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How Far the Mighty Have Fallen: The Victory Avenue Monuments, Spandau, Germany

Posted onApril 28, 2014May 20, 20264 Comments

History is a fickle lover, turning against the great leaders she once adored when the tides of fate bring new leaders and new ideas to power. I use links to improve your experience using this Read More …

CategoriesEurope, GermanyTagsmuseums

Summer 2010 European tour with my father

Posted onAugust 29, 2010October 3, 2024Leave a comment

All my life I have heard my father talk about his time in the army when he was stationed in Berlin. It is a place I have always wanted to visit with him and I Read More …

CategoriesAustria, Europe, Finland, Germany, Sweden

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin

Posted onAugust 7, 2010January 26, 2019Leave a comment

One of the places on Dad’s must-see list was Kaiser Wilhelm Church, which is preserved today as a memorial and reminder of the devastation of war. It was built as a protestant church in the Read More …

CategoriesEurope, Germany

The Gardens at Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany

Posted onAugust 7, 2010April 10, 2024Leave a comment

We don’t have time to tour Charlottenburg palace, but the gardens are supposed to be wonderful so we take a quick stroll through them. They are nice enough, but the best part of my visit Read More …

CategoriesEurope, Germany

The Pergamon Museum, Berlin

Posted onAugust 6, 2010December 16, 2020Leave a comment

Before I left home a colleague of mine (who would seem to greatly prefer hunting and fishing to visiting museums) told me that I really needed to go to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. He Read More …

CategoriesEurope, GermanyTagsmuseums

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany

Posted onAugust 2, 2010May 20, 2019Leave a comment

In the 1920s, Postdamer Platz may well have been the busiest crossing in all of Europe – a bustling commercial hub. (It was such a busy place, with so many vehicles of all types, that Read More …

CategoriesEurope, Germany

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