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Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin April 21st 1998

Berlin

nomadicguard

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Jan 18, 1998

Europe » Germany » Berlin January 18th 1998

Oddfellow

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Day 11 - Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin July 12th 1997

Kidcarm

Day 11 Occasionally time is irrelevant. Sure, I was scheduled to check out of the hotel by 11AM but I was going to juice my stay for all it was worth. 8:00…9:00…9:30…my eyes were open, but I did not dare to wake up the rest of me. Covered by twelve inches of fluffy comfort, I just laid back and basked in the glory of my opulence. Usually, when one stays in hostels in Europe they wake at 7AM, have a quick shower, eat their pittance provisions and are tossed out into the street by eight. They sleep in rooms with six or eight other travellers. They get to endure the stench of others, tolerate their snores and ignore their personal eccentricities. Of the three, the last one is the hardest to cope with. Some of these ... read more

Day 10 - Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin July 11th 1997

Kidcarm

Day 10 “Achtung!!” “YOU vill get up and you vill get up NOW!!” “Achtung!! Achtung!!” Ahh…the melodic sounds of a German alarm clock. Like a good Kraut, I obediently opened my eyes to the bellow of a hoarse campground kommander at 7AM but like a good Canuck I defied Colonel Klink's orders, turned over and continued to sleep off my hangover. Ten minutes later…the colonel brought in reinforcements, namely a man who shook a bell beside my throbbing head. That worked. With ponderous pace, I gradually dragged myself out of bag. For reasons unclear, I couldn't stomach food. I was even unable to force coffee down. Sitting on picnic tables within the compound, with envy, I watched my fellow refugees suck back cups of delicious fresh hot coffee. The bastards did it just to spite me. ... read more

Day 9 - to Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin July 10th 1997

Kidcarm

Day 9 Like a good German, I arose from my sleep at 7:30 AM, bid ‘auf weidersehen’ to the noisy bastards, swiftly scarfed down my morning Muslix and coffee and headed off to the train station. I hit the train station and locked up my luggage for a few hours before my departure. For some reason, I had to get out of there. I just didn’t get the right vibes. Sure, it is beautiful, for an industrial port, but we bombed the shit out of it during the war and there aren’t many sights left to see. Looking to the bible, I passed by the Rathaus and checked it off in my guide. The Rathaus was the city’s town hall. Very nice, very closed, thus very useless to me. I followed my trek to an empty ... read more

Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin May 4th 1996

tfsnews

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In The Aftermath of History

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin April 10th 1992

Berlin Cathedral

waterfia

I have sometimes overslept on trains back in England (usually due to alcohol) and I’ve been woken up by the guard when the train has been sitting at the last stop for half an hour. That would not have been a good idea on this train as its ultimate destination was several hundred miles away in Moscow. I suspect that I wouldn’t have got anywhere near that far before being woken up by customs officials, soldiers or the police, but it was an interesting thought. I had arrived in close aftermath of all the historic events that had taken here two years previously. In fact I remember all that taking place when I was previously travelling and was working in Melbourne (see ) at the time. There were the memorable images of Mr Baywatch / Knight ... read more

Conference in Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin September 13th 1980

Remains of the Kaiser WIlhelm Church on the Kurferdam

Home and Away

In September 1980 I attended a conference in Berlin, and decided to take Linda along. To get there by car we had to pass through East Germany, which required flag orders under the agreement that partitioned Berlin into four zones, one each for the US, UK, France and the Soviet Union. The Soviets were required to grant access to the other three countries forces following the Berlin Blockade. Crossing the border was interesting. We had to give our passport and papers to the Soviet border guards, not to the East German guards. We then had two hours to reach West Berlin. We could only drive on the autobahn that went directly to Berlin, which was built by Hitler and had not been maintained since. If we didn't arrive in Berlin within two hours they would come ... read more

Brief history of Germany

As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t...more history

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