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Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [4902] | Comments [1]
Man, I wish I was at that press conference! The one on November 9th, 1989 when Günter Schabowski, the unofficial spokesman for the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), announced to a room full of gathered journalists that travel restrictions ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin wall, germany, history
Tue, 19 Aug 2014 | By rmckinley | Views [1652]
My tour guide made me cry today. Not an uncontrollable sob, like when I said goodbye to my fiancé at the airport for four more months apart, but a heart-wrenching painful stream of tears that I could not fight back. I was thankful for sunglasses ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany, history, mistakes, sides, wall
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 | By aeileenr | Views [1032]
I stand in the middle of a small, modest apartment parking lot, surrounded by plain, brick apartment buildings. A willow tree looms to my right and a small, red and blue children's slide sits to my left, currently unused.
“Four meters ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, führerbunker, germany, world war ii
Sun, 17 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [1949] | Comments [1]
How do you peel the back the layers of an ever-changing relic of history? It is impossible to know the stories behind each living mural plastered across the Berlin Wall. I fear I will fail to listen to the messages portrayed by many of the anonymous ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin wall, graffiti, street art
Sun, 17 Aug 2014 | By rmckinley | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 17 Aug 2014 | By aeileenr | Views [1263]
In Berlin, where a serious-looking older woman in a suit sits next to a punk on the U-bahn, there seems to be a juxtaposition between the old Berlin and the new Berlin. The older woman who remembers “East” and “West” Germany;... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin wall, east side gallery, germany
Sun, 17 Aug 2014 | By rmckinley | Views [1280]
Perhaps Thomas and Karine are both descendants of survivors, high school sweet hearts, or simply Berlin lovers. But does who they are even matter? Does their heritage, talent, or popularity deny or grant them a voice?
That was the question I asked ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin wall, expression, hope, street art, symbolism, voice
Sat, 16 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [2256] | Comments [1]
I find it hard to form a connection with a city that doesn’t promote street art. I cannot feel comfortable walking the streets of a place that doesn’t allow its people to have a creative outlet. Some may find graffiti dirty and an indication ... Read more >
Tags: berlin
Fri, 15 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [1816] | Comments [1]
“So, this is what Europe looks like.”
When I boarded the bus from the airport to downtown Berlin I studied the world outside of the window through jet lagged eyes. Everything is so clean . Where are the street dogs? Everyone appears ... Read more >
Tags: berlin
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 6 Aug 2014 | By emily_witenden | Views [456]
Lisa and Niklas kindly escorted me to the station, where I got a Fernbus about 6 hours to Munich..the German countryside was beautiful :) whenever the bus would stop for a break id just have to follow the others, as the driver didn't speak a word of ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Aug 2014 | By emily_witenden | Views [246]
The lovely lisa picked me up after her exam and we walked back to her unit to dump my bags...really nice apartment right next to a beautiful church (I have a pic from the balcony) and close to the Rhine river..lisa took a break from her studies and ... Read more >
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Views [251]
Our plane was due to leave at 9pm so we caught a train and arrived early to have dinner at the airport. We were surprised to find a pot of herbs on every table and a thick paper parcel of chunky slices of very fresh German bread. Our meals were ... Read more >
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Views [258] | Comments [1]
After Eisenach we drove back to Goettingen for one night to see Cathy before catching a train to Hannover prior to our late flight to London Heathrow. We returned the hire car without incident, and to our surprise they provided us with a taxi ... Read more >
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