Day 1 - Luton to Berlin
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The Kirkwood parents, it's well documented, are not great in the air. We're also pretty bad at early mornings, and I hate motorway driving, especially in driving rain. Add a prolapsed disc into theEn savoir plus
The Kirkwood parents, it's well documented, are not great in the air. We're also pretty bad at early mornings, and I hate motorway driving, especially in driving rain. Add a prolapsed disc into theEn savoir plus
After hardly any sleep last night and with Andy walking well beyond his capacity just to get to the apartment, day one was a settling in sort of day. Our apartment is 'unusual' - it has glass doors,En savoir plus
My weather app was absolutely spot on. At 2am the heavens opened, and thunder and lightning commenced operation 'keep them awake'. I've never heard thunder so loud. It went on for at least half anEn savoir plus
Last night we decided, with regret, that if we were going to enjoy the remainder of the holiday, we were going to have to spend some of our remaining time in two groups: one group consists of thoseEn savoir plus
Finally made it to the most grandiose strasse we've seen so far - we were at the Brandenburg gate end yesterday but didn't make it very far along. We also had to stop for spaghetti ice cream, anotherEn savoir plus
Thank goodness for technology and telecommunications! Group Warhammer let us know that they were up and moving, so we made our way via Rathaus and Alexanderplatz to the East Side shopping centreEn savoir plus
A few more of the wall, before heading out to Potsdam today.
Not enough foodie pics in the last couple of posts ... also included here are our apartment block, building opposite, Thomas's room (sleeps up to 6!) and the spare (dining) room in this odd place.
After a bit of a glitch when we arrived in Potsdam about which tickets we needed, we finally got on some German trams! Got dropped off in the Dutch area - beautiful quiet streets. Found the churchEn savoir plus
"Sans souci" means "Without worries", meaning that we all had Hakuna Matata in our heads this afternoon! We really applauded Frederick the Great's idea to build a palace outside the city to live inEn savoir plus
Voyageur Andy!!!! Who carries screwdrivers with them??!! You made it though, have a fabulous time!! 🇩🇪🍻 xx
Voyageur Exactly! To be fair, they were very thin ones ... possibly for repairing woodwind instruments? But not sure airport security staff would think that was relevant!
Voyageur I have a feeling I am going to LOVE this blog 😉 😆 Have a great time x
Voyageur Thank you Julia! Back atcha!