On a whim we took a road trip to San Francisco for a horror film festival called Another Hole In The Head. We visited Coit Tower, ate one of the best tacos ever, and saw one of the most controversial movies in history.
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Berlin Wall used to be 87 miles long. Today there are only a few stretches still intact. We'll tell you where, and give you history about why the wall was even built.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
On our last day in Berlin, we visited the second largest department store in Europe, went inside a church that's still standing after it was bombed in WWII, and ate at a food stall in a Christmas Market.
Friday, January 15, 2010
From the pastry place for breakfast to Potsdamer Platz for dinner, it seemed like everywhere we went today we were reminded of the Berlin Wall.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The HAL-like TV Tower seems to watch your every move in Berlin. Today we got to see what it sees from 669 feet above ground. And that was before we wandered down a strange alley with mechanical creatures.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Today we climbed the glass dome in the Reichstag, walked through Brandenburg Gate and visited the DDR Museum, which actually has nothing to do with Dance Dance Revolution. But perhaps the most fascinating and grotesque sight was devouring a currywurst as long as my arm.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Our first day in Berlin covered the German White House, the Victory Column and a famous art gallery. But first we had to get to Berlin, and that required a ride in a taxi driven by a race car driver.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wuppertal is a city that guidebooks ignore. It's one of those places we never would've heard about, let alone considered visiting, had I not had family there. But when they learned we would be in Germany, they graciously invited us to spend Christmas Eve with them.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
We had plans to see as much of Frankfurt as we could in one day. That didn't happen. Thanks to a delayed flight, early holiday closures and a "1" that looked like a "7", a day in the financial capital of Germany was wasted.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The football games between USC and UCLA are the biggest sports rivalry in Los Angeles. The rivalry was renewed again over the weekend in our first visit to one of the most famous landmarks in sports, the Coliseum.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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