Bratislava Bound
8 novembre 2023, Slovacchia ⋅ 🌙 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 novembre 2023, Slovacchia
Exploring 👣the Old Town: squares, winding streets, and statues...'Man at Work' was a favourite 😆
Bussing Bratislava
9 novembre 2023, Slovacchia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Tourist 🚌 #2
Taking in the sights with an audio guided bus ride... in my element, of course 🤭
UFO Bridge
9 novembre 2023, Slovacchia ⋅ ☁️ 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 longestLeggi altro
Sex Machines Museum
10 novembre 2023, Repubblica Ceca ⋅ ☁️ 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 personalLeggi altro
Walking Prague
11 novembre 2023, Repubblica Ceca ⋅ ☁️ 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 timeLeggi altro
Unofficial World of Banksy
11 novembre 2023, Repubblica Ceca ⋅ ☁️ 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 novembre 2023, Repubblica Ceca ⋅ ⛅ 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 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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 WestLeggi altro
East Side Gallery
13 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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 walkedLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreI am staying at the Meininger right next to the east side gallery, next to Ostbhanhof Station.
ViaggiatoreWarschauer Straße S-Bahn isn’t too far, which I used a lot - opposite there is the East Side Mall which has a good supermarket in its basement.
Bussing Berlin
14 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ 🌬 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 workLeggi altro
Viaggiatore
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.
ViaggiatoreSo 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 novembre 2023, Germania
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, butLeggi altro
Topography of Terror
15 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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 humanityLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreThis 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 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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 andLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreI was very annoyed at this as it really spoilt visiting the platz! 😔
Reichstag
16 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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.
ViaggiatoreI’ve only been inside once, in 1990. Back then you just walked up and paid at the entrance. None of the faff of booking a time slot across the road.
Hamburger Bahnhof Gallery
17 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ 🌬 4 °C
Audio Guide 🎧 in hand, this gallery is in a former railway station. New artists discovered!
https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/ham…
ViaggiatoreThere’s some weird stuff in there. I went a couple of years ago. The Hauptbahnhof nearby is almost as artistic :)
Fotografiska Museum
17 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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",Leggi altro
Nürnberg Noel
18 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Intercity 🚉# 25 arrived in Nürnberg... beautiful 😍
Although, it's beginning to look a lot like 🎄🎅... I'm not ready 😟
Viaggiatore
Looks like you’ve arrived for the Christmas markets - I’ve never seen the marketplace with stalls in it!
ViaggiatoreThat street by the way, is one you’ll see on lots of Nazi propaganda films of their parades in the 30s.
Nürnberg Trials Museum
19 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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 suchLeggi altro
Way of Human Rights?
19 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ⛅ 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 aLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreThat was on my way into the city from the hotel where I stayed, first time I was there.
ViaggiatoreWas 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 🤭
ViaggiatoreNo - I was not far from the station. Never noticed any half-naked ladies, dammit…
Afraid of Stardust?
19 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ⛅ 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!Leggi altro
Viaggiatore
There was a great documentary on Keith Haring on iPlayer. Not sure if it’s still available though.
Nazi Rally Grounds
20 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 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 farLeggi altro
Viaggiatore
The door behind you and the Führerkanzel down below were spooky, knowing that Hitler had been there and had walked down those steps.
Train Travelling
21 novembre 2023, Belgio ⋅ ☁️ 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 hoursLeggi altro
Royal Museum of Central Africa
22 novembre 2023, Belgio ⋅ ☁️ 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, whichLeggi altro
Choco Story Museum
22 novembre 2023, Belgio ⋅ ☁️ 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 humanLeggi altro