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We went to visit the zoo…little did we know that this is one of the most popular in the world with 3 million visitors a year and more than 1500 specimens. It was first built in 1844, but during the war, only 91 of 3,700 animals survived the total destruction of the premises.  Today it […]
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Berlin’s charm and energy comes from its people and what they have built, and rebuilt, in this wondrous city!  Here are just a few angles… ————————————- Berlim é majestosa!  Sua arquitetura, antiga e moderna, se mistura com naturalidade.  A cidade é limpíssima, organizada e vaidosa.  Grande parte foi reconstruída, e ainda se vê muitos cantos […]
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O Neues Museum à esquerda. The Neues Museum always housed the Egyptian collection in Berlin.  During the second world war, it was heavily bombarded by the Royal Air Force.  Left in ruins, it was only in 1986 that Sir David Allan Chipperfield, ironically, an english architect, took over the responsibility of the restoration.  It was […]
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Berlin carries its scars with pride and never indifference.  A city that had to rebuild itself twice, first from the destruction of war and second from a forced schism, constructed masterpieces of architecture and engineer, of beauty and sensibility, opening way to an exciting future and leaving behind a few scars so as not to […]
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Mauerpark in Berlin, offers every sunday a great flea market to Berliners as well as foreigners.  Food, music, clothes and just about anything else under the sun can be found, but the most fascinating aspect are the people.  Their bohemian-chic attitude and posture are seductive!!  Follow me!! —————— Mauerpark em Berlim, oferece cada domingo, uma […]
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Rodopiando por Londres e Berlim, tirando um montalhão de fotos, não sobrou tempo para criar um post e nem responder aos comentários, os quais, porém, li todinhos!! Por favor me perdoem…mas prometo que há de vir boas coisas por aí! Aproveito para falar rapidinho do site da Santaconstancia (acima) e da sua página de Facebook […]
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  • August 06, 2011
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Desapareci por um pouco pois depois do Texas, fui direto encontrar minha mãe, Costanza, e Roberto em Londres.  Fizemos uma visita zas-traz de três dias e agora já estamos em Berlin (a primeira vez que a visito). Tenho algumas coisas especiais para contar, mas hoje mando só algumas imagens destes dias… Aí fomos passsear… E, […]
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