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Berlin GIVEAWAY! – a copy of ‘In the Full Light of the Sun’, and an Ampelmännchen tote bag

14th April 2019

In the Full Light of the Sun

WIN a copy of In the Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark, an excellent and thought-provoking novel (based on a true story) set in 1930s Weimar Berlin – together with an iconic Ampelmännchen tote bag.

Do you know the story of Berlin’s Ampelmännchen?

.…From traffic light to iconic brand…. the little Ampelmännchen (literally meaning little traffic light man) is the symbol shown on pedestrian signals in Germany. Prior to German Unification in November 1989, the two German states had different forms. The East German figures became iconic (as opposed to their rather dull former West German counterparts) and now enjoy the privileged status of being one of the few features of the Communist East to have survived. Ampelmännchen shops in Berlin are ubiquitous and you can even buy Gummibärs, sink plugs or aprons with single or dual motifs….

 

HOW TO ENTER:

Just leave a comment below telling us which city you would most like to visit in GERMANY! Do this by midnight, 27th April 2019 and the first name out of the hat will be sent the book and tote! Good luck. And it’s INTERNATIONAL

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  1. User: tripfiction

    Posted on: 28/04/2019 at 3:05 pm

    We have a winner, thank you everyone who entered, it was such a popular giveaway. Joanne G, we are sending you an e mail!!!

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  2. User: Crystal Ferriman

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 9:54 pm

    Munich

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  3. User: Lorna-Jane Holland

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 9:35 pm

    I would love to visit Berlin – not only does it have incredible history and culture but I’ve never been to Germany and what better place to start than the capital?

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  4. User: joanne Cox

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 8:33 pm

    Hamburg ! Beatles’s first tour there,I think!

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  5. User: Claire Hennighan

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 8:21 pm

    I’m going to Berlin for the third time this year. I’d love to go back to Munich again.

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  6. User: Clare Ollif

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 8:02 pm

    I’ve always wanted to visit Dusseldorf for all it’s galleries and museums.

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  7. User: Ruth Wollerton

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 7:49 pm

    I love Berlin, so much to see and do

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  8. User: Alison Brown

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 5:47 pm

    Oberhausen because it’s twinned with my hometown.

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  9. User: Angela Macdonald

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 5:40 pm

    I visited a few German cities last year but never made it to Berlin, so would still like to visit here

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  10. User: Julie Camm

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 4:52 pm

    I’d like to visit Heidelberg as it is so quaint and pretty

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  11. User: Pam Smith

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 4:16 pm

    I’d love to visit Düsseldorf. I lived there 35 years ago and it would be fascinating to see how it’s changed

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  12. User: Sara McCready

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 2:53 pm

    Munich

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  13. User: Jodie Fossey

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 1:36 pm

    Karlsruher great weather and everyone tells me its has a great culture!

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  14. User: Simon Tinsley

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 12:46 pm

    I’d like to visit Erlangen. It used to be twinned with my home city of Stoke on Trent, UK. It looks lovely.

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  15. User: Alison

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 9:55 am

    I would love to visit Berlin

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  16. User: Gaynor Vincent

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 9:03 am

    I would love to visit the amazing city of Munich

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  17. User: Jean Vaughan

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 9:00 am

    Munich to see my two cousins I haven’t met up with for over 30 years. Their photographs and tales of life in the city paint a beautiful picture I want to experience

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  18. User: Paul Ballantine

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 8:32 am

    I’d love to visit Berlin and take in the history of the city

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  19. User: Adrian Lee

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 8:30 am

    Hamburg

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  20. User: Kath H

    Posted on: 27/04/2019 at 6:15 am

    I would love to visit Lubeck as I absolutely adore marzipan and it is the home of the lovely stuff and has a museum of marzipan which i would love to visit.

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  21. User: Carol Parke

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 10:42 pm

    Freiburg, in winter, Gothic buildings, and a snow covered Black Forest, nearby.

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  22. User: Tracy B

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 10:34 pm

    Berlin definitely

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  23. User: Georgina Pym

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 8:38 pm

    I’d most like to visit Berlin. I have never been to Germany and Berlin seems to have so much history to learn about.

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  24. User: Mandy Allen

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 8:01 pm

    Berlin

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  25. User: Michelle Newman

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 8:01 pm

    I would love to visit Berlin

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  26. User: Fiona Karbal

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 5:48 pm

    I would love to visit Berlin. I’ve visited several places in what was West Germany, but never Berlin or anywhere in former East Germany.

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  27. User: Kerri Marie Davidson

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 5:31 pm

    Berlin or Munich!

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  28. User: Amanda J Davis

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 3:48 pm

    Definately Berlin for me

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  29. User: Nikki

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 1:36 pm

    BERLIN!!! 🙂

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  30. User: Angela Kelly

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 1:19 pm

    I have never been to Germany, so I’d start with Berlin.

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  31. User: Stewart Kinnon

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 8:38 am

    It would have to be Berlin , Just to sing holidays in the sun

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  32. User: jo liddement

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 7:45 am

    I would love to visit Munich and sample some of the Christmas markets

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  33. User: Abigail

    Posted on: 26/04/2019 at 12:21 am

    Hamburg seems so beautiful! Germany often looks like a fairytale 🙂

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  34. User: Alison Latham

    Posted on: 25/04/2019 at 11:01 pm

    I’d love to wander the streets of Nuremberg. So much history and such a pretty part of Bavaria.

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  35. User: Erica Hughes

    Posted on: 25/04/2019 at 4:29 pm

    Hamburg

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  36. User: Caroline Tinsley

    Posted on: 25/04/2019 at 1:51 pm

    Frankfurt

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  37. User: Helen Sahl

    Posted on: 25/04/2019 at 11:25 am

    I would love to visit Kiel as there are so many things I would like to do there, it looks a stunning City.

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  38. User: Jane Duffus

    Posted on: 25/04/2019 at 11:03 am

    Düsseldorf – so I can do their new parkrun when it starts next weekend. And see the city for the first time 🙂

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  39. User: Sheri Darby

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 9:27 pm

    I think it has to be Berlin

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  40. User: Emma Howard

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 6:51 pm

    I’d love to visit Berlin

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  41. User: Caroline Hunter

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 3:35 pm

    Berlin is on my list! We’re planning to go there next year for my husband’s 60th birthday 🙂

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  42. User: Su Esse

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 9:38 am

    Hamburg

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  43. User: Anthea Holloway

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 8:22 am

    I would love to visit Ulm with its magnificent minster and spire.

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  44. User: lynsey poole

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 7:14 am

    Berlin!

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  45. User: Molly

    Posted on: 24/04/2019 at 6:15 am

    Berlin, me and my partner have always wanted to go to pay our respects and experince the history and atmosphere.

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  46. User: Chantelle Kemp

    Posted on: 23/04/2019 at 1:51 pm

    Berlin

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  47. User: Lesley

    Posted on: 23/04/2019 at 12:58 pm

    I hope & want to visit Berlin and pay respect to its history & culture. Great giveaway selection.

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  48. User: Amy Robinson

    Posted on: 22/04/2019 at 10:19 pm

    Definitely Berlin!
    Thank you for the opportunity, it’s a fantastic giveaway

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  49. User: Rebecca Saunders

    Posted on: 22/04/2019 at 1:38 pm

    Cologne

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  50. User: Chris Andrews

    Posted on: 22/04/2019 at 12:00 pm

    Frankfurt, because l have tracked down a friend l lost contact with in the 70’s and he lives there

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  51. User: Carole Nott

    Posted on: 22/04/2019 at 8:46 am

    I would like to visit Berlin for the fantastic sights and culture

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  52. User: Teresa s

    Posted on: 22/04/2019 at 5:52 am

    Not a city but hoping to visit Quedlinberg in the summer….love the buildings.

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  53. User: Tess P

    Posted on: 21/04/2019 at 3:30 pm

    Cologne. I went there for a day on a school trip c1992, had a spectacular row with a friend and didn’t really do it justice! Would love to go back as a grown up.

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    • User: tripfiction

      Posted on: 21/04/2019 at 3:50 pm

      Sounds like you definitely need to go back!!!

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  54. User: Sofie Couwenbergh

    Posted on: 20/04/2019 at 11:35 am

    I’d love to visit Munich. A friend of mine lives there but as we both travel a lot, so far we haven’t been able to find a date which works for the both of us. With her moving to another country in a year or so, it’s getting urgent 🙂

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  55. User: Lesley

    Posted on: 19/04/2019 at 10:24 am

    It would be Berlin. So many fabulous books and films have been set in this location.

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  56. User: Kristie Metcalfe

    Posted on: 18/04/2019 at 6:37 pm

    I would most like to visit Heidelberg

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  57. User: Lynne J D Hill

    Posted on: 18/04/2019 at 1:20 pm

    I’d love to visit Berlin! I have been before but with so much history there to soak up a return visit would be wonderful!

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  58. User: Laura Pritchard

    Posted on: 18/04/2019 at 12:04 pm

    I’d love to visit Berlin.

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  59. User: Paul Bingham

    Posted on: 18/04/2019 at 7:37 am

    Hamburg

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  60. User: Ritchie Dee

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 6:37 pm

    Berlin

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  61. User: Claire woods

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 5:34 pm

    Berlin

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  62. User: Megan

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 3:10 pm

    I’d most like to visit Munich.

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  63. User: Bruce

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 11:55 am

    I would like to visit Munich. Bavaria looks lovely.

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  64. User: Jane Willis

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 10:54 am

    I would like to visit Hannover. I have been there before, when my daughter (who turns 40 this year) was born in the Army Hospital there, but as i lived many miles out in the countryside I never got chance to explore the city. A friend lives there now and shares lots of beautiful photos, so I’d love to see what i missed out on.

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  65. User: Mark Oliver

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 8:54 am

    Frankfurt

    My family came from here and I have never been there myself.

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  66. User: ann ryan

    Posted on: 17/04/2019 at 7:34 am

    I have never been to Germany so would start with Berlin.

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  67. User: Helen jones

    Posted on: 16/04/2019 at 7:32 pm

    Bonn

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  68. User: ALYSON READ

    Posted on: 16/04/2019 at 6:15 pm

    Berlin!

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  69. User: Claire Broomsgrove

    Posted on: 16/04/2019 at 6:03 pm

    I going to Germany for the 1st time this year, to Munich

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  70. User: Ellie

    Posted on: 16/04/2019 at 12:16 pm

    Would love to visit Frankfurt, my husband tells me about it so much.

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  71. User: Jon Wilkins

    Posted on: 16/04/2019 at 10:42 am

    I would love to visit Berlin. So much history awaits. Maybe one day…

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  72. User: Jon Hughes

    Posted on: 16/04/2019 at 10:40 am

    I’ve visited many German cities, but have never been to Dresden, so that gets my vote.

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  73. User: Jackie Robinson

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 11:01 am

    Would love to visit Berlin, so much history.

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  74. User: Denise Price

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 9:47 am

    I’ve never been to Germany, but I would love to go to Berlin for the history, especially the remnants of the wall.

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  75. User: MAUREEN JULIAN

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 9:33 am

    I would like to visit any city in Germany – sadly, it’s a country I have not visited YET!!!

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  76. User: Heidi

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 9:30 am

    I’d love to see Koblenz 🙂

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  77. User: Nita Haddad

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 8:47 am

    Berlin!

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  78. User: Eve

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 8:07 am

    Berlin!

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  79. User: Rose fletcher

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 7:59 am

    Would love to go to Cologne. I visited Berlin a few years ago and loved it!

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  80. User: Leah Tonna

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 7:56 am

    Berlin, my parents lived there after WW2 & although I’ve travelled in Germany I’ve never seen Berlin.

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  81. User: Irena

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 7:40 am

    Berlin!

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  82. User: Rachel Jones

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 7:30 am

    BERLIN ❤️

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  83. User: Roisin Murray

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 6:53 am

    Definitely Berlin – so much history to be found in one place & have heard it is a beautiful city.

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  84. User: Joanne Gaylor

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 4:14 am

    I’d love to go back to Munich. Bavaria is such a beautiful part of Germany.

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  85. User: Julian Lees

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 1:39 am

    I would LOVE to win this prize! 🙂

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  86. User: Lana Hood

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 12:08 am

    I would like to visit Frankfurt.

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  87. User: Jess D

    Posted on: 15/04/2019 at 12:01 am

    I would love to visit Berlin!

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  88. User: Rose Stephenson

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 11:56 pm

    Baden-Baden

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  89. User: Bonnie K.

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 11:44 pm

    My daughter has been to Berlin a couple of times within less than two years. She has enjoyed her stay there. Bavaria looks like a great place to visit.

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  90. User: Csaba Bali

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 11:10 pm

    Stuttgart

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  91. User: Tina Tse

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 10:21 pm

    Berlin is definitely on my list!

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  92. User: Margaret Gallagher

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 10:10 pm

    Munich would be fascinating to see

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  93. User: Julie ryan

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 9:46 pm

    Would love to visit Berlin

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  94. User: Linda Rumsey

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 9:16 pm

    I would love to visit Berlin!

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  95. User: Fran Norris

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 9:04 pm

    Berlin interests me!

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  96. User: Cheralyn Noske

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 8:58 pm

    Berlin is on my Wish list!

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  97. User: Emma McGarry

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 8:47 pm

    Would love to visit Berlin

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  98. User: Claire Harris

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 8:45 pm

    I would love to visit Berlin! I have not been to Germany before, but friends have said what a lovely city Berlin is to visit.
    I am fascinated by tales of East Berlin before the wall came down & would definitely want to visit that area.

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  99. User: komal

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 8:36 pm

    I’d love to visit Munich for the history and Heidelberg for the beauty!

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  100. User: Rachel

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 8:32 pm

    Köln – weil meine Tochter dort studiert. Ich vermisse sie sehr.

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  101. User: Maureen Downing

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 8:29 pm

    Looks like another great book Trip Fiction love you lot.

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  102. User: Sophie Wade

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 7:54 pm

    Lots of places, but BERLIN!!

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  103. User: Fiona Leitch

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 7:51 pm

    Berlin! I’m writing a book set there but I’ve never been, and have been doing all my location scouting on Google Earth! I would love to go and visit the locations I’ve sent my characters to 🙂

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  104. User: CarolAnne Murphy

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 6:54 pm

    I would love to visit Berlin

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  105. User: Leila Benhamida

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 6:53 pm

    It will be Munich for me. Definitely a city I will love to visit

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  106. User: Suz B

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 6:41 pm

    It has to be Berlin, every time. I’ve visited twice and it feels like it is my ‘second home’ city.

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  107. User: Rachel Hall

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 6:24 pm

    Bonn – because my mum loves Haribo’s and they originated from the city.

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  108. User: Teresa Mcgovern

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 6:04 pm

    I’d love to visit Frankfurt

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  109. User: Teresa Mcgovern

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 6:01 pm

    I’d love to visit Frankfurt.

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  110. User: Christina faerber

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 5:27 pm

    Munich

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  111. User: Mandy Boole

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 5:20 pm

    Berlin

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  112. User: Barbara Holdhusen

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 5:13 pm

    Dresden – my brother lived there for some years and it looks amazing!

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  113. User: Andrea Hedgcock

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 5:11 pm

    Hanover – have been to Munich but quite honestly would love to go to any German city.

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  114. User: Janine Phillips

    Posted on: 14/04/2019 at 5:06 pm

    I think visiting Berlin would be very interesting x

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