Brandenburg Gate

This little lady sits on top of the Gate. She was once known as the Goddess of Peace or something similar. She was stolen by Napoleon and taken back to France as a momento of his victory. When Germany defeated France years later they brought her back home and popped her back up there. They couldn't really call her the Goddess of Peace anymore so they renamed her Victoria and she is now the Goddess of Victory. She is pointing at a very bland and boring building in the square - it happens to be the French Embassy. We think she might be giving them the 18th century bird!

National Socialists, The Red Army and A Great Big Wall

August 7th 2007
Well we've almost caught up, we were only in Berlin last week! Upon arriving in Berlin our expectations were shot as we walked from train station to hostel in a seemingly dodgy area. Once we reached the hostel things still didn't look better - crappiest place we've stayed at so far. We had a cry about it, ate a fantastic falafel from down the street and woke up to a beautiful Berlin summer's da ... read more

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