A new day a new city, this time to the historic town of Weimar, formerly the capital of the state of Thuringia. Some may know it as the city where articles were signed after World War 1, reorganizing Germany as the Weimar Republic. But it’s really not that. Even though it is. Much like the … More Historic Weimar

Well, there was certainly a lot of unique builds I saw today, starting with a very large church with a really interesting door. But I didn’t go inside as there was currently a “Gottesdienst” (church service) going on. So next I went to the grand (Evangelical) Magdeburg Cathedral, officially the “Dom zu Magdeburg St. Mauritius … More Architecture

After leaving Potsdamburg today, I took the train little ways west to the very, very old city of Magdeburg! The capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was founded in 805 by Charlemagne! It has Germany’s oldest cathedral, and probably some other things too. We’ll see… When I got here the first thing I did … More Every City In Germany Ends In burg, and Every Street Is Named After Willy Brandt

Palace-Castle-Plaza-Court, It seems to describe today pretty well. Remember the post from two days ago titled Potsdam Is Nothing But Palaces. Well I got more confirmation of that today. My walk started off with a trip up a nearby hill, where up on top sits some old Roman Ruins, the mountain is called “Ruinenberg” (Ruins … More Schloßburgplatzhof

Well, I decided that the Film Museum just wasn’t enough so I went somewhere a bit more exciting. Filmpark Babelsberg! Germany’s response to Universal Studios! Or maybe Universal Studios is the response, I’m not sure which park came first. I just know, as stated previously Studio Babelsberg is the oldest large scale movie company in … More Filmpark Babelsberg!

Finally got the images to work after many, many, many tries. Well it was an intense walking day, starting west towards the main park of Potsdam, where several palaces of old emperors lived. I don’t really know because I didn’t go in them for various reasons, (too expensive/long lines/tours only in German/tours at certain inconvenient … More Potsdam Is Nothing But Palaces

Well, I finally left Berlin, though I only got to do most of the stuff I wanted, but I shall return again some day. I did get to pack in a few more things though before heading to my new town for the next couple days. It started off bright and earlier (at 9:30) with … More Nowhere… Near… Berlin!

Well I checked off some things that were and weren’t on my list today. It started with the nearby Kaufhaus Des Westens. (Shopping Mall of the West) and is the second largest shopping mall in Europe, after London’s Harrods. I thought it would be fun to go through, but it turns out it’s just five … More Closed, Sort of Closed and Closed.

Yesterday was a very good day. Today was a lot less good. Didn’t get much done for various reasons, but it was still more or less interesting. Started going into the main thoroughfare and walking through an old antiquities swap meet. Got a neat WW2 medal. After some confusion and changes of plans I headed … More It’s Impossible To Eat Outside And Not Get Harassed By Wasps

Wow it was a busy day and my feet are sooorrrree! It started with an S-Bahn ride to near the Reichstag to go to the dome on top. (You have to go to an office across the street ahead of time and choose when you want to go.) It was really neat since I had … More I Found Napoleon’s Hat