“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” It’s that time of year again and that can only mean one thing: Time to bake Christmas cookies. This year I was inspired by the Danube River cruise I took this summer and decided I needed to bake some traditional German cookies. On the second day of my cruise… Read More
2013 is a year I won’t soon forget. Sure, I had many opportunities to travel the world, something I absolutely live for, but I also had a stressful year. In May I ended up fracturing my right foot while I was in Toronto (fifth metatarsal fracture to be exact) and that took me out of… Read More
It may not be New Year’s yet, but it is that time of year when I start pondering the possibilities of our New Year’s Eve trip. In case you haven’t been following along, we decided to go down the alphabet and visit cities we have never been to before for New Year’s Eve. In 2011,… Read More
One of the many places we wanted to stop and see on our New Year’s trip to Berlin was Winter World at the Sony Center in Potzdamer Platz. We were on an extremely relaxed schedule with no deadlines and nowhere to be at any specific time so we wandered the city at our own pace. You… Read More
Have you ever noticed how that pedestrian traffic signals are different depending on where you are in the world? I absolutely fell in love with the little crossing man, the East German pedestrian traffic light symbol or the “ampel men.” He seemed so friendly whether telling me to cross or to stay right where I… Read More
Adjusting to the time difference from Boston to Berlin plus jet lag eventually caught up with us. Somehow, we woke up later than we ever would at home because we were oblivious as to what time it was in Berlin. Regardless of what time it was or how we felt, we finally made it out… Read More
The Reichstag Nothing, including the overcast Berlin sky, was going to deter us from walking all over Berlin. While we were walking from the Brandenburg Gate over to the Reichstag, we were able to see the dome upon our approach. Thought I would start this post off with a picture showing the contrast between old… Read More
The Reichstag Facing the cold weather, we persevered and headed directly to the Reichstag after walking past the Brandenburg Gate. It wasn’t snowing or even windy, but it was bone chilling cold out. I was so glad that I packed lightweight liners to wear under my clothes plus my gloves and scarf. Why did we… Read More
Walking up to the Reichstag Lucky! Yes, that’s what we are! Rich has a good friend who is from Berlin and she was kind enough to give us incredibly detailed information on all of the best places to go to while we were in Berlin. One place she suggested we visit was The Reichstag. Love… Read More
After our short one hour flight from Copenhagen on SAS, we soon landed in Berlin. Flying into the city, I tried to absorb as much as I could see from the plane and was so surprised at the size of the city. At just over 344 square miles and with a population of over 3.5… Read More
