Travel Back in Time to Former East Germany

1. Jacob
   July 15th, 2007 at 9:28 pm

   Part of me really likes the look of that room.

   Another part of me is ashamed of that part of me.

2. Gabe
   July 16th, 2007 at 12:33 am

   It's all about that wallpaper.

3. Alex
   July 16th, 2007 at 1:15 am

   Does the wake-up call involve a knock on the door in the middle of the night?

4. GeekAlerts
   July 16th, 2007 at 1:23 am

   It might Alex. But it's good to know that (from the about page):
   "And don't worry! So far no-one's been arrested at the border crossing..."

5. Lasse
   July 16th, 2007 at 1:39 am

   i wonder if it involves the hotel management trying to recruit your spouse/friend to spy on you.

6. fine
   July 16th, 2007 at 4:58 am

   This is "Travel Back in Time" (only). In my friend flat time stopped in '78 (and many many more flats are the same).
   P.S. I live in Poland, Kielce - my friend city

7. liz
   July 16th, 2007 at 9:37 am

   Just like that movie - Goodbye Lenin

8. GeekAlerts
   July 16th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

   I'm afraid I haven't seen "Goodbye Lenin", but I will.

   My girlfriend is actually born in former East Germany and recognizes A LOT of the interior design from the Ostel hotel. They didn't have much to choose from back in the old East German days. It was a very, very limited set of furniture you had to choose from. If you wanted a bed, you could pick Bed1 or Bed2. If you wanted a kitchen table, you could pick Table1 or Table2 - more or less.

   Believe or not, they had to queue for at least 10 years to get a Trabant. When they finally had the chance to get one of those cardboard cars, the wall came down.

9. 3rdRome
   July 16th, 2007 at 5:04 pm

   groovy

   I notice wallpaper like that in contemporary Russian porn

10. Sam
    July 16th, 2007 at 7:46 pm

    Anybody else noticed the neat illusion when you put that picture in your browser window and scroll it up and down a few clicks? Crazy.

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