Travelogue: Trying to Understand

<p>The Fabulous Wife sums up our trip best: &ldquo;I like Amsterdam much more than Berlin, and I had a better time there, but I find myself thinking more about Berlin. I am still trying to understand it.&rdquo;</p> <p>The only thing I&rsquo;d add is that I&rsquo;m trying to understand&nbsp;<em>Germany</em>, not just Berlin. I mean, what to make of&nbsp;<em>this</em>?</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:306/1*M-lMkV-Vj9O42S7sBAIP1Q.jpeg" style="height:425px; width:306px" /></p> <p>Those are cigarettes in his helmet band.</p> <p>We found it in front of an antique store in Wittenberg, with nothing around it to provide context.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:590/1*ZCPRm-NmZXnnpms8XKQ9BA.jpeg" style="height:400px; width:590px" /></p> <p>Lone sentry.</p> <p>We&rsquo;ve searched the internet to no avail &mdash; no similar artifact found. I suppose we could have gone into the store and asked, but assuming the proprietor spoke English, would he or she have told us the truth? So we&rsquo;re on our own for an interpretation.</p> <p><a href="https://andygoldblatt.medium.com/travelogue-trying-to-understand-ce4ae414c648"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>