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I loved Julian as a person. He has a great personality for meeting new people and interacting with them. I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of &quot;structure&quot; to the tour. The tour effectively took us to various galleries where the gallery owner answered questions for us. I could have wandered into galleries on my own and asked questions of the gallery owner. 
I think it would have been more insightful and interesting to have had more background information on the gallery scene in Berlin beforehand - for the docent to provide a foundation for what we were about to see and perhaps some history on how the art showcased in Berlin is unique to Berlin (or not), how the art scene has evolved since post-reunification (or not), etc. etc. Also, I think it could be useful for Julian to have more specific knowledge of artists that are showcased in the galleries that he takes us to and develops overriding &quot;themes&quot; if possible. I just felt like the tour was pretty random and generally unstructured. I was not sure what I &quot;learned&quot; from the tour which I was really expecting to walk away feeling like I &quot;learned&quot; new things from a docent who is well-educated in the subject matter presented. Of course, it is possible that I should have asked more questions but, for someone like myself who is hoping to &quot;learn&quot; on the tour, I do not think I know all the questions that I should have asked so it would be helpful for the docent to spend more time in explanation, background information, etc. 
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Melissa
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<div class="label label--neutral-gray-068" content="2011-10-10 23:32:10 UTC" itemprop="datePublished">
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The fist comment and this was true of both tours, is how much we appreciated Julian&#39;s starting points. For the morning Intro tour he picked a corner with two breakfast choices - Starbucks and a German pastry shop. Perfect. For the afternoon Scene tour he picked Orange Cafe, where we had a much needed quick lunch that was just delicious. 
A difficult tour to frame but very successful. We liked Ann, your docent in training. I hope things work out on both ends. She really seems to know art. But once again Julian includes those more illusive sights and insights that put the Berlln Art Scene in something of a current context.
We love Julian. The other docent we will never forget was Haluk Cetinkaya in Istanbul. Both men are just exceptional to the point that we feel quite fortunate to have spent even just a moment in their company.
One comment on Berlin - we were surprised at the lack of Americans we ran into. In 5 days at the Regent we only heard an American accent twice. We got the impression Berlin is more of a business destination than a tourist destination but that might just be an anomaly to our time there.
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We&#39;ve done tours with Context in Rome, Istanbul and now Berlin and of the three cities, it seemed to us that Berlin is the most occult.
We would never have known how much we needed that Intro had we not taken it. What you can&#39;t see is almost as important as what has been &quot;memorialized&quot;, one of Julian&#39;s favorite words. Berlin needs some filling in between the public statements that are in place and even those that are have gone through an excrutiatingly sensitive process to finally become a memorial which we now have some insight into thanks to Julian and the structure of Intro. That particular tour was the most necessary of any Context tour we have taken mostly because of the difficult past of Berlin that is frequently not overtly revealed.
And Julian is the right person for that tour. He seems to love the city, his enthusiasm, his personal thoughts, the archival photos he shared at a number of different sites, the pace of the trip just seemed perfect. 
It&#39;s truly amazing that in a few hours we gained some insight into the difficult challanges Berlin has and does face as she moves forward hauling this conflicted past behind her and that would be thanks to Julian!


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