Germany
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Dresden day 3 – Museum with odd rules and odder clothing
Our final day in Dresden was again rainy and cold. We checked out of our room and stored our luggage in the lobby with the friendly Dresden lady behind the desk. We decided that a good activity would be the indoor tour of the Saxon Royal Palace. The museum had an odd rule. The first…
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Dresden day 2 – Cultural exchange and reconciliation for the future
Our second day in Dresden, we all slept in. We needed the rest! Nezzie had started with a cold, and the days before were quite active for all of us. I had planned Dresden as a more relaxing visit, and that was a good idea. After emerging from our building, we were walking in the…
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Dresden, Day One
Dresden made it on our itinerary for its Christmas markets, and we did greatly enjoy those. We also met one of the Dresden Sister City hosts for a visit to a Christmas market and dinner. We felt inspired by the history and current spirit of the Frauenkirche, Dresden’s landmark church. Entering the Dresden train station…
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Final thoughts on 2010 trip
Our last day was spent seeing old Munich one last time. We ate lunch at the biergarten with the chinese style pavillion. Lest you think we were eating Chinese food, we were not. It is Bavaria after all. The Chinese tower is only a decoration. The food was all wurst, sauerkraut, potatoes and beer. The…
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Art, parks, and a trip through the Alps
So no big news from Friday. It was a travel day on the train. Next time, I would like to stop and see Verona and Innsbruck, 2 cities we passed through on the train. Yesterday, Astrid and I went the the Neue Pinakotek, an art museum that includes modern and contemporary art. I’m a fan…
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Didn’t Hitchcock make this movie?
Does anyone recall the suspense film The 39 Steps? Was it a Hitchcock film? In any case, Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria beat that. Try going up and down 133 steps, 66 steps, 34 steps, etc. Yesterday, we saw 2 of his castles: Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. Afterwards, my legs felt like quivering spaetzle. Obviously, the…
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Sporting news
Today was a day for athletics: soccer, Olympics, the Buckeyes, and a good sport in our midst (me). We attended our first European soccer game. It was with the second-tier team TSV1860 in the large Allianz Arena. The stadium was not very full, but the loud so-called hooligans made up for it. It was a…
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History: beauty and ugliness
Today we saw the extremes of history. First, we visited the concentration camp at Dachau. It was humanity at our worst. The sign on the front gate said in wrought iron, “Arbeit macht frei,” which means “Work makes you free.” Dachau started out primarily as a work camp. But thousands died there from 1933 to…
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Doug’s first beer
Our first day in Munich was beautiful, sunny, and 60 degrees. The perfect day for wurst, sauerkraut, potatoes and beer in a beer garden crowded with locals. Timo (Doug’s friend) and his mother Astrid took us on the Ubahn to downtown Munich for this treat. Douglas preferred the beer that came with lemonade in it…
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