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Berlin

Berlin Restaurants

November 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

We were tempted by Berlin’s growing roster of Michelin-starred restaurants (13 and counting)–and even made reservations at one. In the end, however, we decided to save our primarily culinary experiences to the French and Italian legs of our trip. Even so, we found a few good and atmospheric venues to sample all types of primarily […]

Filed Under: Berlin, Cities, Dining Tagged With: Berlin, Germany, restaurants

Berlin Museum Highlights

November 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

Berliner Dom

Berlin has two large concentrations of world-class museums, plus a number of smaller ones scattered throughout the city. Given our limited time, we had to be selective. While we briefly explored both of the big museum clusters—Museumsinsel (Museum Island) and Kulturforum–we selected three museums from these two clusters. plus one Nazi regime historical site on […]

Filed Under: Berlin, Cities, Museums Tagged With: art, Berlin, Germany, museums, Pergamon

Berlin Rebuilding

November 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

Bldg-shrapnel holes

Joyce and I first visited Berlin in 1991, while the Berlin Wall was still in the process of being torn down. While the Western section was relatively modern and lively, the recently opened Eastern section of the city was characterized by depressing Communist-era buildings and a somewhat foggy atmosphere, like it had just emerged from […]

Filed Under: Art, Berlin, Cities, Sightseeing Tagged With: Architecture, Berlin

Berlin Awakening: Recovering from an 80-Year Bad Dream

November 21, 2012 Leave a Comment

RC - Mem Park - Belin

Joyce and I first (and last) visited Berlin in 1991, while the Berlin Wall was still in the process of being torn down. While the Western section was relatively modern and lively, the recently opened Eastern section of the city was seemed to be in something of a haze; like it had just woken from […]

Filed Under: Berlin, Cities, Featured-City, Sightseeing Tagged With: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Germany, World War II

Our Role in the 1991 Russian Coup: Accidental Eyewitnesses to History

October 24, 2012 Leave a Comment

Seeing yesterday’s news about the  20th anniversary of the 1991 Russian coup brought back memories of one of our most memorable, and certainly one of our most historic trips—one where we found ourselves in the midst of history, without even realizing it.   The Remnants of the Berlin Wall Tom had business in Berlin. After […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Berlin, Cities, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Germany, Moscow, Russia, Sightseeing, St. Peterburg Tagged With: Berlin, Germany, Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg