The gigantic metallic figures stood in the middle of the river.

They became the subjects of our very first photo in Berlin, taken from our temporary apartment on Stralauer Allee.

I would stare and stare at them, wondering what they meant.

It wasn't till months later that I realised there were three figures, not two.

It wasn't till years later that I realised they were part of a sculpture series by an American artist, Jonathan Borofsky.

Called 'Molecule Man' and installed in 1997, they symbolise the unity between the former East and West Berlin as well as the confluence of three Berlin boroughs: Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg and Treptow. ω