This is what I found for PhotoHunt challenge today. The public at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin were all in position to take photos of these camouflaged but pretend soldiers. The bear mascot was also in place to smile on the cameras. They welcomed tourists to this spectacular presentation that depicted the old West and East Berlin. [...]
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It will be 20 years tomorrow since the Berlin Wall was torn down amidst the protest of the east side for freedom. My morning newspaper is making a big deal of the history of the Berlin Wall, with ten pages of stories and illustrations from the day it was built, torn and how significant it [...]
43 Comments Marlene on Nov 8th 2009
This sight greeted us one early morning in Berlin while we were on the way down through to our breakfast. It’s not the view we normally get to see when we are riding an elevator, and that day was by chance a view of two men cleaning the Aquadom in Berlin. While the hotel workers [...]
47 Comments Marlene on Sep 9th 2009
Incidentally, Michael Jackson’s Gone Too Soon song can now be dedicated to him. Life’s irony cannot be anticipated and it’s sometimes painful, sorrowful. Michael’s supposed to be concert tour in England in July could have been his revanche for the lost years. The 750,000 tickets were sold in minutes and with this huge crowd, his [...]
20 Comments Marlene on Jun 26th 2009
How long can you stay in a bathroom? I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not a water-saver. I can spend an hour or so in the shower and I can let the water run till I feel like it’s shouting at me to stop. But if I have a bathroom like this, I’d be more [...]
25 Comments Marlene on Mar 15th 2009
