Journal

This past Sunday, after Mark and I visited Steinstücken and Potsdam, we took the U- and S-Bahnen over to Prenzlauer Berg in the former East

Berlin’s subway and urban rail systems (U- and S-Bahn, respectively) sprawl across the city like a spiderweb of weeds. The two systems are integrated and

I am now at home after arriving from Frankfurt earlier this afternoon. Since I did not have Internet access all weekend, except for a brief

This morning we said goodbye to our Berlin hosts Jens and Raimund as they left for a week’s holiday in Beyreuth. Mark and I are

Yesterday Mark played two hockey games, the result of the first determining who would go on for the gold medal at the Gay Games in Cologne.

Once again I am writing from the Mayersche bookstore at Neumarkt, which the locals call “Nümaat” in Kölsch. I am having difficulty with this bookstore