Day 352: East Berlin
07/19/08 07:17 AM Filed in: Germany
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Day 352 — East Berlin
19-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
I’m a
tourist today. I proceed through Checkpoint Charlie
in the American Sector of West Berlin and head off to
East Berlin. It’s modern and built up. I spend an
exciting day in communist East Berlin, including
visiting some fascinating museums. There are tons of
photos today.
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19-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
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Day 343: Freedom; East Berlin to Berlin
07/10/08 07:14 AM Filed in: Germany
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Day 343 — Freedom; East Berlin to Berlin
10-Jul-1972 (Mon.)
I travel
from Poland through East Germany to West Berlin. The
train stop at East Berlin rings the bell of freedom
in my mind, once again. I’m in West Berlin. Yes.
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10-Jul-1972 (Mon.)
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Day 338: Shopping in Olystyn
07/05/08 07:20 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 338 — Shopping in Olystyn
05-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
A day of shopping in Olytsyn shows that life in communist Poland was not a consumer’s paradise. I bring my mother-in-law into the picture. Why, you may ask?
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05-Jul-1972 (Wed.)
A day of shopping in Olytsyn shows that life in communist Poland was not a consumer’s paradise. I bring my mother-in-law into the picture. Why, you may ask?
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Day 336: Good Loczno potatoes
07/03/08 07:52 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 336 — Good Loczno potatoes
03-Jul-1972 (Mon.)
A casual
day with the family in Loczno. Some casual thoughts.
Plenty of photos.
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03-Jul-1972 (Mon.)
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Day 334: Krakow, scenes of life
07/01/08 07:42 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 334 — Krakow, scenes of life
01-Jul-1972 (Sat.)
Today is
my second day in Krakow. I spend it as a normal
person and take in the sights and offer my thoughts
on life in Poland. Lots of photos today.
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01-Jul-1972 (Sat.)
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Day 333: Krakow adventures
06/30/08 07:33 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 333 — Krakow adventures
30-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
I’m in old
Krakow today, the medieval Polish city, with some
very interesting sightseeing and train station
stories. There’s some drinking involved. Photos.
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30-Jun-1972 (Fri.)
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Day 331: Off to Tylawa
06/28/08 07:20 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 331 — Off to Tylawa
28-Jun-1972 (Wed.)
My
relatives from Pennsylvania come to Malomice today
but it is a short-lived visit. Uncle John is driving
me to Tylawa. Watch out for those horse-drawn wagons
on the highway.
You learn the reason I have come to Poland.
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28-Jun-1972 (Wed.)
You learn the reason I have come to Poland.
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Day 327: Arrival in Poland—what a day
06/24/08 07:21 AM Filed in: Poland | sightseeing
Day 327 — Arrival in Poland—what a day
24-Jun-1972 (Sat.)
I’m in
Poland. A totally incredible day of travel with a
long post that documents parts of my journey to
Poland and my first impressions of communist Poland.
A book-learned kid suddenly wakes up to the real
world and finds that people are friendly the world
over and that soldiers carry machine guns. And that
you can sometimes travel to the wrong town in the
wrong part of the country on steam locomotives.
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24-Jun-1972 (Sat.)
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Day 011: Danube boat party, the Iron Curtain
08/13/07 07:38 AM Filed in: Vienna | sightseeing
Day 11 — Danube boat party, the Iron Curtain
13-August-1971 (Fri.)
No short
posts here. Live on-the-spot journaling, documenting
an exciting full-day excursion on the Blue, err
Green, Danube River that flows by Vienna
(Wein).
Sightseeing, plenty of photos, and more.
I’m up to the task and only briefly let the armed patrol boat, barbed-razor-wire security fence (the Iron Curtain), and the armed machine-gun guards in the towers “shock” me. Welcome to Czechoslovakia and communism in the 60’s and 70’s.
Anjali, a young, pretty girl, comes to the rescue. We sightsee, eat, and then learn to dance. I’m her first dance partner.
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13-August-1971 (Fri.)
I’m up to the task and only briefly let the armed patrol boat, barbed-razor-wire security fence (the Iron Curtain), and the armed machine-gun guards in the towers “shock” me. Welcome to Czechoslovakia and communism in the 60’s and 70’s.
Anjali, a young, pretty girl, comes to the rescue. We sightsee, eat, and then learn to dance. I’m her first dance partner.
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