Auckland
September 18, 2015 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °CLeft at 9 pm from the flat using Uber, not a bad ride
Left at 9 pm from the flat using Uber, not a bad ride
Europe!
And so it begins, arrived, unpacked then went on a walking tour of The Brandenburg gate, the Memorial to the Dead jews of Europe (the name's tragically specific due to the debate around whether theRead more
Visited the Sachenhaussen Concentration Camp near the outskirts of Berlin, this was basically the nerve centre of the camp system which prototyped the practices carried out in all the otherRead more
Took the Red Berlin walking tour which took us along parts of the Berlin wall and the memorials for those who died trying to get over the wall, then went to the museum next to the memorial for theRead more
So after getting all the depressing Cold War and Nazi era stuff out of the way , we went in a walking tour of New Berlin with all the hipster graffiti and African beach bars
We finished the day withRead more
Visited Museum Island today and the Reichstag Parliament building, leaving for Leeuwarden tomorrow, barely made a dent in all the possible things Berlin had to offer but we got the important bitsRead more
Took the train from Berlin through to Amsterdam and then to Leeuwarden to stay with Glen's brother Daniel and his partner Anita,
they take their bikes seriously in the Netherlands, there are enormousRead more
Days 2 and 3 , walked around Leeuwarden and hung out