I was awoken this morning by a text message. The truth be told, I'd heard a few messages come in throughout the night, but since I'm on holiday, and since I'm in Berlin, I hadn't bothered to look at them. They were, of course, a series of messages concerning the latest challenge (or non-challenge) to … Continue reading Hello Copenhagen
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The first time I visited Berlin was in 1983. At that time, Berlin was a city divided into East & West by "Die Mauer" ("The Wall"). Sixteen years later (on my birthday), the Berlin Wall came down, and Germany was re-united. Several months after the wall was all but demolished, a group of artists came … Continue reading Visiting Berlin
I was so incredibly excited when I woke up and looked out of the window this morning. The truth be told, I felt like a big kid. The reason? Snow. Real snow. Not just snow on the ground snow, like I experienced last week in Sweden. Not just a bit of a flurry here and … Continue reading Double Happiness in Berlin
The last time I visited Berlin was in the summer of 2008. Before that, it was in 1983, as a pimply-faced teenager with a full head of hair. My, how things have changed. Back in 1983, I was studying German at HSC level. In 2008, despite the twenty-five year difference, I was amazed at how … Continue reading Back in Berlin
"I must take a photograph of the new Ultimo Wall", I thought to myself as I left work this afternoon. There's been such a transformation in what was previously a very ugly wall that I thought I should document what's occurred because, frankly, no one else is going to bother. But if you, like me, … Continue reading Berlin Wall Mark II