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OK, there we go again. As you can imagine, we didn't get up in the morning to go to the Reichstag Building (for those who want to visit: reserve a free visit for a specific time through the official site and DON'T get drunk the night before), in fact we didn't get up in the morning at all. We barely had any day time to get to the Mauer Park (and the flea market there – plenty of people) together with the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse. I can't say I "like" this exhibition - there is nothing to like, every time I see it I find it almost impossible to believe that all this happened – all this is just unbelievable, and yet so real. That’s why I always found this memorial better than ... read more

We managed to get up early (not much drinking the day before) , hooray! We moved to the new room (a private one this time) and left for Potsdam. It takes about 40-50 minutes to get there on S-Bahn lines – we got to the Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. Some guides suggested getting a bus to get to the main attraction in Potsdam – the Sanssouci Park, but there is no need – it’s perfectly within the walking distance. On our way there we went through the Dutch Quarter – a tiny bit of the Netherlands is always welcome. The park itself was full of people – a bit surprising since it was January. We didn’t go into the palace, there were people queuing, but we have decided to skip it. Instead we went to a small Botanic ... read more

It is a little embarrassing, but... Well. Last year was quite a good year with respect to travels and countries visited, but absolutely crap when it comes to everything else. Let's hope 2014 will be better - and let's start again. The first journey of the year was a short stay in Berlin with N.. I've been there once already, but I've really really really wanted to go back there. I wanted to show N. places I liked, and so we mostly saw what I’d seen before – with few exceptions though. We started in Warsaw, after a five hour train journey we arrived at Berlin Ostbahnhof. It's January - so before we sorted out the hostel (A&O, Boxhagener Str. 73) it was already dark and not a good time to explore the city (walk around ... read more

So, let's start. I hope to gradually describe my previous trips and travels and also to be rather systematic with the trips that are yet to come. I already have one "analogue" diary - written by hand, with photos developed in the old-fashioned photo lab, something I can carry with me when I travel. But... maybe it'd be nice to actually share my experiences with someone? We will see how it goes. *** 02/04/2013 - Warsaw -> Dublin There was a heavy snowfall on Sunday before I left from Warsaw to Dublin (no White Easter jokes please) and I was pretty worried that there may be some problems with the flights. Fortunately there were none and even with the whole de-icing procedure we still got to Dublin early and had to hear the stupid Ryanair fanfare... ... read more