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October 8, 2021

I Just Watched “The Tunnel” 1962 Full Documentary escape under the Berlin Wall” on YouTube

This is a documentary that chronicles three University students digging a tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall. It was financed by NBC. The students were given the equivalent of $150k for the exclusive rights to film them digging. It was hosted by Piers Anderton who was 44 years old at the time. He died 41 years later at 85 years old. Construction had just started in August of 1961, I found it interesting that a major network condoned doing...

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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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December 8, 2011

My Life in Berlin During the 80’s (updated)

I’m Planning a trip to Berlin Soon.  I am sharing everything I’m learning before I go (best airlines for the money, costs, places I want to visit) and will be sharing and writing about it once I get there @ MyTripToBerlin.   I lived in #Berlin close to the end of the Cold War which lasted roughly from 1947 to 1991.   I hailed from a small city in West Virginia,  so Berlin was magnitudes different from my hometown of Huntington....

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