MacKat in Ireland

The Brandenburg Gate is one of 18 original gates to the city of Berlin, built around 1734, but it’s the only one remaining.  The statue on top was taken to Paris by Napoleon in the early 19th century but the Berliners took it back when Napoleon fell a few years later.  Upon return the olive […]

There’s a company that operates free tours in several major European cities, including Berlin.  The tour guides are usually liberal arts college graduates who fell in love with Berlin and now live here.  Our guide, Mary, was an English girl who studied German in college and now lives in Berlin. The tour lasted for a […]