The DDR Museum gave a fascinating insight into life in East Germany. There were artefacts from public life, the ruling party (SED) and living in a tower block. A whole flat was re-created. You even get to sit in a Trabant! It’s worth visiting and getting the 200-page guidebook (paper or ebook), which has much … Continue reading / view photos DDR Museum
Tag: Berlin
Berlin – first steps
The first full day in Berlin started with a logic puzzle, which, if I were looking for stereotypes, I would have expected in Germany. To operate the shower, there were three dials pointing to six o’clock. The puzzle was to work out the times to set the dials so that the water would come out … Continue reading / view photos Berlin – first steps
Back in Germany
Whilst inter-railing many years ago, the cold got the better of me in Scandinavia. Earlier on the same trip, Pier-Paolo, an Italian I’d met in Oslo, had asked me to go stay with him and his family in Rome. I had said it was too far from Finland, which was where I was heading. A … Continue reading Back in Germany