Manchester, England – In Another Minute (Week 137)
This week I went to visit two of my oldest and dearest friends from the Hamburg days, Steph (Stevie) and Giddy (Gitty), who now live in Manchester, England. Of course, Manchester is not just…
Ostalgie: Intershop 2000 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 140)
The Intershop 2000 in Friedrichshain (Danneckerstrasse 8) is both a small museum and a shop featuring everyday times from the days of East Germany. It might be the best place in Berlin for you to…
Tempelhof Airport – In A Berlin Minute (Week 16)
A few years after planes stopped taking off from the historic (and at times controversial) Berlin Tempelhof Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof), this summer, the centrally located city airport opened as a public park. So we…
Museum für Naturkunde – In A Berlin Minute (Week 13)
Das Museum für Naturkunde Berlin… how is your German coming along? That’s right, it’s the natural history museum of Berlin. On Sunday, Scott, Judith and I decided to do something different for a change…
4th of July in Berlin – In A Berlin Minute (Week 10)
4th of July in Berlin. We managed to find all the necessary ingredients that traditionally make up this American National Holiday (alternatively known as Independence Day, America Day and “Annual BBQ at Scott & Luci’s…
Spree River Boat Tour – In A Berlin Minute (Week 11)
A Spree river boat tour is the fastest, most relaxed and coolest way (during this heatwave, especially) to see the historic downtown buildings and the ultra modern government district. It took me years…
Maueropfer / Wall Victims – In A Berlin Minute (Week 37)
From 1961 until 1989, at least 136 people died directly because of the Berlin Wall and border area. These people are referred to as “Todesopfer der Berliner Mauer” or just “Maueropfer” (wall victims). There are disputes as…
Berlin Angels – In A Berlin Minute (Week 43)
There are angels all over Berlin. For this video I concentrated only on Berlin angels found in cemeteries. The inspiration for this video comes from three places: The first inspiration is the song…
