Well, this is long overdue. It´s the 4th of July today, but I´ll be sharing with you my short time in another country, Germany. For a week in late June I visited the captial of Berlin for some world cup soccer madness and hoped for a taste of the growing art scene shaping in East Berlin. Taking a small gamble, I lined up a room via craiglist from a guy named Johannes in Prenzlauer Berg. It worked out wonderfully and while I spent 30 euro a night, i heard from some very frustrated americans that they were spending 125 euro a night, a block down, in a 2 star holetel. Prenzlauer is to Berlin what Williamsburg is to New York. It´s very trendy with unique clothing shops, cafes, etc. Quite a few hipsters deutsche, but I
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