Listening to a news podcasts on the ride in to work this morning, I was reminded that this is a very special time for our German teammates.
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down.
On November 8, 2009, for a second consecutive year, a German cyclist of the undisciplined team Positivo Espresso claimed the JCRC D-Class championship. As an American member of the team, I was proud to just share the moment. Of course, there was another American named David who shared that moment 20 years ago ... singing his #1 hit on the German charts, "Looking for Freedom":
For the first time I feel like I am beginning to understand THIS post by a German teammate.
But I will never understand THAT one.
The German nes magazine Spiegel commented last week on the David in charge (unfortunately only in German).
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"Hasselhoff in Berlin
The collective guilt of bad taste
David Hasselhoff is the most popular singer in Germany - a generation of Germans abroad have been haunted by this prejudice.
He was almost forgotten, but now MTV is bringing him back on stage in Berlin."
David, don't worry. I don't understand it either.
ReplyDeleteDavid is in the news again.
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