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Berlin: Thoughts on a United/Divided City

It’s scary, but I think I agree with George W. on something. Apparently on a 2002 visit to Berlin he said the following:

“The history of our time is written in the life of Berlin.”

Somewhat frightening that I don’t think I could have said it better myself.

Today in class we had a discussion on what we’d done for the weekend and a discussion popped up on the relevance of The Wall and whether it will matter or not in 200 years. This class is actually an interesting group in that we range in age from 19-37. We have very . . . → Keep Going: Berlin: Thoughts on a United/Divided City

Berlin: Walking Through History

 

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This weekend’s trip to Berlin is one that’s going to stick with me for some time to come. I really felt like I was walking through history, albeit a mostly unknown history.

Friday night I was up in our lounge where I found a copy of an old edition of Time Out Berlin. I took it with me and although I didn’t read much of it – I’d gone to bed at 2 AM and the insides of my eyelids were pretty – it was an interesting overview of the city . . . → Keep Going: Berlin: Walking Through History