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Isemarkt – Market under the Tracks
I am a big fan of street markets and a sucker for nostalgia. When we planned to come up to Hamburg for a weekend from Berlin, Isemarkt popped into my mind immediately. The market part of that urge is...
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Greenhouses at the Berlin Botanical Garden
I really like Victorian era greenhouses. Not necessarily the plants, although they can be neat, but mostly the architecture of the buildings. The Victorian age saw a lot of the European countries...
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Climbing the Reichstag Building
The Reichstag Building in Berlin is the seat of the German Parliamentary group and one of the more recognizable buildings in the city. It is right around the corner from the Brandenburger Tor and once...
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Wandering Hamburg’s Speicherstadt
Hamburg is a port city from one end to the other. The Speicherstadt, storage-city, is an area of town composed of towering brick warehouses in lines between canals. The area has been renovated in...
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Hamburg from above
So many cities in Europe have a tall place to look down at the city from. Hence the from-above series on Ctrl-Alt-Travel. This post is Hamburg. To get these views, you need to go to the top of the...
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Climbing Freiburg Cathedral : Freiburg from Above
I like looking at cities from above. There is always a high spot to survey the land, either a tower or hill. In Freiburg, although there is castle hill with a wonderful view, there is also the tower of...
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A Day in Munich’s Viktualienmarkt
I love German cities, how the touristy bits are often right around from the markets. Oh and I love markets. So when we wandered into the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, I was happy to explore. It is a big...
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Munich From Above : Climbing the Peters Tower
The center of old Munich is dominated by big things. The most well known is probably the Rathaus with its rows of pointy spires and Glockenspiel, but there are others in the area. One at least that you...
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Candied Almonds at the Frankfurt Christmas Market
Before I moved here, I didn’t associate Christmas or even Germany with candied nuts, but I do now. Amongst all of the Gluhwein and sausage stands at a Christmas market, there are always a number of...
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Alphabetic Postcards of Travel
It’s kind of goofy, but we definitely like to make lists of the places we have been, catalog them and think back on them. So here is a look at some of the places we have been alphabetically as...
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