Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This was kinda of a wild camping trip. We kept being chased away by chill bison. They were there and weren’t going to be moving anytime soon so we went elsewhere. There was a bison in the middle of the hiking trail and when we got back to camp a big bison was just laying
Earlier this year I posted about olive oil cakes and I did make a saffron variation that was very well loved at a gender reveal party. But I wanted an easier to share version and cakes can be hard to travel with if you want them to stay pretty. This recipe is just slightly sweet
We had a great, if sometimes somber, time in Berlin. It is a city that I would love to visit again, maybe in the spring next time instead of the heart of winter. I would also like to see some more of the country. What is your favorite part of Berlin? Let me know in
Title: Berlin A Short HistoryAuthor: Bernd StöverTranslator: Donna StonecipherPublication Date: 2013Publishing House: C.H. Beck I picked this book up in Berlin as my regional literature book. I found this book in the gift shop of the Neues Museum. Finding books in English wasn’t as difficult in Berlin as it was in Valencia but I still
Our first night in Berlin we were starving after a day of travel. We had come from the warm Mediterranean to a cold and windy city. A quick Google search told us there was a Vietnamese restaurant around the corner from our hotel. The food was so good. On our walking tour the next day
When planning this trip I had no idea where to stay. For our visit to Valencia, we were able to get suggestions from my sister’s university but I was flying blind on this leg of the trip. Keltin requested that we stay near to the Brandenburg Gate. I will admit that I used that as
My apologies for the delay in this series, this is a difficult post to write. Concentration camps are not easy places to visit. They are places of sadness, death, and painful memories. That being said, they should be visited. The people whose lives were shattered in those awful places deserve to be remembered. Sachsenhausen is
The Neues or New Museum is four stories and contains Egyptian artifacts on the first couple of floors. The 3rd and 4th floors are dedicated to Germanic history. From pre-history to a bit more modern. The gem of this museum is the bust of Nefertiti. The bust may be down an eye but it feels
Title: The Stardust ThiefAuthor: Chelsea AbdullahPublication Date: 2022Publishing House: Orbit I am SO behind on my book reviews! This was a Book of the Month book that I didn’t select but later got from the library. Synopsis: Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and
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