Category Archives: Germany

Germany, Berlin, 11-14 July 2016

Posted on Thursday, 14-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Berlin Wall Memorial Stolpersteine – Commemorating the Victims Finding Stolpersteine Map Murdered Jews of Europe Memorial Tiergarten, Global Stone Project, Soviet War Memorial and the Victory Column The Art Gallery and the Reichstag Potsdam and the Schloss Sanssouci – a day … Continue reading →

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Germany, Berlin, 9-10 July 2016

Posted on Sunday, 10-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Berlin again, more Museums, this one is the Technical Museum, huge place, very interesting. Next stop the Stasi Museum, the Stasi were the East German secret police who spied on the German people, they had about 100,000 employees and 200,000 … Continue reading →

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Germany, Berlin, 8 July 2016

Posted on Friday, 8-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Four hour cruise around the River Spree and Landwehr canal The Jewish Museum and Checkpoint Charlie

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Germany, Berlin, 7 July 2016

Posted on Thursday, 7-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Berlin TV tower great view from the top, get there early, the Cathedral, Chocolate House amazing creations and ice-cream, Jewish Synagogue, a bit rundown, no photographs and Hackescher Market

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Germany, Berlin, 5-6 July 2016

Posted on Wednesday, 6-July-2016 by Chris Desmond

Berlin, a big modern city with a notorious past. Museums and memorials everywhere all commemorating the mayhem that originated here. Lots of tourists, public transport that will get you anywhere and everything is well organised. Population 6 million and about one-third … Continue reading →

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Germany – German Beer, 16 September 2015

Posted on Thursday, 17-September-2015 by Chris Desmond

Germany – Beer lovers Heaven

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Germany – Dortmund, Eisenach, Erfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, …1 – 16 September 2015

Posted on Wednesday, 16-September-2015 by Chris Desmond

From Kanerkinden I rode to Dortmund in Germany, 6 hours on the autobahn, the last 1.5 hours in pouring rain. Low sided on a slow right hand bend just before I arrived at my destination, one slightly damaged pannier (later, … Continue reading →

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Netherlands to Slovenia, 3-6 July 2013

Posted on Saturday, 6-July-2013 by Chris Desmond

Left Veghel, Netherlands in a  drizzle and it rained all day through Germany except for an hour just before crossing the Swiss border. Riding in the rain is very tiring as helmets do not have wipers and you have to … Continue reading →

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Europe, 10 May – 05 July 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 6-July-2010 by Chris Desmond

I hired a car and drove around Europe for a couple of months 1. Los Angeles to Amsterdam 2. Veghel, Netherlands 3. Eindhoven, Netherlands to Stanstead, UK 4. Brooklands and Mercedes, UK 5. London Eye, UK 6. East Sussex, UK … Continue reading →

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