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EK wurst Frankfurt

By Evelyn Kanter I’m the American-born daughter of two German immigrants, so wurst is part of my DNA, and my main diet each time I visit Germany. Sometimes I’ll order maultaschen, ravioli-like pockets of dough filled with chopped beef or pork, served either as a main dish or floating in

Terminal 1 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport COURTESY Gerkan Marg and Partners

By Monique Burns  With the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg “Willy Brandt” Airport, the German capital adds yet another stylish leaf to its portfolio. In design–forward Berlin, with cutting–edge galleries, hip fashion boutiques and chic shops, the new airport showcases a sleek Bauhaus aesthetic of glass and steel accented

Berlins Brandenburg Gate PHOTO Dietmar Scherf GNTB

By Monique Burns Admittedly, it took me years to get to Berlin.  As a child growing up in the ’60s, whenever I thought of the city, I thought of the Holocaust and World War II on one hand and the Berlin Wall on the other. Scrambling under desks during school