In late August 1989 I went to Berlin and took this pic. I was amazed at how low The Wall was and how close to it you could get. It’s on the other side, of course, you couldn’t go anywhere near. I have written elsewhere about the day I spent in East Berlin, in through […]
The Bayern Munich museum
I have always had a soft spot for Bayern Munich FC ever since I was a kid. Kids like success and Bayern Munich had it in spades. They were immensely successful in the European Championship. They had players like Beckenbauer, Rumenigge and Breitner who were the backbone of the German national team. They were exciting […]
Wi-fi in Germany: no laughing matter
I’m writing this at home after a long, three-week trip to Germany. Hardly blogged from there as I usually do. The reason? German hotel wi-fi or W-LAN as it is called there. Germans have a very ambivalent attitude to wi-fi, like they do to credit cards. I still remember the shock when only ten years […]