Germany

Shapes of Berlin

Posted by on Jul 11, 2011 in Architecture, Berlin, Germany | 8 comments

Shapes of Berlin

“What do you think of Berlin?” I asked my parents, three days into our European holiday.

“Well,” my father responded, “I had very different expectations. I thought Berlin would look more, I don’t know, old-European-ish. I forgot to take into account that its total

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Biking the Berlin Wall

Posted by on Jun 27, 2011 in Berlin, Germany, Travel Narratives | 2 comments

Biking the Berlin Wall

The wall that used to divide East from West Berlin ran in a 168-kilometer loop around the city, slicing through everything in its way, from fields to residential areas to neighborhoods and through the core of the city.

Today those old kilometers of gray cement and barbed

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