Berlin: The Puzzle City

How it is that I have no photos of Berlin's new Hauptbahnfoh (main train Station) I can not explain!!
Maybe because it is so new, so modern, so complete?
To have a photo of this new monstrosity would not quite fit the puzzle that is Berlin. A "puzzle" is perhaps the best metaphor I can find to describe the ever-evolving Berlin.
I refer to the rebuilding of Berlin, the continual process of becoming whole, piece by puzzling piece.

Or perhaps I have no photos because I was promptly greeted at the train station by my friend Norman who swiftly wisked me away to his office in the Mitte district, on Chausseestrasse. It is one thing to arrive, and another thing to land. I arrived at the new train station but I landed at Norman's office. To "arrive," is to be in the act of arriving, entering into a place, any place. (And I must say, arriving in Berlin by train is like entering through a digestive tract, a very narrow entrance that winds through the central guts of the city, past the Bahnhof Zoo and high walls of steel, glass, and impressive graffiti-lathered concrete.)
To "land" is to touch ground, to see and feel the concrete under your feet and be present in the moment. It was at Norman's office where I took in this view, and had a moment by myself to realize I had really landed in Berlin. Okay, big deal! A zen moment perhaps, which had little to do with the view and probably more to do with the good office coffee.
But here is the view anyway, looking into the courtyard from my friend's office, which is part of an old piano manufacturing facility. After lunch together, Norman went back to work and I spent hours walking around the Mitte, exploring the galleries, independent designer boutiques, impressive wine cellars, and other kinds of nonsense accessory shops that give a little insight into the local sense of humor. My favorite place to explore and to return to again and again was the "cutting edge" Augustrasse, where on my first day in Berlin, I found a philosophy/poetry exhibit in honor of Hannah Arendt. What a good sign that I had landed in the right place at the right time!