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Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [356]
We woke up in Sungsoo’s apartment with plenty of time for people to make it to class (most of them are all in the same program together). I went back to Matt’s apartment for a shower and to plan my activities that day. Since his apartment ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin mauer, berlin wall, cross from east to west, germany, history, nachos, soviets
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [299]
Today Matt and I woke up and went off to get some food and wonder around a bit. He called up a friend (Melanie) and we explored around Alexanderplatz until we got hungry. Then it was time for some Wok to Walk restaurant for some noodles. Throughout ... Read more >
Tags: angela merkel, berlin, brandenburg gate, germany, reichstag, ticket controlled, tiergarden, wok to walk
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [331]
I woke up and caught a S-bahn to the train station this morning. My ICE train to bring me from Hamburg to Berlin was running a little behind, but it was not much of a problem. To be more precise, only half of the train was late. Since it is a more ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany, hamburg, kites, old friend, the bird, trains
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [345]
Today I explored the city. I think I walked almost a complete circle around downtown Hamburg. I started near the harbor and worked my way towards the city. There is a retired submarine in the Hamburg harbor that is now a historical museum piece. I only ... Read more >
Tags: germany, hamburg, reeperbahn, the bird
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [483]
I had breakfast at the hostel with the German guys from my room. Then I went around town and found a Vodafone store to buy a new SIM card (3 charges a lot in Germany). The guys at the store were helpful. The only thing that was a little confusing was ... Read more >
Tags: currywurst, friends, germany, hamburg, simon, the highway
Wed, 10 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [325]
I bummed around in the hostel for a lot of the morning. My flight was in the afternoon and checkout of the hostel was 10:00am. I did not have quite enough time to explore the city anymore. I finished one of my books and then took the bullet train to ... Read more >
Tags: airport, currywurst, germany, hamburg, stockholm, sweden
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 | By prockenzie | Views [210] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I'm Maciej and I'm a 18 yo guy from Poland. I shoot movies since 2009. I only do it because I love it. Every frame of the movie gives me joy. I try to learn as much as possible and I try to shoot as much as possible. Traveling is also what I'm into, ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
Wed, 27 Aug 2014 | By mrandrew | Views [356]
The first morning after 3 rest days wasn´t the easiest - I knew I was paying for the later nights and drinking more than the 'one or two' I had planned in Berlin (I had a great time staying with my cousin Carolyn and seeing Berlin). By the ... Read more >
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By joanimil | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [4683] | 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 [1464]
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 [917]
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 [1790] | 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 [1036]
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
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