This picture of my sister and I was apparently taken 25 years ago in Koblenz, according to my mother's captions, but it probably could've been anywhere in Germany. As you can see we are happily waiting for our ice cream to be prepared. I suspect we got more than one ice cream during our stay, so …
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25 years ago in Europe: The first of many tastes of Germany
When I was nine years old, I'd already learnt German for a couple of years at school, but just in the half-hearted Aussie way which meant I could say my name and count to ten. Still, that was more than I could do in other languages so I was pretty keen to get into Germany. Little did I know that …
Checkpoint Charlie’s going all capitalist
I'm a huge fan of Berlin - you might remember it's tentatively my favourite European city - and that's why this newspaper article caught my attention, and not in a positive way. It describes how that fast food giant I don't want to name is planning to move into a building next to the Checkpoint …