Hotel-Pension am Lehniner Platz
Travel Blogs from Berlin
The Tallest Man on Earth
... Napoleon ride,’ (in which his voice reached great volume that pierced your soul) he picked hard and fast.
Now was the time to move over to the piano, “This is my favorite song in the world. It’s a cover, of course. I didn’t write it.” The time had come to really touch the crowd. As he played Cover, there was just so much emotion spilling out of the speakers, reaching out to everyone in the room, and evoking whatever emotion that they wanted ...
Free day in Berlin
... were all so cute and dressed like this the whole night! I wanted to wear one too, expect they are really expensive I did not have the extra money to spend. The outfits are really pretty and the colours are gorgeous.
I liked Berlin but in comparison with the other cities we went too, it did not rank high, too me it was another big city although I did love the history but other than that it was nothing special to me.
Oh and Happy Birthday Ash!!
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Beautiful Berlin
As mentioned, I owe everyone an update on Germany. I was tempted to lump everything into 1 post and just upload photos to lay testament to the beauty of Germany. Yet, Germany has touched me much, and I feel that by taking the easy route, it will not be edifying for such a beautiful and nice country.
I shall start with Berlin, which really ranks as my favorite city in Germany.
It has a really vibrant ...
New Years Day
... a rather shoddy and cheaply constructed wall. Every expense spared, probably and yet it symbolises so much. It's probably best viewed in the rain.
By now my appetite was beginning to return properly, the sugar in the plum cake having done the trick. We found a cafe called Kobes not far from the wall were we received a warm welcome and a couple of even warmer and delicious bowls of soup. There was live music too and it was pleasant to while away an hour ...
Ich bin ein Berliner
... There are stories about families and different people whose expereinces have been recorded and documented. Completely humanizes everything. Really, really powerful.
I really really enjoyed everything that we did but my favorite, by far, was our visit to the East Side Galery. This is the longest remaining section of the wall and each section has been painted by people all over the world. Fantastic stuff. Not much more to say about it. I ...