Month: November 2023
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Berlin Bike Tour – Thurs 16th Nov
Today we had a bike tour with Berlin by Bike. It was their highlights tour, so the idea was for us to get a good overview of the city history and sites. Berlin has very good bike infrastructure so this was a good way to see the city. We started out at Prenzlauer Berg. Our…
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VW Wolfsburg – Wed Nov 15th
Today was the first of several factory tours we have booked for this holiday at the Volkswagen Wolfsburg plant. Wolfsburg is about 269km from Berlin, an easy train ride of 1-1.5 hours. We started at the Volkswagen Autostadt. This is a complex of buildings, seperate from the factory with a museum, pavilions for each of…
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Berlin – Tues 14th Nov
I’m skipping forwards to Tuesday because Sunday and Monday were travel days of trains and planes and a lot of rain in Munich on our way to Berlin. We did have an excellent Turkish dinner on Monday night at Osman’s Tochter in Berlin. Highly recommended. So Tuesday morning we headed out bright and early to…
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Italian Days Food Tour – Sat 10th Nov
We had an early start today for our bus tour to learn about some of the food specialties of the Moderna region. The 7 am pickup in Bologna was necessary so we would arrive at the Parmigiano-Reggiano factory in time to see the production. Parmigiano-Reggiano is made every morning with the previous evening’s milking and…
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Bologna Pasta Class – 9th Nov
Bologna is famous for three things—the oldest university in the world, food and its porticos which are UNESCO World Heritage listed. In planning our two full days here I had the food side pretty much covered and then planned to hit the other two in the gaps. Our first day I had booked a pasta…
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Brescia, Italy – Wed 8th to Thurs 9th Nov
After our delayed flight to Milan we finally arrived in to Brescia mid-afternoon. We checked into the hotel and then headed off to the Roman ruins. Since we were so late, G’s client meeting was moved to the following afternoon, so he was able to join me sightseeing. Brescia is a bit off the normal…
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Walking the Highline then off to Italy – Nov 7th
Our last day in New York (☹️)… but we’re off to Italy (🍝🍦) We checked out after breakfast and left our luggage at the hotel. We headed over to the Highline, a linear park on the old elevated railway. Although the wildflowers were well past their prime, there were still some blooming and the seed…
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Another Food Tour and some Blues – Mon Nov 6 2023
Yes, I know another food tour … this time in the Lower East Side. We started at Katz Deli. Made famous by that scene in when Harry Met Sally. We had the specialty, pastrami on bread with some deli mustard. It was good. Melt in your mouth and so tasty. Not far from there is…
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New York Museums – Sat 4 Nov
This morning G had to drop his bag at the bag drop in Central Park so we walked together to do that. Central Park is looking beautiful with all the autumn leaves. After dropping the bag G headed back to the hotel and I went to The Met. So, it’s huge, but I am obsessed…
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Brooklyn Food Tour – Friday Nov 3rd
OK, back to Friday’s activities. We began the morning by joining the Fleet Feet Morning Miles run. It was a fun way to start the day but given what was coming next it would have been good for me to run further than 3km. I told you we love food tours … and there’s even…