What to Put on a Xmas Card
Zur Erstellung einer Weihnachtskarte
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December 24, 2014
C/O Berlin im Postfuhramt - by SL Wong
Photo Central
Foto-Zentrale
Small and window-less, its thick walls covered in white paint, the room contained a display of black and white photographs. Looking at the images in that space, I really felt…
December 21, 2014
Climate Action
Klimaaktion
Leading up to to the Copenhagen Summit, Germany's Greenpeace held an installation in front of the Brandenburger Tor demanding politicians do the right thing. “Carbon dioxide stinks” is among climate…
December 6, 2014
Dawn in Berlin - by SL Wong
Dawn I
Die Morgendämmerung I
A plus point about jetlag whenever I returned to Berlin from Malaysia was the quiet joy of seeing dawn break among scudding clouds. The only thing was that these clouds…
December 2, 2014
Deep Station
Tiefbahnhof
The U-Bahnhof Altstadt Spandau is one of Berlin's deepest stations, built thus as this section of the U7 line runs under a river and a medieval city centre.
November 30, 2014
Places of Remembrance Memorial - Bayerisches Viertel - SL Wong
Signs of the Times
Die Zeichen der Zeit
Looking around Bayerischer Platz, nothing in the square initially stood out. Then we spotted the pictograph of a park bench against a bright green background. It was affixed to a…
November 28, 2014
The golden stag is a nod to the forest that once covered Schöneberg. - by SL Wong
A Golden Stag
Ein Goldener Hirsch
This magnificent golden statue of a stag is perched high up on a column in Berlin-Schöneberg. It recalls both the locality's coat of arms and forests that earlier covered the area.
November 21, 2014
Rocket Soup by SL Wong
Vegetable Soup
Gemüsesuppe
Pumpkin and potato soups topped my list of most-ordered German soups whilst in Berlin. But Yoggi opted for Rucola (rocket) for his vegetable soup lesson.
November 18, 2014
Graffiti on Geschwister-Scholl-Str is coincidentally appropriate to its location. - by SK Mandal
The Jumper
Der Springer
Besides the amusing happenstance of the scooter's parked position, the jumper's energy, resoluteness and youth appear to reflect that of resistance and action.
November 16, 2014
On 9th November 1918, Karl Liebknecht proclaims the German Free Socialist Republic. - by SK Mandal
Germany’s Day of Destiny
Der Deutsche Schicksalstag
November 10, 2014