Hot Times in Berlin / Obama Times in Berlin

So, I was feeling like a total wimp for finding it so hot outside today – on the logic that it's Berlin, it can't be hot – but it turns out it's 89°F (32°C) out there and climbing, so now I feel justified!

Could it be summer has finally arrived in Berlin? (It seems like it's been about two years since the last one...)

Skipped spring entirely, of course.

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Turns out, although security is veryveryvery tight (and has been for days) around the Brandenburg Gate for Obama's speech this afternoon – starting shortly – there's the possibility of watching it as a livestream. I'm tuned in at www.spiegel.de/international, though I'm sure there are others.

As the background music, they're playing "Heroes" – David Bowie, of course, and a song he wrote while living in Berlin back in the day.

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p.s. Check out that map! Germany is hot, hot, hot: