I was up earlier than I needed to be on Saturday – even after the MIT party of the night before – so headed across to the Giardini della Biennale in very good time for the 11am opening.
It was a very nice walk along the main waterfront.
I decided to stop nearby for breakfast. If I'd known at the time that this would be the last thing that passed my lips until getting to the airport, I'd definitely have eaten more.
I walked through a very nice park with an arts & craft market just being set up.
I actually arrived at the gates of the Biennale at around 10:30am, just as the queue was starting to form. Before I knew it people were lining up for all the way along the water. I was happy to be in relative shade.
There are lots of really interesting people visiting the Biennale, it turns out. While in the queue I had a great chat with someone managing the planning for several hospitals in Berlin.What follows is my account of heading to several national pavilions at this year’s…