Tag: Berlin
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Bridges of Berlin
Beautiful bridges over the Spree River in Berlin.
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Where the Berlin Wall used to be at Checkpoint Charlie
A return to Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, and some then-and-now photos.
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Returning to Germany
Memories of Berlin, some of them unpleasant, as I prepare to return to Germany for the first time since 1984.
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Captured: Inside the Olympic stadium
Down the Road is on hiatus, returning Monday, 26 September. I’m rerunning old posts in the meantime. I spent the summer of 1984 in Germany on an exchange trip with other Hoosier high-school German students. While the trip’s purpose was to immerse us in the German language and culture, we did travel around Germany a little.…
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Captured: You are now leaving West Berlin
It was hard to go far in Berlin in 1984 without the Wall hemming you in or blocking your way. My tour group followed it across the heart of the city to the Brandenburg Gate, which in those days stood just inside East Berlin. The white railing was the actual border between east and west;…
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Captured: Inside the Olympic stadium
I spent the summer of 1984 in Germany on an exchange trip with other Hoosier high-school German students. While the trip’s purpose was to immerse us in the German language and culture, we did travel around Germany a little. We spent most of a week in Berlin seeing the sights, including a stop at the Olympic…