Month: November 2023
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Dachau – Sat Nov 26th
We had to be in Munich to catch our flights home so we decided to arrive a day earlier to fit in a trip to Dachau. E was probably the worst he had been all trip and since it was so cold he decided to stay home. To be honest, three hours in the cold…
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In The Garden – November 2023
It’s now the 30th of November here, so the end of NaBloPoMo. I just checked my number of posts for November and there are twenty-seven, this post makes twenty-eight and I just found two that didn’t post on schedule. I think WordPress may not have liked my multiple time zone changes. So today you get…
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Stuttgart to Munich – Fri 25th November
This morning we had a few hours to get breakfast and wander round Stuttgart before boarding our train to Munich. We had a look around Schloss Platz in the daytime. Our train to Munich was ridiculously hot. We stripped off as many clothes as possible but it was still stifling. Then we sat stationary for…
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I am home!
E and I arrived home late last night. G is in the UK visiting clients. One advantage of flying in late is that we could just go straight to bed, and being tired, get a decent night’s sleep. That gives a good kickstart to getting over jetlag. It’s 8:50 am here and 10:50 pm in…
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Stuttgart, Porsche and Esslingen Christmas Markets – Thurs 24th Nov
Today was our final factory tour, this one at Porsche. We were a but rushed getting there because one of the trains out there was cancelled so we had a wait for the following one but we made it just after 10 am and had time to jump into the tour.phones and bags have to…
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Stuttgart Mercedes day – Wed 22nd Nov
I’m mainly skipping past Tuesday which was our travel day from Munich, which involved a long train trip. We did enjoy an excellent dinner at the Cube restaurant in the evening. This restaurant is on the top floor of the Kundtmuseum, with fabulous views and modern food. Our visit to Stuttgart was all about the…
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Hamburg Airbus Factory Tour – Mon 20th Nov
The big thing scheduled for today was a tour of the Airbus factory, but like all the factory tours, no photos were allowed. In the morning we went back to the warehouse district so we could have more of a look in the daylight. From there we caught a ferry, train and then bus out…
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Hamburg – Sun 19th Nov
Today I’d booked two tours with Experience Hamburg Tours. We started a 6:30am for the Sankt Pauli Fishmarket Tour. We walked down the banks of the river learning about Hamburg’s Maritime history stopping at various sights along the way until we got to the fish market. This runs from 7am-11am over the winter months. The…
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Berlin to Hamburg – Sat 18th Nov
Today we left Berlin in the mid-afternoon so we had some time in the morning to do some sightseeing. We went for brunch then we decided to go out to the Stasi museum. This is located in the old Stasi headquarters. We learnt all about the tactics and strategies the DDR used to suppress resistance.…
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Berlin, museums, airport and food tour – Fri 17th Nov
Today we had big day planned. In the morning we visited the DDR museum which is a fun museum exploring aspects of life in the DDR. Afterwards we visited the Typography of Terror which looks at how the Gestapo and SS operated. After getting some lunch we went to the Templehof Airport. This was a…