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After decades of communist rule, Leipzig is making a return as a brash European destination. OWEN PEARCE takes a look...
THE wallpaper had been browned by years of smoke. Sepia pictures of soldiers - spiky helmets and Kaiser moustaches aplenty - peered down at me from grimy picture frames as I supped a wondrous local pilsner beer (half a litre for 75 pence!). I had that great time- warp feeling one would normally associate only with Madras or Casablanca.See the full content of this document
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But I'm not in some far-flung Empire outpost - I'm just behind the old Iron Curtain, in the heart of Europe.
I'm in Leipzig, home of Bach, Goethe and Mendelssohn, Europe's biggest pub fair, the world...See the full content of this document
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