Stop two along our Christmas Market trip was in Salzburg, Austria for a one night stay and a chance to do a little exploring in the city. The Munich train station was pretty bland and could use more signage. Luckily we had no issues finding our train and snacked on a couple pretzels as we…
Nik and I wanted to get a fix of winter and cooler temps so we decided on a short trip to a few cities where we would visit several Christmas Markets. We settled on staying two nights in Munich, Germany, followed by a night in Salzburg, Austria and ending with one night in Vienna, Austria….
Julie and I did a short run to Berlin to see a couple of friends in town for the Marathon. We didn’t stay for the race but it was nice to get a change of weather, food and see some people from the other side of the world. Food & Shopping Having been to Berlin…
As far as Berlin goes my random observations consist of the following: 1. Levi’s and the New York Yankees are quite possibly the most popular brands in the entire world. I’d venture to guess we’ve seen nearly 30 Yankee hats and probably 15 Levi’s shirts while in Berlin. 2. When were leaving a beer garden…
For our third day in Berlin we got up early and attempted to tackle a long list of historical and cultural sites in the span of several hours. Mission accomplished. We started out taking the U-Bahn to Mohrenstarbe for Cafe Einstein – Unter Den Linden for breakfast and from there we didn’t look back until…
On our last morning in Berlin I ran a 5K to the Victory Column through the Tiergarten. The Victory Column, much like the rest of the historical sites here in Berlin and Paris, is tied deeply to the longstanding animosity between the French and the Germans. From Wikipedia: designed in 1864 to commemorate the Prussian…