(The adventurous picture book sequel.) Once upon a time, Victoria went to Berlin. While she was there, she saw things of great historical significance, such as the Brandenburg Gate, one of the few passageways through the Berlin Wall that separated East and West Berlin from 1961-1989. While she was there, she learned some things about [...]
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Let’s do the time warp again!
Posted in Europe 2010, Germany, Pics or it didn't happen on 14 October 2010 | 3 Comments »
Awake, chaos:we have napped.- ee cummings
Posted in Europe 2010, Germany, tagged Berlin, Germany, history, holocaust, memory, reflections, WWII on 8 October 2010 | 3 Comments »
(copied from journal…mostly) Thurs, Oct 7, 2010 (Berlin) Yesterday I did the Free Europe tour and there were loads of Aussies (SERIOUSLY GUYS, YOU ARE EVERWHERE, WTFROLICK?!?) and another American from CA who I ended up chatting with quite a bit (it’s not homesickness…it’s just that it’s nice to have a tiny slice of home [...]
What’s a traveler like you doing in a town like this?
Posted in Europe 2010, Germany, Itinerary, Poland, tagged culture, English, globalisation, history, journal, language, Poland, privilege, traveling on 29 September 2010 | 5 Comments »
Copied from my journal, since it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I wrote it in Germany, but I reckon it’s still applicable here in Poland, too. (By the by, flickr has some updates as well.) (18 September: Gatschow, Germany) “I’ve been thinking about something [English] Ed said back at the hostel in [...]
I argue with cute French boys about the proper way to sing “You’re just too good to be true”
Posted in Europe 2010, Germany, Itinerary on 25 September 2010 | 1 Comment »
As an explanation of the title, I sing the big, loud brass part. He (Johann, fellow helpx’er) prefers a jolly whistling tune. I also managed to get the Champs Elysees (sorry, accent mark fail, this is a German keyboard. I can do all the ß’s and ä’s and ö’s your heart desires, though) song stuck [...]
A dirty, dirty girl learns her numbers.
Posted in Europe 2010, Germany, Pics or it didn't happen, tagged community, Germany, update on 14 September 2010 | 5 Comments »
Well, I’m in Gatschow! It’s amazing: I feel like I’ve found my footing and some grounding even though my life, as my good friend David recently said, ‘has as much direction as a leaf on the wind’. My days are spent eating entirely local, organic foods, delicious bread, learning some German (I can count to [...]
