Losing My Virginity: Part I

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Firsts:

A few feats of German engineering and history unveiled. To me personally.

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Photos

ferrying on my fahrrad
the most intelligent bicycle locks i've ever had the honor of using.

Troddel Markt treasures
serious war memorabilia becomes fashionable, and laughable

calling all stations...
honoring the site of the AFN (american forces network - which is why west berliners know every episode of the cosby show and all the words to every pat benatar song ever sung) tower which they demolished in '96 about...the farm planted this tree

don't google it
only in Germany, can one, in the course of a day, use well-organized public records and well, the phonebook...to find real, live, living relatives! finally!!! now i can defect.

holes, uncovered
despite 20 years of base, toner and touch-up...Berlin still has pock marks on its face. bullet holes remind you of what happened here. evidence of a ground war, that we Amerikaners don't really have...

high security, or fidelity?
in my safe suburban hood, they're still at: security. these hi-tech locks in the gym locker room astonished me...what would the haus fraus want with my sneakers anyways? (of course one is required to change out of one's street shoes, lest me track a speck of dirt)

walls of walls
past meets present at infamous potsdamer platz

brother, sister
communist art still stands in east berlin parks. haunts of dreams of equality. of working for a classless, free society. you can call me a bit of a commie i suppose. though, this sculpture does make me think of all the commie athlete dreams of defection...

got sport?
...and sport still holds a prominent place in modern Berlin. let's say i didn't quite master this particular apparatus - and there are plenty of them scattered in east berlin parks...most Germans make sport and health a routine.

and lastly...
don't even get me started on the network, and comfy widths, of the bike lanes. not to mention the off-road forest trails within city limits...aaaaah, mein fahrrad...