Time to get on German Time. Arrived in Hamburg to reasonable weather (12-20 C) bringing the sun with me to enjoy a few days with my old buddy Martin. Days later I tried to meet up with another old friend in Berlin with no luck.
Left Spain with a yearning to return. Took a super easy and cheap train to the Malaga Airport. All went well. Bye Spain...
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| Hey Forest. "Life is like a box of Tapas" |
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Founded by Bruno and Sergio Costa.
Bought by Coke for $3.9 Billion |
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| Lined up 30 minutes before the flight, why??? |
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| Southern Sierra |
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| Halo |
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| Oh shit, I can't remember German! |
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| This place is different, but cool |
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| OMG, Schweinske Resto tasty! |
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Mysterious swallen finger from hockey
in August, weird. |
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| Marteeen! |
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| Super cool, first 30 min on bikes Free! |
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| The Alster Lake |
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| Kiez Curry |
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| My First CurryWurst |
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| Reeeperbahn area of Hamburg |
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So German...Love the wall so people
can't see the prostitutes in the windows |
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| The good old Titty Twister |
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| One of the busier Stations |
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| Pano of Reeperbahn |
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I'm always curious of the story here.
A lesson in everything in our world |
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| Tough night on the table |
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| woohoo |
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| A selfie at 25 kph! |
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| Little Alster Lake |
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| Made Sunrise, surprisingly |
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| Elisa and Martin for dinner |
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| Let's have a tour |
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| Near the shipping docks - Hafencity |
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Elbphilharmonie, newly built upper
portion |
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| Tidy Germans and inspiring comments |
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| back on the bikes and ride! |
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A couple cool campervans in
Heiligengeistfeld |
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| I suspect people are living in these |
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| Schnitzel me!!! |
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| Potential for a gross situation |
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| Yum, Bretzel with beet hummus |
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Arty chocolate and of course pricey
The drill would be a perfect Vday gift |
Then off to Berlin by bus for only a night due to a major lack of accommodation in the city. Seriously, there was only one hotel left on Booking for 230 euros! After the 2 hour bus ride turned in to 6 hours due to highway shutdown and detours I kinda regretted even trying to meet up with my Old Buddy Antje who was just too busy in the end. Ah, still cool to see Berlin.
Welcome to my adventurous Bus ride...
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| I love the clouds from transpo windows |
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| windy windy windmills |
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| Detour, smoke break everybody |
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| Well this is better than the Autobahn |
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Forget about trimming the trees, just
put up a sign. |
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And another stop. This time so the driver
could eat lunch. 45 min wait, with only
15 km to Berlin left. Ridiculous. |
Stayed at an Airbnb, which was only available for one night.
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| Wild staircase |
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| Real nice curry dish |
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| Construction always in Germany |
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But construction makes for good
bike locking. |
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Is this where it all started?
Of course no longer a chain in Canada |
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| More construction |
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| Neukollner Schiffarhtskanal |
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| check out the cross over leg resting! |
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| River boat tours |
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| ? |
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| Zhe looks lovely |
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How many times did people try to wash
their hands in the urinal below the sink? |
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| Walk by photo ops... |
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Chau Berlin, I get the point,
No space for me here...
(Berlin TV Tower) |
