Bratislava Bound
8. november 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. november 2023, Slovakia
Exploring 👣the Old Town: squares, winding streets, and statues...'Man at Work' was a favourite 😆
Bussing Bratislava
9. november 2023, Slovakia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Tourist 🚌 #2
Taking in the sights with an audio guided bus ride... in my element, of course 🤭
UFO Bridge
9. november 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 longestLes mer
Sex Machines Museum
10. november 2023, Tsjekkisk Republikk ⋅ ☁️ 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 personalLes mer
Walking Prague
11. november 2023, Tsjekkisk Republikk ⋅ ☁️ 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 timeLes mer
Unofficial World of Banksy
11. november 2023, Tsjekkisk Republikk ⋅ ☁️ 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. november 2023, Tsjekkisk Republikk ⋅ ⛅ 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. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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 WestLes mer
East Side Gallery
13. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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 walkedLes mer
ReisendeI am staying at the Meininger right next to the east side gallery, next to Ostbhanhof Station.
Bussing Berlin
14. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ 🌬 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 workLes mer
Reisende
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.
ReisendeSo 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. november 2023, Tyskland
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, butLes mer
Topography of Terror
15. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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 humanityLes mer
ReisendeThis 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. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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 andLes mer
Reichstag
16. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ 🌬 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. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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",Les mer
Nürnberg Noel
18. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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 suchLes mer
Way of Human Rights?
19. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 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 aLes mer
ReisendeThat was on my way into the city from the hotel where I stayed, first time I was there.
ReisendeWas 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 🤭
ReisendeNo - I was not far from the station. Never noticed any half-naked ladies, dammit…
Afraid of Stardust?
19. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 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!Les mer
Nazi Rally Grounds
20. november 2023, Tyskland ⋅ ☁️ 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 farLes mer
Train Travelling
21. november 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 hoursLes mer
Royal Museum of Central Africa
22. november 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, whichLes mer
Choco Story Museum
22. november 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 humanLes mer