Berlin. (Okay, raise your hand if you hear the word "Berlin" in your head being pronounced by Eddie Izzard doing James Mason doing JFK??? And, BTW, I'll be going to the Rathaus Schoenberg tomorrow. That is where JFK famously outed himself as a jelly donut in 1963...) To begin with, this will be my first extensive blog entry. I suspect I'll ramble. Feel free to comment on how I'm doing. Berlin - so far vastly exceeding my memories of a very brief stop here five years ago. An astonishing place for a child of the Cold War to be able to so easily come to, wander around in, and soak up the history of arguably the most influential country of the 20th century. I arrived at the Grand Hyatt Berlin around 2:00pm CET today. It is
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