Sonnenblume

Sonnenblume, originally uploaded by quasirobot.

Someone gave me this sunflower as a token of our friendship the day I arrived Berlin. I stayed in the city for 4 days.

I booked a night train leaving Berlin for Cologne some time past midnight, so I had to carry this flower with me walking around the city after checking out of the guest house. The café near Siegessäule was closed. I sat at one of the empty table, trying to aim a perfect angle at the statue. I put the flower down and voilà, it suddenly dawned on me that this is a very poetic and nostalgic composition, so I took this picture. And, yeah, it turns out to be one of my favorite pictures during this trip.