I talk about my recent trip to Berlin and Prague in December. This trip was just after the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and 20 years after my last trip to Berlin. We will look at a 3 hour free walking tour of Berlin and at a paid private tour of Prague (a gift from OurExplorer.com). We will talk about the history of World War II, Communism and even the Hussite Wars. We will talk about the Christmas markets which are everywhere in both cities in December with their booths, crafts, food and mulled wine. I will tell you of some of the sites of these cities including museums, castles, churches, memorials, and even an Art Nouveau stain glass window in a very old yet also very new cathedral.

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Show Notes

Berlin

Berlin
Battle of Berlin
John F Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech
Ronald Regan’s “Tear down this wall” speech
Berlin Wall
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
Checkpoint Charlie
Trabant
Stollen
Bebelplatz
Pergamon Museum

Prague

Prague
Prague Castle
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Nicholas Church at Malostranske Namesti
Museum of Communism
Prague Spring
Velvet Revolution
Mikhail Gorbachev
Solidarity (Polish trade union)

Internet Resources

OurExplorer.com – find local tour guides
Prague, Czech Replublic – Travel Wallpaper – January 2010

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