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Photo by Rumen Milkow Before he started driving a taxi 16 years ago, Aziz made his living selling pieces of the Berlin Wall. From 1990 to 1995 — his first years in Berlin — he manned a souvenir stand at Brandenburg Gate, learning German, observing the tourists, watching some of …

BERLIN — Dirk Waldeck is a man of a dying breed practicing a dying art in a place that’s in the process of selling its soul. “I could climb up the TV tower or go on a hunger strike,” said Dirk, when I asked him what he thought about his …

Does this look like an Egyptian restaurant to you? Not to me. And not to my food-questing companion Jared, whom I wanted to impress with the random magic of a taxi adventure. Still, I walked into Empire Pizza II grasping at hope. In New York City, a lot of restaurants …

When Martín the taxista dropped me off at Don Lechón during last week’s taxi adventure, he was kind enough to let me in on another secret: La Mezzetta. “Everyone is nuts about this pizzeria,” he said, “It’s not my favorite – I don’t like their dough. But you should probably …