Ja, Berlin ist eine Reise wert. Tenth trip to Berlin. This is quite an achievement, coming all the way from Australia! Best wishes for a good time in Berlin, Peter! Indeed, I am very much looking forward to this trip too.
“Back to the Future”, everyone knows that title from the film trilogy by Robert Zemeckis with Micheal J. Fox in the starring role. It is with a rather quiet satisfaction that I can say, I thought of the title already in 1977 before anybody thought of the film.
The title came to my mind for a diary I was going to write about my first trip back from Australia to West-Berlin.
Germany, and with it West-Berlin, had experienced an economic miracle (Wirtschaftswunder) and I wanted to see those changes.
I bought a big, fat copy book. Its title is still the only written evidence of that trip. Actually, it is no evidence at all, just a thought bubble.
Now, thirty-eight years later, it came to my mind again, as my wife and I, plus a large number of my family are preparing for another trip to that beloved city of my personal history.
View original post 719 more words
