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Yorick · 03-06-2001, 10:16 AM

F--k me! I can´t believe it!!!! Leonis! Shit this is wierd!
(Sorry about the French)
Wow! How funny man! Very cool.

Ok Berlin. The more time I spend in Berlin the more "homelike" it feels. I finally got to spend a decent amount of time with my muso friend from Australia, and we compared notes.

Man I can´t bloody write today! Berlin is still confounding me it seems. I´ve been out to Spandau and Wansee and have seen beautiful lakes.

The old town of Spandau had a market going on, and so was filled with with jostling people, aromas of cooked bratwürst and a Camerooni´s percussion school presenting it´s sonic wares. Being in an old-style German plaza an looking at old style Deutsch cars etc (Complete with drivers in old military uniforms which was a little chilling - until seeing the smiles on the old codgers faces) was a very pleasant experience.

I went with my Berlier host to the ITB, the HUGE tourist show with most nations of the world it seemed, enticing visitors to their shores. Every brochure pretty much claimed that it´s nation, had it all! Samples of Portugese, Greek and Armenian wines, San Marino coffee and a few foodstuffs made for a pleasant tastebud experience. The Armenians had a sweet made of Walnuts on a string dipped in almost dried wine, creating a drier turkish delight effect - that I apparently need to go to Armenia to taste again , as I haven´t seen it before or since!

I´ve walked down Unter den Linden - a huge boulevarde surrounded by old and grand buildings. In Alexanderplatz I looked up at a communications tower built about thirty years ago (so I was told) in the east. It was dark, snowing and had lights atop casting an eiree glow. I tried picturing myself in the Communist era, wondering how they would have felt with this thing that looked like it was out of "The Tripods" towering above them.

The more time I spend here the more like home it feels, in a wierd way. Sometimes it just feels like I´m in a different part of Sydney and have to remind myself I´m on the other side of the world.

Mind you, someone just has to speak Deutsch and my daydream is shattered.

Other times, often within an hour of feeling at home, I get intensely lonely, and feel like an alien. (Ausländer is the term I believe.)

More soon, topping up credit.

03-06-2001, 10:16 AM	#36
Yorick Very Mad Bird Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam) Age: 53 Posts: 9,246	F--k me! I can´t believe it!!!! Leonis! Shit this is wierd! (Sorry about the French) Wow! How funny man! Very cool. Ok Berlin. The more time I spend in Berlin the more "homelike" it feels. I finally got to spend a decent amount of time with my muso friend from Australia, and we compared notes. Man I can´t bloody write today! Berlin is still confounding me it seems. I´ve been out to Spandau and Wansee and have seen beautiful lakes. The old town of Spandau had a market going on, and so was filled with with jostling people, aromas of cooked bratwürst and a Camerooni´s percussion school presenting it´s sonic wares. Being in an old-style German plaza an looking at old style Deutsch cars etc (Complete with drivers in old military uniforms which was a little chilling - until seeing the smiles on the old codgers faces) was a very pleasant experience. I went with my Berlier host to the ITB, the HUGE tourist show with most nations of the world it seemed, enticing visitors to their shores. Every brochure pretty much claimed that it´s nation, had it all! Samples of Portugese, Greek and Armenian wines, San Marino coffee and a few foodstuffs made for a pleasant tastebud experience. The Armenians had a sweet made of Walnuts on a string dipped in almost dried wine, creating a drier turkish delight effect - that I apparently need to go to Armenia to taste again , as I haven´t seen it before or since! I´ve walked down Unter den Linden - a huge boulevarde surrounded by old and grand buildings. In Alexanderplatz I looked up at a communications tower built about thirty years ago (so I was told) in the east. It was dark, snowing and had lights atop casting an eiree glow. I tried picturing myself in the Communist era, wondering how they would have felt with this thing that looked like it was out of "The Tripods" towering above them. The more time I spend here the more like home it feels, in a wierd way. Sometimes it just feels like I´m in a different part of Sydney and have to remind myself I´m on the other side of the world. Mind you, someone just has to speak Deutsch and my daydream is shattered. Other times, often within an hour of feeling at home, I get intensely lonely, and feel like an alien. (Ausländer is the term I believe.) More soon, topping up credit.