Berlin Germany

November 27, 2017

Last Minute Deal: $705/Person Novum Hotel Aldea Berlin Zentrum

This is for travel in less than 15 days from now (Dec 13) and INCLUDES airfare from Columbus, OH.   Not sure you could beat the price.   The airfare alone from CMH would be much more than $705, especially this close to departure (December 13). I am not a fan of pre-paying for trips and having my money tied up for weeks or months…. It’s money I can use to invest and work for ME, instead of it working...

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April 21, 2017

No, Mexico City is not “The New Berlin”: A response to Vice

It appears that every couple of months, some pseudo-Hipster publicationwill suddenly discover my hometown, and write a piece (usually in English) about how it’s “the hottest place” for the bohemian trendy expat set. Usually when this happens, many of my fellow liberal, college-educated chilango millennials will fawn over the article, getting the validation they so desperately crave. Suddenly, all the anxieties over endless daily commutes seem to disappear with a foreigner telling them they live in “the coolest...

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April 25, 2013

Roaming the Streets of Berlin

I still find it hard to imagine that I roamed the streets of this cosmopolitan city with my 2 brothers as a young child.  I found this video and really enjoyed it….  I’ve been missing my favorite childhood city a lot lately for some reason. I hope my  fellow Berlin Brats  enjoy this as much as I did.  I often find myself looking for videos of my old stomping grounds, specifically Sundguaer Strasse,  but have yet to really...

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