Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
Earlier this summer Keltin and I visited Phoenix for a family reunion. The desert was absolutely beautiful, I loved it but I’m never going back in the summer again if I can help it. I’m not sure I didn’t melt. I did wear enough sunscreen to not get too burned but the dry heat was
I’m a bit behind on my posts. This was a Getaway trip from this spring. We wanted a relaxing weekend and a rainy one was perfect. We expected some rain but a thunderstorm with those big windows in the cabin was a bit wild. Bear was not a fan of the thunder and it made
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
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
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