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Quirky things while traveling

Quirky things while traveling

Dec 16, 2009

I see different things while traveling. 1:  Heathrow Airport Goes Social.  I was entertained with how modern Heathrow is.  They have computer stations….areas where you could hop online scattered all throughout.  Check out the signage above these workstations – and how social it is.  They promote that you can go online for video, game, sound,...

Kunsthaus Tacheles

Kunsthaus Tacheles

Nov 27, 2009

We had spent the whole day at the Pergamon Museum which is on Museum Island in Berlin.  World class.  After we were done we strolled down the street and bumped into Kunsthaus Tacheles.  The polar opposite of the prim and proper Pergamon.  Grungy, counter-culture, free flowing outdoor art space and indoor gallery. A collective of artists have taken over this...

Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Nov 23, 2009

I remember when I was in elementary school learning about the Berlin Wall… watching and hearing about the 3.5 million people trapped behind it.  Over the 25 years that it was up, more than 5,000 people tried to cross with death tolls ranging from 100 to 200.    Oh the injustice of it all. Finally, November 9, 1989 when the wall came down.  I was...