Just wanted to send another quick update as we do not have much time or internet connections! Thanks to the Stahl's for letting us stay at the apartment, and for all of the other hospitality! We also had a great time visiting with my friend Esther. Saw the Dali Lama who was here in Berlin, as well as some of the major tourist attractions, the re...

Today is my last day with the family because tonight I head home. For my last day I am going to the Pergamon Museum which will cost me 8 euro. IN it are excellent pieces of art and culture native to germany. The collection contains sculpture from archaic to hellenistic ages as well as artwork from Greek and Roman antiquity: architecture, sculptu...

Spent the entire day doing a tour of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, memorial and museum...very educational. that's really about all I did. until tomorrow....

We went to Berlin and visited the West-East border, Checkpoint Charlie and Weimar. It was fascinating to see the historical icons such as the Brandenberg Gate upclose. Bought a collarpin of Lenin (i think) from the stalls along the streets. more to come...

No really, it true! It WAS her. OK, maybe it was her sister, or her cousin, or her third cousin twice removed. Whatever, it was a gloroius sight. Thats one of the things that impressed me about the German people was their attitude to food. Good food, plenty of it, and often. It does not seem to show on them as much as us. Could be just luck. I d...

June 10 Our Busabout coach was late this morning by an hour and a half...a long time to stand on the street. The ride was comfortable, but it was a very long trip. We will not bore you with the petty details, but it involved a lot of gas stations and bad movies. Berlin itself is a pretty city, with a lot of different architecture due to the dest...