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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin January 3rd 2017

We drove our car 3,300 km from Minsk, Belarus where we are teaching to see the cities, Christmas markets and quiet snow covered countryside of Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic and eastern Germany. We spent three nights in an East Berlin apartment enjoying the urban daily routines of a working neighborhood. We found some great restaurants. We finally mastered the public transportation system and hit many of the major sites: Brandenburg Gate, remains of the Berlin Wall, and communist murals. We skipped the museums. We are so used to clean and tidy Minsk that the graffiti other European cities is sometimes overwhelming.... read more
Berlin - Memorial to Murdered Jewish People
Berlin Wall - remaining section
Berlin Wall grafitti

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin November 7th 2016

So much history and beauty in Berlin. I was unreal standing where a wall once separated Berlin. Even seeing the history of what happened during the world wars was really neat. Then we visited checkpoint charlie and the holocaust memorial.... read more
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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin October 31st 2016

I was last here in Berlin in 1971. Back then, during the Cold War, it was West Berlin (Allies), and East Berlin (the dirty Commie pinkos). Going over Checkpoint Charlie into East Berlin remains one of my most memorable and nerve wracking experiences of my life. The four photos were taken by me back in 1971. Now, after 45 years, I am going back, to a unified Germany, and more importantly, a unified Berlin. The Berlin Wall was in placed from 1961 (August 13) to 1989. I have seen two pieces of the wall in the U.S. One is located at the fabulous Newseum in Washington, DC. The other is located in the men's room at the Main Street Station casino in downtown Las Vegas. I hear there is another section in the gardens of the ... read more
Famous Brandenburg Tor
Double stones in road mark location of the Wall
My view of East Berlin in 1971

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin October 12th 2016

Two days after we had returned from the island of Rügen my good friend Belinda from the US arrived in Hamburg. I had not seen her since 2012, so way too long, and I was looking forward to having her around for two full weeks! I could not take two weeks off work, so she spent the first few days exploring Hamburg while I was at work. But then, on Saturday morning, we headed off for a four day visit to Berlin. Between 2010 and 2014 I had been travelling to Berlin quite frequently because my PhD supervisor was at Freie Universität Berlin. I went to see him about once in six weeks, and since I usually met him in the morning I often took the afternoon for doing a bit of sightseeing before heading back ... read more
Inside Reichstagskuppel
Reichstagskuppel
Looking down from Reichstagskuppel

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin October 1st 2016

Town and around today, more hop on off buses, lots to see. Weather a tad damp today but good for sight seeing. Stopped by another part of the wall that artists had painted and it had the famous "kiss" Between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker Berlin is a great place to visit.... read more
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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin September 30th 2016

Drove into the city to drop the car back and the Sat Nav took us straight through Checkpoint Charlie. Bloody hell, it's bad enough on the busy road without that. There were people and cars going in all directions. I think it added a few years on me. Anyway, car back safely phew that was a relief. Decided to spend the day on the hop on off buses, good way to see the city And chill.... read more
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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin September 27th 2016

Driving into Sweden from the north, the main things you notice are millions of pine trees stretching out in every direction. After driving through northern Sweden for three days, the main things you notice are millions of pine trees stretching out in every direction!!! I am not saying it got monotonous, but after a while I couldn't tell if we had moved on at all or stuck in a continual loop!!! To pass the time we played I-spy . I spy something beginning with "t". I am sure you get the picture. Amongst the multitude of pines there was a campsite. At this campsite were Sarah and Tabitha and a great bbq area, where after scavenging for wood and food and drinking far too much, we were treated to the amazing sight of the Northern Lights ... read more
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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin September 27th 2016

Happy 25th anniversary to us. On the train to Berlin, zooming across the countryside. The scenery is lovely, beautiful day not a cloud in the sky. No wind, the big wind turbines are still, heaps of them. Cruised into Hanover but when we left, it was like they found another gear on the train, It flew. They said it was fast, they weren't kidding. Bloody taxis wouldn't take us to the car rental because it was too close to train station but too far to walk. We had to lug our bags up and down stairs and two trains later and a bit of walking, we got there. Got a cute little Peugeot 308 and made our way to Salzwedel. Got there around 8.30pm. It took ages getting out of Berlin, driving on the right hand ... read more
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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin September 19th 2016

Noc bola v pohode, check out tiez, tak smer U7 a zastavka Johannisthaler Chaussee. Nieco po 45.min vystupujem a hned kupujem syrovy rozok. Pri plateny mensi problem,ocul som 1,5€ miesto 1,7€, tak som mu dal 1,5€ a uz sa zberal na odchod :) Alejou sa zacinam presuvat k poloblukovemu cinziaku gropius. Ono prakticky celu tuto oblast navrhol gropius. Kopa stromov a zelene a samozrejme stare komunisticke cinziaky. Mensia odbocka do blizkeho lidla. Heh sedlak v meste sa prejavil. Idem si brat berlinera (siska plnena lekvarom), otvorim sklenene dvere a rukou si ho dam do sacka. Pochvile pride po mne dalsia zakaznicka, ta chyti do ruky specialnu lopatku a bez toho aby otvorila sklenne dvierka lopatkou preklopi berlinera do bocneho priestoru a tam si ho uz rukou zoberie. Co ma prekvapilo,zalohuju tu aj plastove flase. Po nakupe ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin September 18th 2016

Rano ma vyprevadza do chladneho pocasia CS az na bus. Tu mi v automate ukazuje ako si mam kupit celodenny listok (niezeby som to nevedel ale nedal si povedat). Na dalsej zastavke vystupuje, ja si to smerujem dalej na hlavnu stanicu Potsdam. Na stanici neodolavam a kupujem si fajn vyzerajuci kolac a nie len jeden,hned dva kusy. Vo vlaku nabieham do vagonu pre 1.triedu ale ostavam sediet este pred vchodom do tohto vip sektora. Rozdiel je len v sedackach, vyzeraju byt kozenne a je ich tu menej. Zacinam do seba tlacit kolac, uf riadne syti je, zvladam len jeden kus. Prichadza cvakacka listkov ale nikoho si vo vozni nevsima, iba vchadza do 1.triedy, kde kontroluje jedneho cloveka. Jasne,nema sem listok tak ho posiela prec. Zaujimavostou vo vagone je automat na kavu. Konecne vykuka slnko, vystupujem na ... read more




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