Berlin, Germany: Falling in love at second sight with this captivating capital

By Louise Southerden
Updated November 1 2014 - 1:15am, first published 12:15am
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
Checkpoint Charlie.
Checkpoint Charlie.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
A couple blow a kiss to each other through the mural-covered remains of the Berlin Wall.
Berlin nightscape from the Spree River.
Berlin nightscape from the Spree River.
A park in Berlin. Photo: iStock
A park in Berlin. Photo: iStock
Louise Southerden 's mothers passport.
Louise Southerden 's mothers passport.

A few days after my trip to Berlin this year, I found a small red notebook at home, my late Mum's travel diary, in which she'd written about visiting Berlin in October 1956, five years before the Wall went up. She was 23, a year younger than I was in 1989.

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