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Indian Ambassy in Berlin opens exhibition to honour Netaji Bose on his 125th Birth Anniversary!!!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 25 Jan 22

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. I came across this wonderful news so thought to share it here. Indian Ambassy in Berlin on Sunday celebrated "Parakram Divas" by...

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A moving piece of street scuplture

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 22 Mar 20

This is a bronze artwork that I came across in Berlin during my visit there last year. It is called "Trains to Death - Trains to Freedom" and it depicts two sets of children. The larger group are about to board a train that will...

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Behind you!!!

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 9 Mar 20

I loved this statue that I came across in a side street in Berlin. I don't know what the story is behind it, or who it represents, but the concept is so original. Have you ever had that awkward feeling that somebody was looking...

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Why the shoes?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 9 Mar 20

This is a bridge that crosses the River Spree in Berlin - the Oberbaumbrucke. Road traffic crosses on the left, there is a railway line above our heads, and this is where pedestrians and cyclists can cross in safety. And strung...

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Want a ride in a Trabi?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Mar 20

I had a fascinating time in Berlin last October. My son went to a games convention and asked me along for the ride. I had three clear days to explore the city and tried to make the most of them - taking a huge number of photos in...

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A Bookshop in Berlin

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 13 Dec 19

I’m once again reading another book for review, I’m not that far into this one, but even just a little ways in I can tell. In 1921 Francoise Frenkel a Jewish woman from Poland opens the first French bookshop in Berlin, the...

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Have you ever experienced Germany's tree-endowed roads?

Gajhan Pandey @Abesol (18) 4 Oct 19

Even though Germany has drawn global acclaim for its towering buildings, trees are in abundance in the country. Last week, I embarked on a pleasure trip on Frankfurt, one of the most sprightly and effervescent cities of...

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Meet the Family (Part 11)

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 18 May 19

Following on from my dad's D Day landing and subsequent journey through Normandy, he eventually got to the Netherlands. Somewhere along the line he and four of his comrades had been separated. They reached a small village and,...

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A change of plan - Berlin instead of Stockholm!

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 30 Nov 18

My son goes to a games convention every year in Stockholm, and he thought that I might like to go with him next time around - only as a tourist, mind you, the games thing is not of the slightest interest to me. However, he has...

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Book Review Christopher Isherwood Goodbye To Berlin

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Oct 18

1939 Vintage Books. – Spoiler alerts Six overlapping stories set against the backdrop of the declining Weimar republic as The Third Reich rose to power. I have already reviewed companion novel Mr Norris Changes...

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Book Review Christopher Isherwood – Mr Norris Changes Trains

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 Oct 18

1935 Minerva Books. Spoiler alerts A novel often considered being a companion volume to Isherwood’s short story compilation, Goodbye To Berlin, with which it shares some minor characters. Narrator, William Bradshaw, an...

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Lost Movie Found At Last - Closed Circuit

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Mar 18

A good few years back that I asked on various movie blogs and websites and among science fiction fans about a European movie (country unknown to me) inspired by Ray Bradbury's The Veldt) about a killer in a cinema repeating his...

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Horrific Attack on a Christmas Market - Germany

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 20 Dec 16

It seems that The Christian Holidays most certainly make some people feel uncomfortable and this is clearly noted after yesterdays attack by a "man" identified as someone from Afganistan or Pakistan who drove a TRUCK into a...

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Another truck attack, this time in Berlin

The Horse @TheHorse (238284) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Dec 16

I just read that another truck attack has occurred, this one in Berlin Germany. It hasn't been confirmed yet as a terrorist attack, but it sounds like German police think it was an intentional act. I think eight people have died...

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Throwback Places: Berlin

Thelma @thelme55 (79311) • Germany 30 Aug 16

Good day to all mylotters! Today when I open my fb account, memories suggested by fb to be shared by me. Today, the 30th of August is the first anniversary of my visit to Berlin Germany. Time really flies fast. It seems that...

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dpr member is nasty..

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 7 May 12

i DON`T Know how to "insult" them.. there are no good words for them.. all my mind about them is only bad things.. they are liar.. they are cheater.. iam speechless.. there are no good things related to DPR member.. i do...

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once again, DPR member make us dissapointed

adhyz82 @adhyz82 (36248) • Indonesia 27 Apr 12

iam back..its long time not to see you here.. iam sad when this interest is quiet too.. where are you guys?? here iam bringing the hot issue once again about our DPR member two case related member of DPR happens in this...

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How was life in 1945/46 Berlin?

themaximilian @themaximilian (92) • Germany 21 Feb 12

We are doing a theatre play on the Cold War about two brothers who are being split up by the Berlin wall. One is becoming an agent in the KGB and one is becoming a CIA agent. I can't seem to find a connection that makes the one...

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True Love or not? Marrying Inanimate Objects

louierrific24 @louierrific24 (1114) • Philippines 8 Apr 10

Objectum Sexuality -- a definition please; is the desire to marry a particular inanimate object. Some people had expressed love, commitment and attraction to certain items, fixtures, structures and even buildings. I read an...

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what is the best place you ever visited?

duaatheangel @duaatheangel (90) • Pakistan 25 Jan 10

name the best place you ever visited?

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