Perfect description of Berlin. What an incredible place.
A city who has seen so many cultural battles, so many ideologies and philosopy, so much destruction and so much glory.
It's trying to mask its pained soul with good looks and culture.
Prussian rigor is the complete opposite of lively, baroque, Bavarian optimism.
It's not compatible at ALL.
*sigh*
Sweet dreams of independence....
Dear Heike... Sorry for the delayed reply. I am glad you confirm Jose Luis Restan's perceptive insight about Berlin. Although I haven't been in Germany since 2001, I did feel he had a grasp of Berlin's particular history and culture... BTW, I just checked the KIRCHE 2011 site - they have not added more signatories to the 311 they had when I last looked two weeks ago. I think that's all they will get, and I don't think they got even HK to sign on. He has his own one-man 'crusade' (or lack of a better word) and won't play 'me-too' to anyone...
Did you read his far-out March 9 interview with FAZ? I actually found time to translate it before my laptop was attacked by a virus so the translation has been forcibly 'locked'. It will have its uses some day. One of the most interesting things in it is that he says celibacy has worked for him. So why does he think other priests or men who want to be priests would be any less able than he is to live a celibate life?... ACH!!!
TERESA
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