But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.
My father loved to take us on historical vacations, and you should have seen the stares we received in East Berlin.
We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany?
The particular feature of Berlin - well, all you need to do is look at the map: the geographical position of the city right in the heart of Europe, and the separation of the most powerful two blocs we've ever had in history, which went all the way through Germany.
I had a lot of notes and fragments and observations that never amounted to anything. After the Wall had gone down, so many people were writing about Berlin, I didn't have the same urgency or feel enough authority.
I was in Germany when the wall came down.
In 'The Serpent's Egg,' I created a Berlin which no one recognized, not even I.
Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.
Berlin is my favourite city.
When I was 16, I went to Berlin - West Berlin, since at that time a wall still divided the city - to live for three months with a family on an exchange program.
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