European
Experiences
Business Trips to Germany
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In the year 1999 was my
first trip to Germany, actually it was also may first trip to Europe!
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| Dresden: Old mural on a building, prior
to WWII, many building around Dresden also had the murals. |
This first trip was to
Dresden. Dresden before WWII was the art center of Germany. The Allies virtually
leveled Dresden in a bombing campaign. After the war Dresden fell behind the
iron curtain of East Germany. As such many "communist" style buildings
were built, while older building fell into disrepair.
Enter the 1990's. The
Berlin Wall fell and the two Germany's became one again. Dresden has been
re-building itself every since. One of the biggest investments is the move-in of
the high-tech industry. AMD or Advanced Micro Devices main wafer fab is located
here.
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| Berlin: Everywhere the eye could see,
construction cranes |
What I liked about
Dresden is that its Strassenbahn, or Streetcar system is still largely in-tact
and has recently received newer trams. I really must return to this fine city.
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| Guard tower at the old Checkpoint Charlie |
At the end of my brief
trip to Dresden I went by train up to Berlin. Berlin in 1999 was very busy
building a unified city, as well as preparing the city to become the nation's
capitol city again. I had never seen so many construction cranes in all my
life.
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| Bombed out church in Berlin as a
memorial to WWII. |
The Holocaust museum is
a must visit to Berlin. It is amazing how humans can treat other humans based on
religion, nationality and color. Another must visit is the nefarious Checkpoint
Charlie. This was the only border crossing through the Berlin Wall in the city
center. Many people tried to escape East Berlin via this passage, most failed.
Berlin is now a very
vibrant city and a must stop in Europe.
My next trips to
Germany involved Hamburg, Hannover and the Rhine-Ruhr Area. They will be added
to this page at a later date.
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Kavanagh
