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Politically correct carpet. PC in East Germany that is

Berlin - 2014

October 31st 2014
Two days in Berlin - too little but it was all we could take off from work this time Leonard Cohen once wrote the lines "First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin". We took his lyrics literally and, having visited Manhattan earlier this year, we headed off to Berlin for a weekend. We have been to Berlin before[/url ... read more

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

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We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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16th November 2014

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

STASI RUG
Here's a tough question for you Ake. Was this carpet hand or machine made? How big was it? My guess is machine made as it would be a nice piece to distribute to every household. If it was handmade it would elevate its value. Either way as a propaganda rug it is a fascinating piece.

17th November 2014

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Hand made or not? The size?
I don't remember the size but I can make a fairly good estimate. It was probably over a meter long but not much. I have no idea if it was hand made or not. My guess is also machine made. /Ake

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