| Page Views: 22,088 Last Visit to Berlin: March, 2008 I Visit Here Frequently | Berlin Berlin Dein Herz kennt keine Mauern by sabsi - last update: Aug 31, 2008 |
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Berlin for me is the smell of the subway and a Döner for lunch .... to drive through Brandenburg Gate and to walk in the green .... the markets of Kreuzberg and to sit in my friend's kitchen .... memories of painting the wall and my rowing days .... building site seeing and toy salesmen in cafes .... to watch people who live at Adlon but to stay somewhere else .... boat trips and bus trips ....
.... it's also the capital of Germany, it used to be the world's biggest building site in the 1990s and a metropolis of the 1920s and home of the first gay mayor in Germany now "...und das ist auch gut so" |
|  | For me Berlin is simply one of the most thrilling and the most historic place in Germany and maybe in whole Europe. You can still smell history there!!! It will never get boring to go there because everytime I get back, the city has changed so much, and there's so much to do!
Follow me through Berlin for a while now... this is my personal Berlin.... full of memories of the divided Berlin and the new Berlin ..... As Berlin has sold a big part of its soul in the late 20th/early 21st century the charme might be a bit harder to find. But if you look and if you leave the beaten path, where Berlin is just like any other European capital, it's still possible to find "My kind of Berlin".
As Bono of U2 said: "Berlin is the new New York".... Not sure, but it definitely is my "big city" ... or as a Berliner would say (maybe) "Ick steh auf Berlin" ;-)
Sabsi |
Make sure not to forget to visit travelogues to read and see how the Potsdamer Platz has changed from 1987 up to now, personal memories of the time when Berlin was still divided into two parts, another personal story of how we went for a walk where we would have been shot a year earlier, how Christo wrapped the Reichstag, Pictures from a rowing trip into the wild east and what you can see on a cruise on Berlin's rivers.
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In case you are wondering about the title of my page. "Berlin Berlin, Dein Herz kennt keine Mauern" means "Berlin Berlin, your heart doesn't know any walls". It's from an old song from the 1980s by "John F. und den Gropiuslerchen". | | | Watchtower of the former east |
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| Pros: | "You can smell history here, it's cheap, it rocks and it's always changing" | | Cons: | "Don't go if you are into beautiful cities, Berlin isn't beautiful - it's charming!" | | In A Nutshell: | "This city never stops changing!" |
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sachara Sun Oct 4, 2009 14:28 UTC
Sabine, it was a delight to read your Berlin page, I especially enjoyed the personal and historical touch. Last weekend I visited Berlin after 28 years, but I will be back sooner the next time. | BruceDunning Tue Jun 9, 2009 19:32 UTC
These are wonderful pictures and comments. I did not get to see enough of the city on our trip, but hope to spend more time in the future here. | easterntrekker Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:57 UTC
Thanks for visiting my Sarajevo pages. I thought I'd return the visit. Berlin was the first trip I took with my husband in 1987. I remember checkpoint charlie very well. Great pages! | mgmarcus Thu Jun 12, 2008 15:03 UTC
Gr8 Berlin tips. The Holocaust Memorial tips are the best I have seen. I will be back to read your other pages, you have done a very good job. Going back to Berlin soon and you have added to my knowledge base for planning. Thanks. |
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