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The Good Life in Berlin

Pergamon by Barbara Confino

Blog post by Barbara Confino – in New York; Saturday, Aug. 04, 2012.

From the beginning Berlin confounds me. My first impression of this city built on a swamp is dreary. I find most of its famous old buildings disproportionally massive, its wide avenues tacky and commercial, and am thinking this is an ugly city when I discover something else. Having gone to the Museum of Natural History to pay my respects to the dinosaurs, I chance upon a photography exhibit detailing the variety of wildlife… [read on…]