) and sat upstairs and in the very front seat, looking out like a puppy on their first car ride. On the way to the museums I saw lots of cute parks, small businesses, and residential buildings. I figured the museums were in an area that was cute, maybe touristy, with lots of trees and open space.
Then, not so much open space. Once at my destination, I found myself surrounded by beautiful hotels, a large mall, art galleries, and a beautiful church, with the Berlin zoo nearby. To me, though, this Motel One Berlin’s architecture stood out (no pun intended) in an elegantly defiant manner.
I loved it.
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