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DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG
65: time to hit the road
I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.
Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.
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2024 Oct #10: Akazien, Nollendorf & Kreutzberg
Two days: Oct 15 & 16, we covered 3 kietz: Akazienkietz, which is kind of part of Schöneberg, Nollendorfkietz, which straddles Schöneberg...
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Oct 23, 20241 min read
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2024 Oct #9: Schloss Charlottenburg
Today we walked through the grounds, and around the neighborhood, of Charlottenburg Palace. The palace & grounds are pretty impressive,...
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Oct 23, 20241 min read
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2024 Oct #8: Fest of Lights
One day a year the city puts on a Festival of Lights, in which they commission artists to make light shows on the downtown buildings....
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Oct 20, 20241 min read
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2024 Oct #7: coffee, mitte
Out of coffee, off to FirstCrack in Prenzlauer Berg: Then back through Mitte. The dark circle is the shadow of the TV tower:
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Oct 20, 20241 min read
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2024 Oct #6: Potsdam
Potsdam is a big town / small city just outside Berlin. Lots happened there: it was the home of Prussian royalty for a long time, the...
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Oct 19, 20241 min read
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2024 October #5: more Neukölln
Leslie found a Lebanese restaurant in Neukölln (known for middle-eastern communities): Azzam. We ate there, it was great! Walking back...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read
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2024 October #4: Friedenau
On Oct 6 we moved to Friedenau. It’s quite different than Friedrichshain: more upscale, a bit more suburban. It’s the blue dot in the...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read
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2024 October #3: Birgit @ Bellboy
We have been meeting one of my online Deutsch teachers, Birgit. She suggested this place Bellboy, an over-the-top 20’s supper club. Very...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read
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2024 October #2: Prenzlauer Berg
Leslie had a hair appointment in Preslauer Berg. I dropped her off & went exploring. Ran across the Kulturbraurei, the brewery of...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read
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2024 October #1: more Berlin mitte
Misc walking about on a cold & rainy day... Marienkirche: Hackescher Markt: The DDR museum. Pretty interesting, there was a...
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Oct 8, 20241 min read
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2024 September #22: Berlin mitte
Today is the last day of September, Monday the 30th. We got around a fair amount today (although, checking the health app, we did about...
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Oct 4, 20242 min read
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2024 September #21: Marathon
So the Berlin marathon was today (Sun Sep 28). We set up between the 2 and 3 KM markers, at a sharp right turn in the route. There were...
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Oct 3, 20241 min read
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2024 September #20: Neukölln
First signs of winter; pulled out scarves gloves & hats & headed out for Neuköln for more exploration. First stop: Friedrichshain...
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Sep 30, 20241 min read
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2024 September #19: Berlin Treptower Park
Another day in Treptower park, in the former East Berlin alongside the Spree river. It's huge, many-faceted. There's a Forest School and...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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2024 September #18: Stasi in the DDR
Living in the former East Berlin, we've been diving deep into DDR history. The "stasi" was the DDR's ministry for state security, the...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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2024 September #17: Berlin Schlachtensee
Scenes from the S-Bahn around the Ost-Kreuz station, near home, in the former East-Berlin: On Birgit’s suggestion, we took a walk around...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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2024 September #16: Deutsch
By the way we've been spending 4 hours a day, 4 days a week in German language class. It's in the brown building in the center of the...
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Sep 28, 20241 min read
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2024 September #15: Hamburg
We took a long weekend trip to Hamburg: Left Fri AM, returned to Berlin Sun PM. It's a 2-1/2 hour train trip, so we had pretty much 3...
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Sep 26, 20242 min read
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2024 September #14: Berlin Treptower Park
There are many large open spaces and parks in Berlin. One such is Treptower Park, in the former East Berlin along the banks of the river...
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Sep 25, 20241 min read
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2024 September #13: Berlin Schöneberg und Mitte
[I am extremely frustrated with this blogging app, this is a shitty post, bear with me…] We walked by the central trainstation - it's...
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Sep 25, 20241 min read
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