“Obama didn’t do anything for German unification … That’s not a criticism, but as a result there is no reason to grant him such a privilege.” So says Erwin Huber. Chancellor Merkel has made similar comments about the Obama campaign’s desire to have their candidate make an appearance at the Brandenburg Gate.
Apparently I’m forgetting the [...]
Eating breakfast this morning (and every other morning I’ve been in Magdeburg, really) I noticed Niko’s spoons have a slightly elongated bowl. Unfortunately he only has one type of spoon, so I’m stuck with them. In Berlin the kitchen had a variety of spoons and I’d settled on one type in particular for my daily [...]
I didn’t almost get lost walking around Grunewald yesterday, but I could have almost gotten lost, or even lost my way for real. Instead I wandered from marker stone to marker stone taking photos along the way. It’s amazing how suddenly the city ends and forest begins.
Last week I saw a different Berlin. The Berlin one sees from the top of the TV tower, and from the glass dome of the Reichstag. Berlin by boat and tour bus. Not the Berlin I usually live in, a ground-level, sidewalk-heavy experience.
The Weather Channel thinks there’s another Berlin, too: the one they report weather [...]