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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2025 Jan #6: Hampstead Heath, Kensington

Hampstead Heath is a huge open space; kinda reminiscent of The Presidio. Spent the AM walking. Through West Hampstead and into Hampstead:...

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Jan 141 min read

2025 Jan #5: Kilburn, Willesden

Southwest from the flat today, on foot again. 1st order of business: semi-annual haircut for Doug. David recommended this guy ‘Gas’ in...

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Jan 131 min read

2025 Jan #4: Hampstead, Primrose Hill, St Regents Park, St Johns Wood, Abbey Road

Sun Jan 12: Today we walked south-east, through West Hampstead, South Hampstead and Swiss Cottage, to Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park;...

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Jan 121 min read

2025 Jan #3: Hampstead

Saturday Jan 11: Spent our first afternoon (I slept ‘til 11!) strolling the north-east quadrant of our immediate neighborhood. We’re in...

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Jan 111 min read

2025 Jan #2: London!

Left PandPMartin at 11AM Thu Jan 9 for a 2PM flight to SF; plenty of time, smooth sailing. Transferred to a 5:35PM flight to London....

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Jan 111 min read

2025 Jan #1 California

New years with Chris & Lisa in St Helena: Two days with George & Yvonne in Santa Rosa: Two days in SF. 1st image is at The Page, newly...

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Jan 91 min read

2024 Dec #2: California!

Back home to California for the month of December. 12/21 Usual astonishing fare at Mark & Karisa’s in Lafayette to pick up the children...

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Dec 311 min read

2024 Dec #1: Munich

We flew home from Munich; spent an afternoon and night there pre-flight. Munich is very different from Berlin: smaller, cleaner. Wanna...

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Dec 28, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #12: Uschi in Horb

…and the next day, we all left. The kids to the airport to fly home, we to the train station to go to a small town called Horb to visit a...

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Dec 26, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #11: children

Adrienne arrived on the 23rd, bringing the total Berlin Bergh quota to 4. Here we are in Markthalle Neun, suggested by August: This was...

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Dec 18, 20241 min read

2024 nov #10: Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg is a Cold War era US spy station atop the highest peak in or around Berlin - a massive mound of the rubble from the WWII...

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Dec 2, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #9: August

August arrived Nov 19. Strolling Prenzlauer Berg we discovered a nice French crepe spot: And a very chic looking health club: …and yet...

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Dec 2, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #8: Mauerfall 35

Nov 9 turns out to be a big day in Berlin, lots of historical events happened on that date. One is the fall of the wall in 1989. So...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #7: Prenzlauer Berg

Leslie had a hair appointment today, in Prenzlauer Berg. I dropped her off and strolled: Later in the afternoon we went to a photo...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #6: Filmmuseum

Had something of a surreal experience today. There's a film museum in a modern building on Potsdamer Platz. The entrance is confusing -...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #5: Kreuzberg

Kreutzberg is huge & many-faceted. Today we stumbled across a canal with a walking/biking path & had a nice stroll: Followed by the...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #4: Bunker

Had a heavy history lesson yesterday & today. There are several above-ground bunkers scattered about Berlin, built hastily when it...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #3: Berlin Mitte

Spent some time walking around the Mitte kietz, where most of the famous landmarks & monuments are. The Spree river cuts through the...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #2: klezmer @ the symphonie

There’s a vine growing attached to the wall behind the hinter hoff, we see it every time we leave or arrive. There’s a famous Klezmer...

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Nov 23, 20241 min read

2024 Nov #8-1/2: The Ordeal

Something of a disappointing week. Root canal, allergic reaction to antibiotic, bleeding ulcer, four days in the hospital. Tl;dr Fri...

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Nov 15, 20245 min read

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