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by ~a-alexiel
Woh, really like this.
by ~Mazarinem
“Thank you, Ludwig.”
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Erika Hock “Weil ich es sag” (Because I say so)
cuteness this way
Cloud Atlas to be filmed in Berlin as city eyes starring role in movies
Despite critical plaudits, German productions have rarely managed to infiltrate commercial multiplexes outside their own borders. That might just change with the announcement of what is being heralded in the German media as “the first attempt at a German blockbuster” and “the most expensive German film of all time” – a $100m (£62m) adaptation of David Mitchell’s labyrinthine novel Cloud Atlas, which will be filmed on location in Berlin this autumn. (via The Guardian)
Sierra Leone DCAC.
This Shoe is the result of a collaboration between K1X, a German Sportswear Brand, and Folorunsho from Sierra Leone. The fabric is bought in Sierra Leone, and the shoes are then handmade in Thailand. K1X has worked on different projects in Sierra Leone for the last seven years, and this is their latest success.
Hohenschwangau, Germay
Deez Nuts In ya Mouth Bitch
ohgodwhat.
Erika Hock “Weil ich es sag” (Because I say so)
Tree in the lake by Fr Antunes on Flickr.
Germany recognises Libya rebel council -rebel says:
BENGHAZI, Libya, June 13 (Reuters) - Germany has recognised the rebel council based in Benghazi as the legitimate representative of Libyans, a rebel official said on Monday during a visit by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.
“He said that he came here to support the Libyan revolution, to support the national council. They believe it is the legitimate representation of the Libyan people,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council, told Reuters after meeting the German delegation.
“He said clearly … that the national council is the legitimate representation of the Libyan people,” Ghoga said, adding: “It is a very a big step and we appreciate it.”
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Soviet forces in Berlin, 1945.
Neuschwanstein by ivan.pertica on Flickr.
LIKE A BOSS!
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Germany's Greens on course for federal government:
Green Party in Germany has settled in as 2nd strongest party in the wake of Fukushima - new blog post.
Karma charmeleon
Flickr: Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ALTD (by 64N21W)
Day 1: Traveling
I left on June 11 at about 4:30 pm EST and arrived in Berlin around 8:00 am in their time making it a 9 1/2 hour flight. Then I connect to arrive in Munich.
I liked Air Berlin. They are very nice. The person checking me in at the counter in Miami was the same person to scan the tickets to let us in the plane. So, he remembered me, smiled, and greeted me again. I thought that was nice, granted, I stick out so I am not so difficult to recognize, but it was nice of him. :)
The flight attendants were good as well. I guess the ones for international flights are more happy with their position than the domestic ones. They were willing to go back and find my meal even though I slept through when they were serving it. (Although, I should have remained asleep since the food was not so good.)
Although, it was kind of funny. I was sitting next to this French backpacker guy. He is dark skinned as well, but I guess the people assumed we were together, so they were handing me two of everything while he was asleep, and I’m just there like, Umm, I don’t know this guy…we don’t even speak the same language.
Sleeping on the plane was awkward. Usually, I would flirt with the person next to me so that I can lean on them, but I don’t like the French so much (I’m sorry, I’m an awful person, yes). The douche behind me, was like raging a kicking crusade on the back of my seat. I think he figured I would put it up if he kept kicking, so I made it lower. Usually, I am not such a dick, but it’s a 9 hour flight.
Most of all, I was scared that my luggage would not arrive, it was checked all the way to Munich, so I did not even have visual verification that it left Miami. It was nice to not have to physically walk it through border control, though. I hate that.
Anyways, I forgot my blanket and bus pass holder, which is too bad, since they would have been useful. I missed them while I was freaking out over the luggage limit of 8kg for the carry-on (17 lbs). Although, it did not matter so much. It was liberating to travel a little lighter, though. But I was freaking out the whole time, I asked some random person at passport control if it went through, but of course, language barrier. I learned the word for luggage, though.
Oh and to connect, the terminal was in a different building. I had to leave and walk a long ramp. Berlin airport is weird.
Connecting flight was 10 minutes late. So I was certain that my luggage was not going to arrive since it finally showed up, and we boarded very quickly. The plane seemed pretty new. It was a Boeing something or the other.
Oh, and another thing interesting was the photographers leaning over the barbed wire airport fence to take photos. That would not be allowed in the US.
Anyways, when I got to Munich, the bags took forever, but when they came out I was SOOOOO relieved.
Then I needed to figure out where I was going. No one was there with a sign, and I had no clue who was picking me up. But they found me.
Details on the people I’ve met are to come.
Tchüs!
Germany
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An old water tap fountain in the town of Frankenberg, Germany
(by MaddinM26)
Flowers in Oberammergau.
Maren and I.
One of the hosts of ZDF's morning show.
Eagle in Bundestag meeting room.
Lunch guest.
Today was an early day. We were out of the hotel around 7:30 am in order to make a live broadcast of ZDF’s (one of Germany’s national public TV broadcasters) morning magazine.
It was an interesting experience. We were there for the cafe at the end of the program and the hosts moved around the audience — it was an interesting breakdown between that fourth wall.
Also there I ran into Maren Beuscher — a journalist at ZDF. I, along with Professor Mike Conway, hosted Maren and Matthias Veit when they took part in the German half of the RIAS program last fall. I did not know she was going to be there so it was a nice surprise.
After the broadcast we talked with Thomas Walde, deputy head of ZDF’s capital bureau. He worked as a correspondent in Washington, DC, for the broadcaster during the Bush administration and had a lot to say on the perception of the United States in Germany as well as the differences between German and American broadcasters.
Our meeting with him actually lasted an hour longer than it was meant to.
Afterward it was a tour of the Reichstag and then off to Tucher, near the Brandenbug Gate, for lunch with a journalist from Deutschland Radio. Deutschland Radio took over RIAS’s facility after there was no more need of radio in the American sector of Berlin.
Tonight we go to Gendarmenmarkt for music and dinner.
Yesterday was long, but really fun.
We took a train (3 actually) to Peenemüde, an old coastal city turned missile testing site.
It actually has a really intense history, which we learned all about in the Technological History Museum. The museum is an old power plant, which was bombed and reconstructed in 1991.
So how did this little fishing town with 300 people become the site for military missile testing?
Basically, around the time after WWI a bunch of scientists were really into space travel and liquid fuel They funded their research by themselves so they weren’t really going anywhere. At the same time, the treaty of Versailles limited Germany a lot in researching weapons technology, but it didn’t say anything about liquid fuel powered missiles because they didn’t exist yet.
So since no one was funding them and they wanted to pursue their dream, some of the scientist signed on with the military, which basically meant anything they needed they got. One such thing was Peenemünde. They needed more space and a place to test their research and Peenemünde was perfect because it was right on the coast and there was a stretch of relatively straight land on which they could set up measurement instruments. Btw, the people who were living there were kicked out and of course, they were pissed.
Fist ballistic missile, and first thing to touch space! When the missile was finally finished, the German government used it as propaganda, calling it the miracle weapon that would help them win WWII. In reality, it cost way too much to fire. The fuel was made from potatoes and at that point they hardly had enough food to feed people, so miracle weapon was kind of a dud.
The cit also has a very sad side. A lot of the labor and why the weapons could be built so fast was due to slave labor and concentration camp workers. It was a really split city; on the one side you had the scientist who were given everything they ever need to live and on the other were the slaves who were treated like dirt. The museum had a cool exhibit where you could listen to the different recounts of the people who were there at the time and how different the world of the scientists were from the slaves and concentration camp workers.
After Peenemünde, we went to the Baltic sea!
It was kind of a chilly day, but we made the most of it and played in the ocean anyway. Lots of beach things were done, including football americana with a deflated soccer ball and football regular. It was a great way to spend the day. Lovely.
Rummel ohne Rummel.
Trudged to the top of the Vِlkerschlachtdenkmal after school with my backpack full of books, camera bag full of cameras/lenses, and my water bottle. I’m completely worn out. I can’t even bear to look at stairs, and I felt like Liza Minnelli in Arrested Development, but it was definitely worth it. Leipzig is too pretty.
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