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July 2018 Articles

NCBA Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill WASHINGTON
Teen Giving Back to Kids After Brain Injury
Diseases, insects, weeds are concerns as rice season progresses
Check your trees; summer storms and hurricanes are coming
Broadband Connects Farmers to Greater Opportunities
Farm Bureau Hails District Court WOTUS Decision
USDA Designates natural disaster areas
Bill Would Help Protect Farmers and Ranchers From High Health Care Costs
Inland Waterways Infrastructure Bill Ready for House Floor
Grassroots Involvement is a Real Game-Changer
Farm Bureau-supported Bills Will Ensure Accurate Product Labeling
Farm Bureau Files Brief Supporting Water Rule Opponents
Water appropriately during dry weather
Research Highlight: Beef Cattle Production
NCBA "Looks Forward" to Public Meeting on Fake Meat
• A Visit to Berlin
UA Ranch Horse Team Wins National Title Second Year in a Row
Loaded Potato Meatloaf Casserole
Just Rambling July 2018:
Spiritual Corner: Got God?
AgCenter field day expo offers new forum for agriculture information
Are You Growing The Best Tasting Watermelons?

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A Visit to Berlin

A Visit to Berlin
My wife, Jenny, and I recently visited Berlin, Germany, on our honeymoon. We were married in March, but the summer is the best time for us to travel because we are both teachers. Jenny had never visited Germany before, so she was very excited. We arrived during the afternoon on Tuesday, June 5, after spending more than 24 hours in airports and on planes flying over from New Orleans. The only difficulties we had were in Stockholm: we had only 45 minutes to change flights, and we had to run from one end of the airport to the other to catch our plane on time. Somehow, we made it, though, and no one lost their luggage!
In Berlin, we rented an apartment on Airbnb and stayed in a small place in the south-western part of the city, in a neighborhood called Wilmersdorf. In the first years after World War II, the Allied nations that had defeated Germany divided Berlin into four occupation zones: the British, French, American, and Soviet zones. Wilmersdorf would have been in the British zone. It was a pretty neighborhood, with lots of small bakeries and restaurants and children in strollers and people riding bikes. We were near a subway station, which meant we would be able to get around easily from where we were located. But when we arrived, we had no interest in doing anything: we were so exhausted from a full day’s journey that we went straight to bed.
The next day, though, Jenny and I took the subway to the center of Berlin and began to visit the major tourist sites. We arrived at Friedrichstrasse station, one of the famous train stations in Berlin, and then walked up to Unter den Linden, a vast promenade that is famous in Germany like Broadway is in the United States. We followed the street down to look at the American embassy and then stopped at the famous Brandenburg Gate. This icon of Germany was built by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1791 and was the site of many important events: Napoleon’s French army marched through it after defeating the Prussians in 1806; Hitler and the Nazis led torch-light processions through it during the early days of the Third Reich; and Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Tear Down this Wall!” speech in front of the gate in 1987 at a time when much of the city was still controlled by a communist government. After this stop, we walked some more to see the Reichstag (Germany’s parliament building); the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe; the Berlin Cathedral; and the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz. After our first day of walking, both Jenny and myself were tired, but happy to have seen so much together.
During the remaining days of Jenny’s and my week-long stay in Berlin, the two of us spent time just enjoying the city instead of visiting tourist sites. For instance, we went to a small breakfast cafe called, “Cafe Sugar Plum Fairy,” in Prenzlauer Berg, one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Berlin. We also visited the German Museum of Film and TV; the Jewish Museum, which discusses the Holocaust; and the famous Pergamon Museum, which holds 3,000 year-old relics from ancient Syria, Greece, and Babylon. We also saw a movie in a cute independent theater in Kreuzberg; ate spicy sausages, known as currywurst; and visited the famous concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, in the countryside north of Berlin. Finally, we spent days just wandering around neighborhoods, stopping in cafes and bookshops, and walking in Berlin’s gorgeous Tiergarten park. All in all, Jenny and I had a great honeymoon in Berlin, but were ready after over a week to come back to the United States, especially so that we could see our cat, Dove, who had been anxiously awaiting our return. We had one more opportunity to race across the Stockholm airport (Swedish Airlines apparently thinks that 45 minutes is precisely the right amount of time you need to change flights in Stockholm; you’ll make it if you hurry!) and barely made our flight to Chicago and then back to New Orleans. Once again, though, we didn’t lose our luggage or miss any flights, and so I counted all of that a minor miracle and was grateful to be back in the United States after such a wonderful trip to Berlin in which we saw so much. —Cody Bennett

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