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Yorick · 03-02-2001, 06:18 PM

Ok Ok I get the hint.

Today was pretty intense for me. I started seeing Berlin yesterday and today saw a whole lot more. There is so much that this city has been through and though I was already familiar with Deutsch history, I felt I needed to understand more about the backdrop against which the present city is set.

This is the second time I´ve been here. The first, seven or so years ago, which was only three years after the wall came down. A fair amount has changed.

I´m staying with a guy who lives in the west but who grew up in the east. (My mate from Aust. had his baby pop out of his wifes stomach the morning I arrived so I´m staying with this most fascinating Berliner.)
Anyhow he´s fourty or so and is musical himself, has the most interesting apartment, full of curios from South America and Africa and wall to wall records and CDs (he has a world music radio show that he DJs). It was so interesting talking to him about the collapse of communism and where he´s at now. A very likable interesting guy.

When I was last here you could tell the easterners from the westerners, but not now. The east is actually considered the ´funky´ part of town regarding nightlife and music.

I saw the Brandenburg Sheet (it´s been covering the Tor for a while now apparently) and the new Reichstag dome. In the dome on the roof of the soon-to-be new Deutsch parliament building. There is a large circle containing photos and info about the troubled history of the building - that unlike Bonn doesn´t have a huge tradition of workable 'democracy'.

It was eiree.

There was positivity but how much could there be when Hitler is only breifly mentioned and his photo not even shown. Denial?

Ramon do you guys still carry guilt around? In Australia a few years back the guilt over the mistreatment of Aboriginals was pretty tangible. I read some words from a Deutsch musician who identified with some youths kicking against an "overly careful policy" resultant from the desperate need for the 1940s to never happen again.

Man it´s such heavy stuff. Sydney by comparison is like a carefree adolescant.
I mean how is the wall? I stood on a section of it´s remains tonight. A middle aged bearded Berliner stood in the former east and I in the former west and he asked me why the hell I was here when Sydney was much warmer at the moment and had good beaches. (LOL)

In Sydney I couldn´t walk through a gate that Napoleon had ridden through, or take a stroll through a forest with a floor of snow beside a lake that threatens to freeze over.

I shall dwell more on the mystery of Berlin, shall talk more with my new friend and post some more. In the meantime I hope you guys have a good day/night.

Yorick

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03-02-2001, 06:18 PM	#2
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 53 Posts: 9,246	Ok Ok I get the hint. Today was pretty intense for me. I started seeing Berlin yesterday and today saw a whole lot more. There is so much that this city has been through and though I was already familiar with Deutsch history, I felt I needed to understand more about the backdrop against which the present city is set. This is the second time I´ve been here. The first, seven or so years ago, which was only three years after the wall came down. A fair amount has changed. I´m staying with a guy who lives in the west but who grew up in the east. (My mate from Aust. had his baby pop out of his wifes stomach the morning I arrived so I´m staying with this most fascinating Berliner.) Anyhow he´s fourty or so and is musical himself, has the most interesting apartment, full of curios from South America and Africa and wall to wall records and CDs (he has a world music radio show that he DJs). It was so interesting talking to him about the collapse of communism and where he´s at now. A very likable interesting guy. When I was last here you could tell the easterners from the westerners, but not now. The east is actually considered the ´funky´ part of town regarding nightlife and music. I saw the Brandenburg Sheet (it´s been covering the Tor for a while now apparently) and the new Reichstag dome. In the dome on the roof of the soon-to-be new Deutsch parliament building. There is a large circle containing photos and info about the troubled history of the building - that unlike Bonn doesn´t have a huge tradition of workable 'democracy'. It was eiree. There was positivity but how much could there be when Hitler is only breifly mentioned and his photo not even shown. Denial? Ramon do you guys still carry guilt around? In Australia a few years back the guilt over the mistreatment of Aboriginals was pretty tangible. I read some words from a Deutsch musician who identified with some youths kicking against an "overly careful policy" resultant from the desperate need for the 1940s to never happen again. Man it´s such heavy stuff. Sydney by comparison is like a carefree adolescant. I mean how is the wall? I stood on a section of it´s remains tonight. A middle aged bearded Berliner stood in the former east and I in the former west and he asked me why the hell I was here when Sydney was much warmer at the moment and had good beaches. (LOL) In Sydney I couldn´t walk through a gate that Napoleon had ridden through, or take a stroll through a forest with a floor of snow beside a lake that threatens to freeze over. I shall dwell more on the mystery of Berlin, shall talk more with my new friend and post some more. In the meantime I hope you guys have a good day/night. Yorick ------------------ Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them? [This message has been edited by Yorick (edited 03-02-2001).] [This message has been edited by Yorick (edited 03-02-2001).]