http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/DPR/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from DPR en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:18:17 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:18:17 +0000 So Irsquove been home for almost a week now and Irsquom finally getting around to finishing the last few days of our blog. We didnrsquot do too much again we were worn out so they should be quickhellipMonday July 6Today after breakfast Viv went back into the room to go back to sleep andor watch movies on the computer. I had decided to use this time to check out the Jewish Quarter s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-418661.html Sunday July 5Breakfast at our hotel here in Praha is amazingmdashI might even like it better than Berlin. They have pastries breads cheeses cold meats fruit the equivalent of some sort of egg salad ham the ham is good an egg noodle dish coffee juicehellipAfter breakfast we did a whole lot of nothing. I updated my blog messed around on the internet Viv took another nap and just http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Hradcany/blog-416057.html Saturday July 4HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA We woke up early this morning so we could pack all our stuff. After another quick breakfast we rushed out the door to catch the bus to catch the train to the main train station Hauptbahnof. We got there with 15 minutes to spare. When the train arrived we leisurely made our way on to the coach and wersquore impressed with how comfortable and spaciou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/Mala-Strana/blog-415885.html FridayltltPoor but Sexygtgt is the slogan for Berlin. Even though the city is 61 billion euros in debt they continue to build and renovate all over. The Germans have done an amazing job remembering their past and making it known to the world many museums and memorials are free. They embrace their terrible history and in turn make the facts accessible to all so as to not forget the p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-415282.html ThursdayToday started out with another amazing breakfast. We took the bus over to the Zoologischer Garten Station to meet for our 2nd tour with Mike. We were heading to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp which is located about 40 km north of Berlin only about a 27 minute train ride. Established in 1936 this Sachsenhausen was used as the ldquomodel camprdquo in which all others were de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-415168.html WednesdaySo today was our first full day in the beautiful Berlin Germany. We started out the day with breakfast at the hotel. It was AMAZINGmdashon the top floor of our hotel overlooking OliverPlatz we had cold meats cheese variety of bread yogurts fruits juices eggs sausages cerealshellipafter breakfast we quickly hurried over to our guided tour with Insider Walking Tour. We met http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-414621.html TuesdayGuten Tag Wow Viv and I know absolutely NO GERMAN. Itrsquos been hilarious listening to her say things from our phrase book. Good thing many people here speak English. And the couple of people that wersquove run into so far who donrsquot have been very helpful even in German. We got in this morning around 9am. We got our 5day Berlin City Tour Card which allows us to ride al http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-413853.html MondayToday is our last day in Paris. We leave for Berlin tonight at 820pm. We checked out of the hotel at 11they were kind enough to let us leave our luggage at the hotel for the day so we could finish up exploring. We started out by going back to place du terre to get a few souvenirs which we are already out of room for...try telling that to the girl. We had lunch at the bottom of the S http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-413821.html Sorry i dont' know what happened the last time i tried to post this blog but i'll try again this time viv added some stuff...SaturdayShopping at outlets near Disneyland Paris bought a pair of jeans that fit perfectly for 20 euros originally 60mdashback to Paris for more shopping at Printemps Galerie Lafayette huge sales tons of people 7 floors of shouldertoshoulder shoppingmdash http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-413775.html Friday was just as busy. We started out by going to Muse Picasso which I loved I decided to go here last minute but very glad that we did. I highly recommend it. The whole museum was filled with Picassorsquos paintings drawings sculptures books and even poems. Incredible. Sorry no pictures were allowed inside but I think Viv may have sneaked one in. Next we walked over to Centr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-412754.html Yesterday morning Friday after a very good breakfast of yogurt bread croissant apple OJ coffee at Hotel Bellevue I decided to jump on the hotel computer I had not been online since Wednesday night to check my email and a few other things for the day. When I went to Yahoo the headline of the page jumped out at Vivianmdashthe legendary pop star Michael Jackson had passed away Michae http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-412752.html We made it It's been such a long day. In the airport Viv got stopped at security. Our flights were fine but there was no personal TV I watched or tried to watch New in Town Hotel for Dogs and Race to Witch Mountain. Couldn't finish the first two and the last was pretty bad too but at least it had The Rock in it. After only a little confusion in the airport we eventually made http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-411985.html Here we are 24 hours before we land in Paris. I think i'm all packed at least i hope i am. I'm writing this blog mainly for myself. I want to try to write about things so I don't forget them. It won't be the most elegant or funny blogunless maybe i could get PaulofFame to write itbut i'll do my best. If anyone else wants to follow along then that's great. I'll try to update every on http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/LAX/blog-411384.html