July 2006
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Berlin at dusk
The follow-up to the “Praha at Dusk” photos, here are some pictures from Berlin at dusk (and into the night). Thanks for all the comments, it’s really fun reading what everyone has to say, and seeing that people literally from all over the world are reading the blog. I really appreciate it. The Alexander Platz S-bahnhof: The Brandenburg Gate: Postcards on sale all along Unter Den Linden: ...
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There is a God...and his name is Hasselhoff
Germans, it seems to me, are known for three things: their beer, their efficiency and their inexplicable love for all things David Hasselhoff. Throughout my weeks in Berlin I have enjoyed the beer very much, been impressed with the efficiency of all things Deutsch, but only now, after a trip to the record store inside the Galleria Kaufhaus, can I truly say “Ich bin ein Berliner.” I went to buy...
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Berliner Baere
The symbol of Berlin, the bear, can be seen throughout the city: on seals, on flags, and, most significantly this summer, in the form of 8 foot tall painted statues throughout the city. The main collection of these painted bears is headquartered at the famous Humboldt Universitaet, the university where Einstein, Marx, and Engels, among others studied. The courtyard at Humboldt holds so much...
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DingDongDing...Praaahaaa
One of the things I remembered from my last visit to Prague – besides how to do a great impression of the metro voice announcing stops – is how difficult it is to leave the train station. In order to get to our hostel we needed to buy a 90 minute pass for the tram; the problem, however, is that in order to buy it you need small change or coins, and when you convert or withdraw Czech Krones, you...
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Praha at Dusk
I spent this weekend in the amazing city of Prague with some friends. There’s lots to say but not enough time right now to say it all, so some pictures will have to suffice. In the collection are shots from a Jazz-boat cruise we took, as well as from wandering the Old Town on Saturday night. The big crowd of people in one of the pictures are people watching the Germany-Portugal game on a...
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Ein Besuch nach Dresden
While Berlin is perhaps my favorite city in the world, it doesn’t have that classic beauty that most famous European towns are known for. On Saturday we took a trip to see Dresden, a city almost completely rebuilt after damage in World War II, but reconstructed to keep the European traditions of cobblestone streets, medieval urban form, and stone buildings alive. It reminded me a lot of Gdansk,...
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Finale whoa´-ohhhhh
“You are for Germany, yes?” the crazy Deutschland fan asked us as the game against Argentina went into penalty kicks. We told him that we were, and he responded, “good, then we link our arms together.” So there we stood, three Americans, arms around passionate German Fussball fans, jumping for joy as Argentina missed kicks and Germany made theirs. When the clinching goal was made, the nearly...
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Class im Biergarten
My German prose and poetry course took a field trip Thursday – not to a museum or an important historical sight like many classes, but rather, because it was my friend Troy’s birthday, we took a group outing to a Biergarten, nestled away in the Zoologischergarten. The Zoologischergarten – the former hunting grounds for German royalty – is a beautiful natural preserve in the middle of a bustling...