A frieze from inside the Pergamon Museaum

Lost in Berlin

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May 12th 2006
We drove to Berlin on a cold and rainy day via the Scharnebeck boat lock where boats are moved up and down in a huge lift in place of many locks. It sits as a 10 storey building, in the midst of a rural landscape where it creates a vital link in the canal traffic between the mountains, the flatter northern industrial areas of Germany and the North Sea. It is an amazing concept and one China is emu ... read more

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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... ... read more