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David Simpson
Aug 6, 20062 min read
Zweibrücken - Part 2
Well, it is 2:40 a.m. on Monday August 7th and I am now sitting in the Fraport waiting for the Delta window to open. I did a lot today...
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David Simpson
Aug 5, 20063 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Aug 4, 20062 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Aug 3, 20062 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Aug 2, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Aug 1, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Aug 1, 20062 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 31, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 30, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 29, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 28, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 27, 20061 min read
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. ...
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David Simpson
Jul 26, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 25, 20062 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 24, 20061 min read
On the way to Berlin
I woke up and checked out of The InterCity Airport Hotel. The drive to Berlin was longer than I thought. Didn’t help that I was in a...
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David Simpson
Jul 23, 20061 min read
Stuck in Frankfurt
Well, when I realized (so I thought) that I had no collision coverage, I rode the shuttle back to the Flughafen. I couldn’t find...
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David Simpson
Jul 22, 20061 min read
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...
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David Simpson
Jul 21, 20061 min read
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...
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