Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Mauerfall, the fall of the Berlin Wall. During tomorrow’s Festival of Freedom at the Brandenburg Gate, over 1,000 oversized, artfully decorated domino pieces will be brought down by the flick of a finger to symbolize the end of the cold war, but also, the end of an artistic era.

What was an impenetrable barricade to Easterners, served as a political canvas to Westerners. Twenty years after the Mauerfall, however, little of the wall remains. During our four years in Berlin, we documented some of the constantly changing art on the longest remaining part of the wall, the East Side Gallery. Here’s to freedom!

We even spent our last moments in the country at the Airbrau, the beer garden in the Munich airport. Only in Bavaria would people see you off at 11 AM with beer and pretzels.

During our six-hour trip south to Ulm, Tony was constantly complaining because I refused to take side trips up some mountain roads to see castles and old walled cities. For crying out loud, we were in a truck! Medieval towns were soon forgotten when my family welcomed us with a huge barbecue.

My last day of work was Thursday, and Thomas’ was Friday. Solid employment is behind us now as we take the plunge into the unknown. We’re 21st century nomads now – nomads without horses or camels. Instead, we have backpacks and cameras and one seriously overdeveloped love of travel. But don’t worry about us, these nomads use their wits and creativity to survive, we won’t be grazing goats or herding yaks to survive… or will we? Oh my god, what have we gotten ourselves into ?!?