The first month of 2011 is already over, just like that. Maybe it was the excitement of finally getting rid of my crutches, but January really sped by without me even noticing. Each day I felt closer and closer to my old self again, marveling at the wonders of being able to do the most …
Category: Travel
Travel
December 22 Travel. How did you travel in 2010? How and/or where would you like to travel next year? (Author: Tara Hunt) Most of my traveling this year was local. Train trips to the usual spots, like Hannover and Berlin. Visiting friends in Groß Pankow, Heidelberg, Görlitz and Dittersbach (near the Polish border). Work trips …
Between Hamburg and Berlin
This past weekend we relaxed a bit with a trip to the countryside to visit a friend and his (relatively) recently acquired farm house (plus barn), about an hour outside of Hamburg on the way to Berlin. Since no trains stop there and since we have no car, we traveled by Mitfahrgelegenheit — basically a …
Görlitz
The last post in my series of photos from my trip to eastern Germany last weekend is dedicated to Görlitz, which charmed the socks off of me. The city is filled with gorgeous architecture (that wasn’t destroyed in World War II) and while I wandered around on Friday afternoon, the streets of the Old Town …