THEN ALONG CAME HITLER

Often I have been asked “What is your favorite country?” Or “What is the most beautiful country you’ve traveled in?” But I’ve never been asked “What is the most impressive country you’ve visited?”

Had that question been asked, the answer would have been “Germany!” The German people, the culture, the history, the architecture, the infrastructure and the landscape are remarkable.

We arrived in Berlin early one morning on a train from Malmo, Sweden. Coming in to the city from the north-east on a cool rainy morning in June, we traveled through what was East Berlin during the Cold War.