Bratislava Bound
8. marraskuuta 2023, Slovakia ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
🚉 # 22
After a little hiccup with the check-in 🤭 I arrived safely. The old town looks lovely 😍
Until tomorrow....
Bratislava Old Town
9. marraskuuta 2023, Slovakia
Exploring 👣the Old Town: squares, winding streets, and statues...'Man at Work' was a favourite 😆
Bussing Bratislava
9. marraskuuta 2023, Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Tourist 🚌 #2
Taking in the sights with an audio guided bus ride... in my element, of course 🤭
UFO Bridge
9. marraskuuta 2023, Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Slovak National Uprising Bridge. 95m up, the view of the Danube 😍 and not just the view from the loo!
Interesting fact, the bridge spans 431m across the river and is unique as the world's longestLue lisää
Sex Machines Museum
10. marraskuuta 2023, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
🚉 # 23 to Prague 🇨🇿
A wander to Charles Bridge, and I bumped into this Museum! Having decided that my trip has been very cultured throughout, I took a break and went in 🤭
My personalLue lisää
Walking Prague
11. marraskuuta 2023, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
A first cold and wet walking tour 🌧
The astronomical clock is a very interesting piece of technological history 🤓 First installed in 1410 using a series of weights and gears, built at a timeLue lisää
Unofficial World of Banksy
11. marraskuuta 2023, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Banksy ✊️
I have engaged a lot with Banksy work in the past. This time, it feels different, and it's me that has changed! Czech beer to finish 🍺
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
Charles Bridge
12. marraskuuta 2023, Tšekin tasavalta ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
A last wander through the streets of Prague to snap Charles Bridge before heading to the station to catch intercity 🚉 # 24.
Berlin, here I come! Which brings Week 10 to a close, 👣 114, 063
Berliner Fernsehturm
13. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Hop On Off 🚍
After completing a loop to try and get my bearing, I hopped off at Berlin's 📺 Tower.
368m Tall, with a viewing platform at 203m, you can see Berlin was divided East and WestLue lisää
East Side Gallery
13. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Next, I hopped off at the East Side Gallery. A 1316m continous section of Berlin Wall on the Spree banks, now an open air art gallery with the murals painted directly onto the Wall, which I walkedLue lisää
MatkaajaI am staying at the Meininger right next to the east side gallery, next to Ostbhanhof Station.
Bussing Berlin
14. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Hop Off and On #2
I did a second loop to take in the sights, hopping off at a few more stops before diving into the detail 🤓
My picture of the Brandenburger Tor was spoilt by the restoration workLue lisää
Matkaaja
There was a lot of work being done to this earlier in the year. Did you find the location of Hitler’s bunker near here? There’s an information board indicating the site. It’s about 100 yards away from the back of the Holocaust Memorial, away from the Brandenburger Tor, heading towards Potsdamer Platz.
MatkaajaSo much work being done, it's really hard to take photos! There are platz that are complete construction sites! Yes, found the bunker, it's a car park...🤭
Berlin Wall 1961 to 1989
14. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa
The East Gallery, Berlin Wall Musuem, Checkpoint Charlie, and the DDR Museum outline the history of the Berlin Wall.
The defeat of the Nazi dictatorship by the allies did not bring peace, butLue lisää
Topography of Terror
15. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Third Reich, its rise and fall...
It reminds you to remember the importance of and value ways to hold power to account, cultivate tolerance, and accept differences in the knowledge that all humanityLue lisää
MatkaajaThis was the most moving museum/place I visited. Lots of history on that street - the Gestapo headquarters were partly under the museum and the DDR Stasi offices were across the road…
Wandering Berlin
16. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Strolling for the last time through the city, I sought out the memorial for the booking burning that took place on 10th May 1933.
The Nazi German Student Association's Main Office for Press andLue lisää
Reichstag
16. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Audio Guide 🎧 in hand, I walk the people's dome atop the Reichstag. The views 😍
The glass dome symbolises transparency and that people remain above the government.
Hamburger Bahnhof Gallery
17. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ 🌬 4 °C
Audio Guide 🎧 in hand, this gallery is in a former railway station. New artists discovered!
https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/ham…
Fotografiska Museum
17. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
A key exhibition theme: Race.
Angelica Bass, Humane Project: a direct reflection of skin colour, attempting to document humanity's true colours rather than untrue labels such as "white", "red",Lue lisää
Nürnberg Noel
18. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Intercity 🚉# 25 arrived in Nürnberg... beautiful 😍
Although, it's beginning to look a lot like 🎄🎅... I'm not ready 😟
Nürnberg Trials Museum
19. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The anger I felt visiting this museum was totally unexpected... 😡
I was in total disbelief that 4 countries responsible for so many crimes against humanity could be permitted to preside over suchLue lisää
Way of Human Rights?
19. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Who decided what is and is not a human right?
Why are human rights not implemented and protected by the state rather than remedied by individual action?
Article 25:
Everyone has the right to aLue lisää
MatkaajaThat was on my way into the city from the hotel where I stayed, first time I was there.
MatkaajaWas it called 5 reasons? As the place I am staying is right off this too? Although I did discover further down the road windows with half-naked ladies in 🤭
MatkaajaNo - I was not far from the station. Never noticed any half-naked ladies, dammit…
Afraid of Stardust?
19. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
The exhibition shows the constant oscillation between positions, categories, and identities, and how entrenched binary systems can be replaced by ambivalence and openness.
I loved Leigh Bowery video!Lue lisää
Nazi Rally Grounds
20. marraskuuta 2023, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
It is difficult to get your head around the size of the site and how big the Nazi party had wanted to make this place... 16km². Walking between the sites that remain, the Zeppelin Field was by farLue lisää
Train Travelling
21. marraskuuta 2023, Belgia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Intercity 🚉 #26 didn't quite go to plan!
I was all smiles when I took this picture, all on time and on my way until I wasn't! I was informed my connecting train had been cancelled... after 9 hoursLue lisää
Royal Museum of Central Africa
22. marraskuuta 2023, Belgia ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
After an unplanned early breakfast due to sharing with 😴, it turned out excellent with a wander through the city before my museum visit. This is the first museum that I have visited, whichLue lisää
Choco Story Museum
22. marraskuuta 2023, Belgia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
I had a salad for lunch, knowing full well that this museum included chocolate tasting 😋. I wasn't impressed by the approach of the museum, which did not mention colonialism, slavery or humanLue lisää