Prague – Czech Republic

December 16, 2017

The Flixbus from Frankfurt to Prague was fine.  It’s a long ride, 7 hours by bus or train, but most of the time we flew along.  The good news was it cost about €30/$35 which was less than the train from Berlin to Frankfurt.  So the first thing I did in Prague was to figure […]

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Frankfurt Germany

December 14, 2017

Frankfurt was a screw up.  I had planned to go to Gdansk and noted the train transferred at Frankfurt Ord, so I booked a room in Frankfurt only to find out that Ord is the name of a a rail station and Frankfurt Germany was in the opposite direction.  Glad I hadn’t booked anything in […]

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Berlin Odds and Ends

December 11, 2017

Berlin in 1900 Marx & Engels Cabs are beige not yellow n Odds

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Holocaust Memorial and German Spy Museum

December 11, 2017

On the way to the Spy Museum ( of course there is one) I went through this Holocaust Memorial     Enigma and other coding machines Gun in a pipe & contact gun glove Tools of the trade including a briefcase gun And a gun concealed in a violin case and more spy cameras and […]

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Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) – Berlin

December 10, 2017

The 300-year-old Zeughaus is the most important extant Baroque building in Berlin and the oldest building on Unter den Linden In the Elector’s Hall we find Victoria and Kaiser Wilhem   Field Marshall Schwerin Cardinals Richelieu & Mazarin A very damaged Jesus and Martin Luther & his wife  M This tent was taken as booty […]

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Bode Museum – Berlin

December 10, 2017

Opened in 1904 the Bode houses a great collection fo sculptures and Byzantine Art. Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg on horseback as you enter the museum The story of Joseph Jesus and disciples Mt Olive Vries – Venus & Adonis  and The Rape of Proserpina Martin Zurn – Sts. Florine & Sebastian Lacroix – Villa of […]

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Museum Island Berlin

December 9, 2017

In addition to the National Gallery there are four museums on the island.  Pergamon, Neus, Altes and Bode.  I went to the first 2 the same day in that order so I’ll just put all their photos on this one post. It boggles that mind that pottery created in 700 BC on the left, a […]

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National Gallery – Berlin

December 8, 2017

Considering the art on the Gallery esplanade, I knew the inside would be mind-blowing I found this one particularly disturbing. I’m guessing the bag in the rider’s left hand holds a head. And this American Indian was a surprise   Vilma Parlaghy – Kaiser Wilhelm III 1898 & Kühnert’s Lion at Watering Hole von Werner- […]

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Berlin Calling

December 7, 2017

Berlin, I never had any plans to go here but suddenly it seemed like a good place to start my Continental adventure.  And Ryanair had a real good €65/$82 flight.  A 2 1/2 hour bus from Waterford to Dublin airport was no problem since Kerrin at the Portree hotel had helpfully printed out my boarding […]

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Waterford, Ireland

December 5, 2017

As I approached Waterford on the bus, off in the distance I watched as the clouds descended on the hills like a blanket being laid on a bed. The Medieval Museum is the only museum that is built over a medieval building. Waterford City Seal   Have you ever wondered that the if all the […]

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