Author: Anna

I try to remember history class to connect to Berlin. And I don´t really know why but I start to think more and more about when I was in Pau. Tonight I found some letters from that time. It feels so close even though it was twenty years ago. I still have a coat that I bought there. I miss a button so I will have to mend it.

I remember how exciting it was to discover a new language, people, geography, history, culture and French kitchen. Today I am older and I am going to Germany. A country that I know very little about, and I think that I see things, and in particular life, from a different angle. I will search for the German pulse. And that will be difficult over a weekend.

I saw weather forecast and it seems like I will be lucky! No rain.

Tuesday. Grey and cold weather. Chilly. I need lights. A cup of tea and candle lights make me feel good. I am trying to get into Berlin mood. It is a little exciting since I don´t know much about Berlin. Or Germany. I went to Old town in Stockholm this afternoon. If I remember right a lot of Germans were in Stockholm at the medieval ages. A lot of trade. “Hansa trade”.  The Hanseatic League. Will fly with Lufthansa, so maybe that name derives from trading times. Boats at that time, flights today.

I am learning a new world. Photography. Unfortunately, I had to find a new camera. I like pictures a lot and that has become a part of my life. Photos is a way of expressing emotions, I think. Everything is so high tech right now so it is just to accept and learn. However, I definitely agree that technology has developed life a lot even thought I am a old fashioned. So, hopefully, you will enjoy better and sharper photos!

Hunting is going on in the forest. Elks are being hunted. There was no hunting today so I could go for a walk with sweetie. She is actually very demanding. She knows whats she wants and she is very eager. However, she is my very best friend, so I do everything I can for her. Tippa, on the other hand, is a little older and has more life experience. She has taught Lady a lot about life and how to gard the house.

I am preparing to go to Berlin. This is in a way a mind blowing voyage. For me. I don´t know much about Germany. I don´t speak German, but I understand some. There won´t be any problems because I know I will be able to speak English. So, what do I think of when I think of Berlin? I think of the wall. That don´t exist anymore. And also, since there is a presidental election going on in the US, I think of the speech given by John F Kennedy, “Ich bin ein Berliner”. In 1963.

The wall divided Berlin into East and West (the communist East and the democratic West). And from what I understand, the US saw what was going on during those cold war  years, but they never said anything. This speech was a way to forgive, when the wall had been pulled down, to the best of my knowledge.

I got some fresh apples today so I could make an apple pie. I like the smell of cinnamon and apples.