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Background: As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.

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By Gini
December 12th 2008

Christmas Time Berlin Style

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Potsdammer Platz

5 days in Berlin... Der Mauer, Branderburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, Aida at the Berlin Opera, Holocaust Memorial, Kurfürstendamm, Under Den Linden, German Christmas markets, Fernsehturm TV Tower, Knut the polar bear, grill tellers, fast cars and beer! [View Full Entry]

By saintjohnnymexico
December 10th 2008

I Heart Berlin

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Boot Begining
I wonder if it comes in a thigh high boot with champagne

Berlin Intro: Skip it if you're here for slapstick, read it if you're here for more It has been a long time since i was in Berlin last. About 21 years to be exact. With the Berlin wall soon to be taken down and my family lived in Germany. My father packed us all up and we headed to Berlin. Back then you got to the Russian border. Then, a swarm of Russian Military soldiers would inspect your car and take your father away. You weren't allowed to look at them, you just sat there quietly until pops came back. When [View Full Entry]

By thecloofer
December 7th 2008

Gerta...RAUSS!

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Reichstag

We would like to preface this entry with our heartfelt thanks to Swati, who put us up in Marriott during our stay in Berlin. TAUSEND DANK SWATI! Also, congratulations to the womens usa soccer team who just won the under 20 fifa cup. Alex Morgan, Scott Austin wants you to have his babies. These two days went by real fast, but we're real sick. We woke up early after passing out again and made our way over to Brandenburg Gate to start our tour of Berlin. Mary, our fresh out of college British tour guide, knew everything there was to know [View Full Entry]

By thecloofer
December 6th 2008

Euro Railed

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Frigid
waiting for the evil eurorail

Sooooooooooo, sorry for the late status update on this one. It seems that traveling for 6 hours on the worst trainride I have ever taken, and only having had 4 hours of sleep in the two days prior will steal your soul. I was unable to think or feel. Sleep was the only thing possible. After that we made it our mission to eat some deliciously heavy german food and have some fantastic Weiss beer. Needed enough to put me back into dreamland. It worked. Suffice it to say, the Deutschebags lingering on the train gave me a pretty bad [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 29th 2008

The End of the Line

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Okay, so first we'll answer the obvious question: why are we in Berlin for 6 days after racing around the rest of the continent? Because we can! Seriously, our intent was to spend 4 nights here and then move onto Hamburg for another 2. However, there is some sort of conference being held in Hamburg and every hostel was fully booked more than a week in advance. Thus, we opted to spend the rest of our trip in beautiful Berlin, and luckily there has been more than enough to do here. On our first full day here, we joined up with [View Full Entry]

By Raquel
November 27th 2008

Das weisswein bitte....

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Brandenburg Gate
The main gate in Berlin

Hey everyone Thought it was about time I sent through another update. Have just got back from a fantastic weekend away with Olivia in Berlin - wow it was amazing! Such an awesome place that's for sure. We did a walking tour on the Saturday and saw all the main highlights like the Brandenburg Gate, the hotel where Michael Jackson dangled his baby out of the window (you say that's a highlight? hehe), the Reichstag, Holocaust Memorial, Hitler's bunker where he shot himself, the Berlin Wall (well pieces of it), checkpoint Charlie and many other influential buildings, memorials and museums. Ther [View Full Entry]

By kates travels
November 11th 2008

one fish, two fish, three fish, blue fish

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heyyyy so i do have lots of pictures to upload but im slow so please be patient??? umm to quickly sum up the rest of my time in england i spent a day just kind of in greenwhich where i went to the huge park and the royal conservatory and made a stop by greenwhich university cause im an uber dork thennn i got to meet up with jenn pyne for drinks that night as well as maxxs friends who's names i have forgotten but are x alumni and then we spent an afternoon/evening wandering around lecester square, piccadily circus, and [View Full Entry]

By Rilla
November 10th 2008

Leaving Berlin ... and some randomness

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On the train home

MONDAY Whew. OK, just to let you know I didn't cover EVERYTHING from the tour. I did choose to skip some stops, some photos, some info, just so I wouldn't bore you all to death. (That's really just my excuse. To be honest I can't remember enough about all the other stuff to make it worth a post. Should have been taking notes or something, right?) But Monday finally came, and with that our train departure at 2:40 pm. We had some breakfast with two girls that live in Munich (one is originally from France and the other from Poland). [View Full Entry]

By Rilla
November 9th 2008

Tomb of the Unkowns

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Mother and her soldier-son

This memorial is to remind us of the consequences of war, not only for those considered the victims, but for the soldiers and families as well. That's why buried in this memorial is a German solider and a holocaust victim, symbolizing that it doesn't matter which side of the war-line you're standing on, you are affected. [View Full Entry]

By Rilla
November 9th 2008

19th Year Anniversary of the Wall Coming Down

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Our café breakfast

SUNDAY It was 19 years ago today that the Berlin Wall came down. How incredible to be here on such a day! And the story is even more incredible! In fact, the entire history of Berlin is fascinating! I've discovered that to really, truly appreciate a city you need to find someone that thinks that city is the greatest city in the whole world. Spend a few hours with them and you'll begin to agree. That's what Beth and I decided to do today. The hostel gave us maps and information about a free, daily, 3 1/2 hour walking tour [View Full Entry]

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