Day: June 12, 2014

  • Red Wine & Fiesta

    Red Wine & Fiesta

    Long full day with many observations. But, frankly no time to write about it because World Cup madness has begun in Germany.  So, just a couple of things. One expert today, a leading German journalist, talked about the difference in the economic policies in the Eurozone between Northern Europe and Southern Europe. Some extol the…

  • From Prison to Freedom

    From Prison to Freedom

    Dizzying day in Berlin as we went from the former Stasi prison to Berlin’s City Hall to the largest remnant of the Berlin Wall that remains. It really was from prison to freedom.  We spent several hours on the morning of our second day at the oppressive Hohenschönhausen Memorial. It was at a location that was once…