Another Pastel Landscape

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Scarborough Fair

I like this medieval song very much – I think it is full of tenderness and love.
Enjoy!

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Old and New Architecture

It looks like a huge tent. The Tempodrom in Berlin is a quite famous event location, which opened in the year 2001.
The contrast between the ruins of the Anhalter Bahnhof and the Tempodrom could not be stronger: one the one side you have modern architecture, on the other side typical industrial architecture.

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Premio Dardos Award

Brad Shorr definitely made my day yesterday. As I am following his blog posts regularly (I am not in the field of marketing, but his posts always provide a source of inspiration for me) I learned that he had received the Premio Dardos Award (very much he earns that Award!) and passed it on to [...]

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Once upon a Time There was a Station

Anhalter Bahnhof, originally uploaded by Ulla2004.
He went through one of the gates, slowly sipping his coffee. He was the only one at this place, obviously it was too cold for most of the people to leave their warm and cosy homes.

Suddenly he heard a funny noise – the noise of a steam locomotive arriving. He [...]

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Animal in Town: The Beech Marten

You don’t need to leave the city in order to get in contact with wild animals. In Berlin you have foxes crossing the streets, wild boars happily digging away in your front garden, and – beech martens.
If you want to drive away with your car one morning, and nothing happens – well it could have [...]

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One Evening at the Movies: Berlinale 2009

The beginning of February is the time of the big movie festival “Berlinale” in Berlin. From the 5th till the 15th of February hundreds of films are shown in movie theatres all over the city.
I must admit: I don’t very often go to the movies. But a friend of mine is a heavy movie goer, [...]

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The Old Lady

Just around the corner where I live there is a very nice Italian restaurant (well, actually it is owned by people from Palestine). A few days ago I went there to eat a pizza.
I sat there, waiting for my meal, when a very old lady was led in – she had a hunchback and difficulties [...]

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The Book is Dead, long Live the Book!

This is one of my bookshelves. I am a lover of books, I like to hold them in my hand, to look at the cover, even to smell the paper.
With the arrival of the e-book, there is a discussion going on about whether the book as it is now will still be sold in a [...]

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A Song of Love and Hate

This song could be called a love song. It teaches me however, that love and hate often go together.
On the one hand it is a song about someone dating a girl and kissing her at the factory wall.
On the other hand it is a song of hate: “dirty old town” stands [...]

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