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The Obersalzberg - Day 3
Tonight, I am sitting downstairs in the Türken. It is the house bar room. The window offers a view across the street where Bormann and...
David Simpson
Aug 5, 20063 min read
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The Obersalzberg - Day 2
I did a complete walking tour of the Obersalzberg today. Started at the Göring hill and found the approximate sites of the Goring and...
David Simpson
Aug 4, 20062 min read
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The Obersalzberg - Day 1
Well, I arrived in Berchtesgaden-Obersalzberg one day early. I decided to book a room at the Intercontinental (where I finished and...
David Simpson
Aug 3, 20062 min read
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Berlin (Kreuzberg) - Day 6
Today we had a walking tour of “Weltstadt” Kreuzberg. The western lead government started to demolish the community. When the residents...
David Simpson
Aug 2, 20061 min read
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Berlin (East) - Day 5
We started at the Berlin Wall Documentation Center on the Bernauer Straße. It is the only preserved piece of the wall with the East...
David Simpson
Aug 1, 20061 min read
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Berlin (East) - Day 4
Today it was back to class. I had a cold cut sandwich, muesli mit Shokolade flakes, and Brotchen/Nutella for breakfast. I was/am...
David Simpson
Aug 1, 20062 min read
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze-München
I woke up at 6:15 a.m. today to catch the 8:15 train to the Zugspitze, so I had to skip the hotel breakfast. The cog train up to the...
David Simpson
Jul 31, 20061 min read
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
I have never been so wet. I traveled to Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Friday. I left Dresden at 12:15 p.m. and arrived only 5 minutes...
David Simpson
Jul 30, 20061 min read
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Dresden - Day 2
Today we saw the Pragerstraße. It is socialist architecture. It is a very wide street. However, capitalism has now moved in and has...
David Simpson
Jul 29, 20061 min read
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Dresden - Day 1
We met at the City Herberge in Dresden about 12:45 p.m. We walked all over Dresden; it looks a lot like “little Italy”. We had a...
David Simpson
Jul 28, 20061 min read
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Berlin - The Jewish Quarter (Day 3)
Today we had a walking tour of the Jewish Quarter with our tour guide, Hartmut. We had lunch at a restaurant where they train waiters. ...
David Simpson
Jul 27, 20061 min read
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Berlin - Wannsee (Day 2)
We started today at the Jewish Holocaust Museum under the Jewish Memorial. It was very moving and well documented. The dark room with...
David Simpson
Jul 26, 20061 min read
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Berlin Walking Tour (Day 1)
I had a breakfast of corn flakes and brotchen. We met upstairs and was surprised to see Dr. Goebells before Dresden. We started the day...
David Simpson
Jul 25, 20062 min read
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Frankfurt - Zweibrücken
We landed about 10:45 a.m. today. Wow, I felt so unprepared. Renting the car was intimidating. I feel totally uncomfortable speaking...
David Simpson
Jul 22, 20061 min read
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Ich fliege nach Deutschland
Today is the day I fly for my two and a half week excursion to Germany. It turns out my flight was changed and I got to the terminal in...
David Simpson
Jul 21, 20061 min read
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