2. Schools are out for summer holidays, so the city is calmer and has less traffic than usual.
3. The Berlin mom is packing for her rehab of 3 weeks beginning tomorrow and let us take her out to lunch today.
4. Obama is going to deliver his European speech here at the Siegessäule, a very fitting location for as many as possible to get to see him. But bushbaby-sliming Angie, who first criticized the
idea of him speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, now is popping buttons and claiming this to be a politically incorrect location as it stands for Prussian victory over France in 1871 (as if she'd have preferred a victory of the Communards!), finally making clear to the last idiot in town that she's simply playpenally averse to Obama speaking anywhere and would prefer a mccanny playpen substitute if she can't stay stuffed up the back end of a bushbaby.5. We're looking forward to seeing and hearing him speak here, a wonderful chance for Europe to see there's a good America to root for and for expat Americans to see the candidate of change up close.
6. We still have a few more days before the daily trot reconvenes.
7. The Siegessäule is by now primarily and simply a symbol of the wonderful city of Berlin.
i hope obama is as good a speaker in such non-american, large venue -- when i saw him speak in south carolina over a year ago he was really good. very passionate and eloquent!
ReplyDeletei have to sit down here soon and look through all of your ireland photos, it seems like you had a wonderful time. i'll see you in just a few weeks :)
Wow! Signals from outer space! When is your orbiter landing in Berlin? A few weeks is only two!
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