Newsletter 06/2004

Dear Reader, Summer time = travel season! According to the season, this is our motto for the How To section of this edition that will be dealing with "vacation in the US." We want to give you some valuable tips and tricks for... More

Since the end of May, the first winners notifications for the participants of 2003 have been coming in. We have been able to notify about 500 winners within the last three weeks, and we are expecting the same number of winners again until the... More

*US consulates: long waiting times for interviews * Because of the large number of visa applications during the summer months, you have to be prepared for longer waiting times for visa interviews at the US consulates, even in Berlin. At present, you have to... More

*Museum I: The Museum of Modern Art can go home soon * The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has the highest-quality collection of 20th century art. The best paintings are currently still being displayed in Berlin's National Gallery. However, at home in New York,... More

Johnny Cash lived without making many compromises - and his fans loved him for it. Entire generations of music lovers and colleagues admired Johnny Cash for a long time - not always because but sometimes despite the fact that he was a country musician.... More

As always, we will use this chapter to answer some exemplary questions we have been asked via the internet over the past days and weeks. In general, answering questions via the internet (free of charge) may take a while, since we get dozens of... More

Picking the US as a travel destination is rather easy. Everyone has his or her own ideas about the land of opportunity, and all of them come true. Anyone who wants to discover the world within one week flies to New York, makes a... More

berlin.usembassy.gov/events/culture/index.htm Events in Germany in cooperation with the US Embassy. www.mapquest.com Map Quest is an excellent way of finding maps before your trip. Get directions from any place to any other place, wherever you want to go. www.vegas-online.de Online travel guide for Las Vegas with an... More