The Royal Family seemed tiny and shriveled as they stood in a huddled group. And then Elton John sang. I see a kind of anger in the faces of those who are truly grieving. Something must change somehow or it all means nothing. And this seems especially true in England.
Berlin seems to be shedding a skin too.
The skyline is a metal webwork of cranes and construction sites as the new government buildings, museums and corporate structures take shape. Police are everywhere, we notice. I buy magazines and newspapers to compare stories now being printed about Diana and her death. The question seems more important than the answer. All of the bridges and overpasses there are being reinforced because the materials sold or donated to the Germans after World War II were cheap and the infrastructure is now frail.