Whoa, is that dog not on a leash? That’s what I said at first during my recent trip to Germany, but I got used to it pretty quick. Actually, most German dogs don’t require leashes and just follow their owners about the town. They’ll also wait on you outside the grocery [...]

— Berlin, Germany’s capital city and the second largest in the European Union by population with 3.5 million inhabitants, has visibly lifted itself out of the darkness of the past century. Restoration projects have repaired or rebuilt much of what Allied bombing raids and the Battle of Berlin wrecked. But in [...]

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  Germany defeated Portugal 4-0 Monday in the Group G tournament of the 2014 World Cup. I may be wrong, but it looks like the fans are enjoying the shutout in Munich’s Olympic Park, where the game was televised. Enjoy! [...]

(Scroll over each photo for explanation) The key marking of the Third Reich’s brutality was the systematic discrimination and eventual genocide inflicted on millions of European Jews. Today, much reverence is paid in respect of their suffering, and during my recent trip to Berlin, this was abundantly apparent all over the city. [...]

If you’re ever in Berlin and you catch a falling person out of the corner of your eye, don’t fear for them. Their harness should give a yank just before impact. “Base flying,” as it’s called, is offered from more than 400 feet in the air from the Park Inn hotel [...]