We’re at sea today and glad for a relaxing day after our 12 hour excursion to Berlin yesterday.
What struck me about Berlin was all the obvious war damage to that city. Although in the last 25 years (since the reunification) there has been a massive effort to repair, restore and rebuild, you can still see bullet holes on many (I want to say most) buildings. Some have been intensionally left as a ruin for a reminder of the devastation of war. Hitler’s bunker was purposefully destroyed and is now a parking lot, and is just up the road from a moving, abstract Holocaust Memorial.
I guess the Germans do have a sense of humour. They have restored and decoratively painted a fleet of Trabi cars (East German infamous invention) and rent them out for a “Safari Sightseeing”. I believe a toolbox is included since they're almost expected to break down.
Ok, I have to run. I have a port lecture and an art auction to attend!
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