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Berlin: sure a travel guide would have been helpful....

A recent post from that I stumbled upon from the Hipmunk blog reminded me of my short stay in the City several years ago and pointed out to me the number of things that I was unable to complete in the short weekend.  Giving proper credit where it is due the Hipmunk Blog was primarily a "review" of the post of another blogger at the "Uncornered market" . source: Uncornered market StringGirl 1.0 in Berlin outside the Brandenburg Gate in 2009 Amateurish pano of the Holocaust memorial The outer gate of the Soviet Memorial apparently I missed lots by not venturing further a remnant of the wall near Potsdamer Platz The Dome of the Stadthaus another remnant of the wall left intact in original location (now a garden) A rainbow over the Mitte Bahnhof only one example of the great street art tradition in Berlin If I had a resource like the post listed I may have had even more stuff to do in Berlin, however I can say that without it I...

String Girl: 20 Years after the Fall of the Wall

In a rare guest appearance, Eric poses with String Girl in front of a section of the original Wall at Potsdamer Platz. It is hard to believe that it has been 20 years since the Wall Fell. They are not just quaint over sized Urban Art Pieces.