Tag: Hungary Trip
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Berlin site seeing
We walked all over Mitte Berlin today. So many things to see. I found a yarn store and bought some lovely soft fingering weight in mustards. We were concentrated near Museum Island and the Spree River. Good food and shopping here. We used public transportation, both the underground and the light rail. Most of the…
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Berlin Street Art
There was a lot of street art today. Some in areas where it’s allowed and some not so much. I greatly enjoyed it.
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Berlin Food Tour
The thing about Berlin foods is that they really aren’t German. That’s one of the things that makes it a great foodie destination, many different foods from all around the world. When you ask locals what’s good around here the first response is almost always a kebab place. The basic influence here is a huge…
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Breakfast in Berlin
Another selection of meats and cheeses for breakfast this morning. I slept well last night, is it possible I have managed to adjust to my current time zone? There is a lovely little garden outside our window and the breeze through the trees sounds nice. Between that and the birds you could almost forget you…
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Sitting in Berlin eating a Kabob
Here is our first portion of the trip where translation is more of a challenge. We got to our Airbnb and I had to point and mime that I needed the key from the local business. Luckily they were expecting me, otherwise I would likely be in a German prison right now. The kabob place…
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Arrival in Berlin with a bang
We made our way from Amsterdam to Berlin today. We got off the train at the station and almost instantly the wind picked up, it began to pour down rain, and lightning lit up the sky. We had been considering taking a bus or walking to our place… but we decided to opt for an…
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Amsterdam, the Dutch, and bikes.
You might have heard that the dutch love their bikes. I’m here to verify that is completely accurate. More bikes than people? Well we did witness one guy biking and towing another bike with him, so he is certainly working towards that goal. You absolutely must be careful as a pedestrian. Bikes have the right…
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The Lucy Lou
Our home away from home in Amsterdam was the Lucy Lou, a house boat on one of the many canals in Amsterdam. It is a cute little loft space in the bow of a larger boat. We had a bathroom with an awkwardly tall toilet and very nice triangular shaped shower. The bed was on…
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The Anne Frank House
We went to the tour of the Anne Frank house. We climbed behind the bookshelf into the concealed door to walk through the rooms they lived in during the time she wrote her diary. They were tiny. The floors creaked. The windows were blackened out. The families spent 2 years in that space. You can…
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