islamic spiral

DSCF0179, originally uploaded by metaphorge.

From the Museum für Islamische Kunst, part of the Pergamon Museum on the MuseumInsel in Berlin.

dragons of babylon

DSCF0116, originally uploaded by metaphorge.

Detail of the Ishtar Gate from ancient Babylon, reconstructed at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Saddam was building a replica of this at its original site in Iraq. Guess it isn't going to be finished now.

in Kraków

All checked in at our hostel in Kraków. Very tired. More later.