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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. Evidence of this rests in a nearly hidden patch Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …