Looking Back Down the Unter den Linden

Once we crossed the bridge the name of the road changes from the Unter den Linden the Karl-Liebknecht Strasse. Liebknecht was some kind of Socialist hero. I was surprised that so many places in the old East Berlin still retain their Communist-era names. But I can understand why they changed this street's name to the Karl-Liebknecht Strasse - the previous name was "Adolf Hitler Strasse"!

Day One - Arrival in Berlin

December 20th 2007
The flight to Frankfurt was uneventful except for the fact that we arrived there too late to catch our connecting plane to Berlin. Fortunately, shuttle flights seem to run nearly every hour between the two cities so we simply boarded a half empty Airbus leaving an hour later. My painstaking research paid-off well on our arrival in Tegel Airport. After clearing customs and immigration quickly, ... read more

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