Model Traffic Areas in London and Berlin

Posted on April 3, 2009 - Filed Under Berlin, IsarSteve, London | 4 Comments

When I was growing in North London, one of the highlights of the summer was to spend an afternoon at what we knew as ‘The Rec’ - The Lordship recreation ground in Tottenham. The warm summer afternoons spent there are deeply ingrained in my memory and I really do think it such a shame that […]

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It’s Spring at last!

Posted on April 2, 2009 - Filed Under Berlin, Berliners | Leave a Comment

We currently have a typical Central European weather situation. Last week it was still snowing and only 3°C and this week we have brilliant sunshine and warm weather and the promise of 23°C on Saturday - On Wednesday it seemed like just about everyone who could was outside enjoying the sun..

It was such nice weather […]

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I just looked around and he was gone

Posted on April 1, 2009 - Filed Under Music | 3 Comments

Twenty five years ago today, Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his own father.
Tomorrow, the 2nd April would also have been his seventieth birthday.. It’s hard to comprehend - a seventy year old Marvin Gaye..   As a tribute, I’ve chosen this song.. It’s about four men, three white and one black, all killed by guns..
When […]

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