Chapter 10: Berlin

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Hey there! Long time no see :) Anyway, I’m back, not that any of you were waiting for me, but hey… I like lying to myself.

Anyway, as you may now I’m argentine and I’ve lived my whole life in Argentina. Well, until past may when I moved to Switzerland. Fact is, i had to go and get my Visa in Berlin. I made a very short trip there and I took some of the photos you can see now.

What can I say about Berlin…. it’s just one of those cities that is so cool you always have to come back. I was there three times and I simply love it. It might not be the nicest city in the world, but it’s just so interesting and so full of life.. ohh…. I just want to go back there for a few more days!

Anyway… what if I just post of the pictures. Much better than reading what I have to say, huh? ;)

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Potsdamer Platz. This place was almost totally destroyed after the second world war. Nowadays is a very popular and modern place.

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The Jewish memorial.

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Brandenburger Tor. Maybe the place with more tourists in Berlin?

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yeahhhh, I just love that in Berlin you can still find places like this. Nothing but dirt :)

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The traffic lights are funny. People are represented with this green man with a hat. Of course you can buy T-shirts and all type of merchandising featuring this man :)

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Another trademark of Berlin is the bear. Of course there is also lots of merchandising featuring him.

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Though the wall dividing east and west Berlin was destroyed, there are still some parts that are exhibited.

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am I crazy or this building just look like one of the enemy robots from Starwars?

:P

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Trying some panning. This little Samsung camera can do that as well ;)

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oh yeah, you get congratulated when throwing the trash were it belongs. Hihih

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Berlin highlights :)

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Some non really interesting photos. Haha

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Berlin’s Cathedral and the TV Tower.

And last but not least….

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me looking serious :P

Next time I’ll go to Berlin I’ll take better pictures, this time I had not enough time but I still wanted to take a few snapshots.

Take care and we see us soon :)

Nico

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South Africa – From Cape Town to Winelands

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My group has decided to spend a day in the wine valley to discover how the good South African wine is produced.

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From Cape Town we went to Stellenbosch, situated about 50 kilometers east. It is the second oldest European settlement in the Western Cape province.

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The South African wine industry produces about 1,000,000,000 litres of wine annually. Stellenbosch is the primary location for viticulture and viticulture research.

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The small city looks like a cenarium. The time seems to be stopped there.

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We visited the Village Museum. It shows the four historical Stellenbosch house’s built in four different city moments:

THE SCHREUDEURHUIS – 1680 – 1720

BLETTERMANHUIS – 1750 – 1790

GROSVENOR HOUSE – 1800 to 1830

OM BERGH – 1850 – 1870

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We visited three different wine yards and understood a little bit more about wine production…

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All vineyards offer wine tasting, we taste lots of kinds of wine and almost got drunk.

The third post will be…from Wineland to Durban…

kisses and hugs

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Las Vegas, und tschuess!

Hello folks,

Today is the day; I’m going to post my very last post on SamsungImaging.net

Although, I only published three articles, and none of them were really interesting, I enjoyed writing for this blog.

In my last post, I won’t explain stuff, however, something which all other bloggers do:

Uploading pictures, telling you how great the place was and so on.

As some of you may know, I went to this year’s CES 2010 in Vegas, and I actually wanted to share some photos taken in Vegas.

To be precise, this was my first ever time in Las Vegas. I went to other cities in the States; however Las Vegas was completely different from all the other cities I’ve ever visited.

First of all, Las Vegas houses a very special ambient.

Bling bling everywhere, fast-food shops hidden inside Casinos, no casual malls and lots of hotels.

Anyhow, my flight to the Vegas was as spectacular as the city, itself. In L.A., I almost lost my luggage because of an airport staff member, who insisted that I had to leave my luggage at the exit. Then after arriving in Las Vegas, the cap I took ripped me off, something the staff at the hotel told me after I paid more than 40 bucks and as if this wasn’t enough, I was jet-lagged.

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The first day in Vegas. That’s the hotel I stayed in. Everything was alright, expect the prices.

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That’s what I’m talking about. Burger King all the way. Since the burgers here were much bigger than any of the burgers I’ve experienced so far, this was probably the greatest thing I’ve faced in Vegas.

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A great gadget. Can’t remember which company built this, but the technology and fact, that it could be controlled with the iPhone was awesome.

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The monorail station at the venue. The first time, I actually used a monorail but wasn’t that amazing. However, the stations looked cool.

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New York in Vegas.

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The streets of Las Vegas.

That’s about it, for today and tomorrow. I have no idea, if I’ll ever get the opportunity to write a blog again, however, it was a pleasure and privilege being a part of this blog.

Thank you for reading,
but most of all, thank you for not flaming me.

May the force be w/ you all.

CiiiiJaay