Hi from Berlin!

[katiesBoyfriend]

Hi katiesBoyfriend!

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You must be lucky.

Today, looking at the state Germany is in, I think that I should have went to the US or maybe even better to South America as soon as the borders opened in 1990 and never look back. Even so, I'm glad to live in Berlin because it's still a great place and I love it.

In the mid-1950s, Canada had a labour shortage and the government went to Europe to recruit skilled workers to come over. A lot of people saw what was available in "Amerika" (a name which was used to describe both Canada and the U. S. at the time) as a result of the post-war occupation and Hollywood movies and left to seek their fortunes.

Wir hatten guten Glück hier in Kanada gehabt. (We had good luck here in Canada.) My father made a good living at his trade and left me some money when he died. I grew up and got a good university education.

Concluding from your avatar we've got something else in common: being users of the best operating system under the sun

That's a leftover from earlier days. I prefer FreeBSD now.

[Luther]

I prefer FreeBSD now.

I see. May I ask which advantages over Linux you see in BSD? Not that I disliked BSD in any way, it's just that I don't have a lot of experience with it.

Myself being a Linux user, mostly Debian, since thirty years or so already.

[Tsall]

Herzlich Willkommen, Luther
(Welcome, Luther)

[adymoro]

Hi Luther, I was born and bred in Gdansk (Danzig) and have visited Berlin on many occasions and loved it (I speak some German but not enough to write comfortably). I was actually in Germany on the day of the collapse of the Berlin's wall so I do have some unforgettable memories of that era which were unthinkable only a few months earlier.
I have settled many years ago in Rome btw but my heart has always been in "my" part of Europe.
Welcome to this great community where you can learn a lot and share your experiences with your new dolls.

[katiesBoyfriend]

I prefer FreeBSD now.

I see. May I ask which advantages over Linux you see in BSD? Not that I disliked BSD in any way, it's just that I don't have a lot of experience with it.

Myself being a Linux user, mostly Debian, since thirty years or so already.

I can build a whole system from scratch and I have a variety of desktops to choose from. I find that it's a lot more powerful than Linux.

[Luther]

Hi adymoro!

I was born and bred in Gdansk (Danzig) and have visited Berlin on many occasions and loved it

I have been to Gdańsk a couple of years ago and liked it a lot. Now I'm planning some more visits at the Polish coast for this year, especially the narrow gauge railroad Gryfice-Pogorzelica! Also, since I'm frequently visiting the Czech Republic, I'm looking forward to some visits to the neighboring mountains on the Polish side, especially Góry Izerskie!

Yes, it was a great event when the darn wall fell in Berlin. However there were lots of subsequent events during the first half of the Nineties that also were deeply impressing and unforgettable to me and all of the fellows who were lucky enough to attend! It was the time of a previously unthinkable amount of free spaces and creativity and feeling of freedom in general, outstanding and unique. I'm so glad that I could be part of it!

Some day I'm going to write everything down, it will become a bestseller I believe

[adymoro]

sorry took some time to reply
I am glad to hear about your visits. I need to visit Berlin again as it's been quite a while now, if so, I'll defo drop you line.
Thanks and take care

[soulove_]

wow, hope you can share the pics with make up for them.