Berlin Retrospective
It’s Sunday, April 14. I’m currently on a train from Berlin to Warsaw. We just departed, and the journey will be over six hours, so I have plenty of time to make up for not blogging during most of my … Continued
Berlin Story
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. —Christopher Isherwood Sometimes when I’m traveling, I feel that way. I like to observe a little from a distance. I like seeing what I see. My actual … Continued
Home away from home
Fast Travel The first half of this trip is some of the slowest travel I’ve ever done in Europe.
A day in Leipzig, a night at the Semperoper
Okay, so I’ve been in Dresden since Thursday and haven’t written anything about it yet (except for my new shoes I bought here). But I will. Yesterday I went to Leipzig, so since that’s over and done, I’ll write about that first. … Continued
New shoes in Dresden
The best part of my day today was buying new shoes. Okay, that’s completely not true, except it kind of is.
My (Updated) Central Europe Itinerary
(Update to a version originally published July 23, 2018)Today I sent in my final payment for my upcoming trip. I had most of the general itinerary locked in last July, and now I have added a lot of activities, local … Continued
The Challenge of Planning
Some trips plan themselves. Others require thinking and rethinking, a lot of second guessing, trade-offs, sacrifices in the name of time, and tough decisions for reasons of practicality. Take, for instance, the trip I’m planning for next spring to Germany, … Continued
Next #2: Poland, Czech Republic,Slovakia, Germany
A: GdanskB: WarsawC: KrakówD: BratislavaE: Český KrumlovF: PragueG: DresdenH: LeipzigTotal distance: nearly 2000 km (1200 miles)