The story goes that when JFK visited Berlin, he announced to the people, in an act of solidarity when it was DDR, that ‘I am a Berliner!’ A ‘Berliner’ in German is a donut. The crowds all cheered and laughed, but I’m told by my German friends that they didn’t make that connection and were simply cheering in support of the US president. One wonders what he said when he went to Frankfurt…or Hamburg?
Getting out of Moscow was eventful and took longer than expected. I’ll write more when I get home. We then descended through the Baltics and had a long ride through Poland yesterday, reaching Berlin in mid-evening. Tom advised me that my clutch arrived in Moscow yesterday, so I’m glad that I didn’t hang around waiting. My fix has lasted thus far.
I will spend the day exploring Berlin and then head to Koln tomorrow morning. I’ll leave Koln early on Friday and make my way to the Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, stay there until Monday, and then hopefully make it home to Ireland on Tuesday, when I’ll begin bringing you fully up-to-date on everything. I hope everyone is well and for those that have queried, quipped, or commented and who plan to be at Greenbelt, I’ll see you then.
Have organised pick up of the clutch Si… Will speak when you are back to finalise things, but Tony will get it from Tom when he is in Moscow…
Good to hear you have made it to Berlin and i am very excited to speak with you more when you get back home
Sami
Cool. heading to Greenbelt in the morning. See you there. David
hey Berliner,du bist süß!: )
Hey Si, I got you text but I’ve a new phone number and I can’t text you back. You can crash my couch tonight if you need. You know the address, I’ll be home around 10pm, so just stop by.
Cheers,
“Frieda”
see you at greenbelt baby!
Si maybe you should sign up for this??
http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/festival/2009/lineup/event/2674
Hey man…see you at Greenbelt…I am playing on Monday morning so don’t take off too early!
Kiva kuulla matkan jatkuvan onnellisesti.