I just read a fascinating story about a photography book of Berlin than so enraged the Stasi that they went through page by page writing up snarky criticisms.
Posts Tagged ‘Berlin’
Stasi Art Critcism
Sunday, April 19th, 2009Notes from Berlin
Friday, March 28th, 2008I need a vacation
After finishing my work on the Pride Life project and looking at , I decided I needed a vacation NOW. Where to? I hate to admit it, but a DB ad for tickets starting at €49 for their CityNightLine train to Cologne got me thinking. So why not Berlin? I had just been sent the latest draft of Turn Left’s guide to the city, so I was sorted in the guide book category. On Friday I went down to Centraal Station and after a decent wait and some playing around with timetables, I had train tickets to Berlin. Since the night train on Easter was booked almost solid, I decided to take the 06:45 from Schipol to Berlin on Monday morning. On the way back I would take a night train leaving at 00:30 on Thursday. Consulting Turn Left, I booked Monday and Tuesday nights at Motel One Mitte, for €50 a night. So there it was: I was going to Berlin! (more…)
Beijing to Berlin Container Train
Monday, January 28th, 2008A And the train arrived five days early, taking only 15 days. However, it’d be even faster if the containers didn’t have to be switched over to the Russian gauge and back again. If Russia switches their system, it’ll be even faster. And while herculean, it has been done before:
A similar break-of-gauge problem in the United States was solved in just 36 hours in 1886 by lining the entire rail network of the American South with tens of thousands of track workers and having them all heave one rail three inches closer to the other and spike it down again.
