Berlin: Ooops again! This time it’s a hotel, not the airport
December 3, 2015
If that’s a puzzling headline, you may have missed Gumbo’s chronicle of the continuing troubles Berlin is having getting its new airport built. This time,
If that’s a puzzling headline, you may have missed Gumbo’s chronicle of the continuing troubles Berlin is having getting its new airport built. This time,
The Berlin TV Tower (German: Fernsehturm) is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany (close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte). The tower was designed by East German
One of the more unusual clocks I’ve seen in some time (pun intended) is the World Time Clock (Weltzeituhr) in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. It was
Oktoberfest is an annual 16 day folk festival that runs from mid-September to the first weekend in October. The largest gathering is in Munich, Germany, which is attended by more then six million people (who consume more than six…
The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951 when the Berlin City Palace was demolished. After restoration, it
Plenty of bread here, but we also had tasty meats, tempting pastry, great coffee, craft beer, local wines and more.
This large central plaza in central Berlin has been nearly-deserted at times during our week here, but for Friday night, there are crowds, loud music
This one starts out at 60 kilos of beef; the center is still frozen long after the outside’s been sliced and eaten.
Literally “stumbling blocks,” these small plaques are set into the sidewalk at spots where residents of the houses were taken by Gestapo and sent to
Every city has typical street food and vendors—New York’s hot dogs and souvlaki, Philadelphia’s pretzels, Amsterdam’s herring—but Berlin, like Vienna, specializes in sausages, especially currywurst, a bratwurst slathered in…
If that’s a puzzling headline, you may have missed Gumbo’s chronicle of the continuing troubles Berlin is having getting its
The Berlin TV Tower (German: Fernsehturm) is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany (close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte). The tower
One of the more unusual clocks I’ve seen in some time (pun intended) is the World Time Clock (Weltzeituhr)
Oktoberfest is an annual 16 day folk festival that runs from mid-September to the first weekend in October. The largest gathering is in Munich, Germany, which is attended by more then six million people (who consume more than six…
The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951 when the Berlin City Palace
Plenty of bread here, but we also had tasty meats, tempting pastry, great coffee, craft beer, local wines and more.
This large central plaza in central Berlin has been nearly-deserted at times during our week here, but for Friday night,
This one starts out at 60 kilos of beef; the center is still frozen long after the outside’s been sliced
Literally “stumbling blocks,” these small plaques are set into the sidewalk at spots where residents of the houses were taken
Every city has typical street food and vendors—New York’s hot dogs and souvlaki, Philadelphia’s pretzels, Amsterdam’s herring—but Berlin, like Vienna, specializes in sausages, especially currywurst, a bratwurst slathered in…