J.F. Kennedy once annouced to the whole world that he was "ein Berliner" when he saw the sorrowful Berlin Wall separating the Germans. Ein Berliner is actually a sweetened donut sold in the local bakeries. But that describes how I feel about Berlin, a city that is full of sweet & sorrowful events, torn between the East & the West, sharing the gracious Prussian traditions and the hideous Nazi's past and yet giving us so many world class museums, theatres, concerts and palaces listed in UNESCO world cultural ... (more)