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Travel: Warsaw, Krakow, Berlin, Oh My!

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If you go to Europe, you need to see all the attractions that a place is famous for. I don’t disagree with doing “the tourist thing.” But then there are the other things. The daily minutiae that makes a place real. In August, I tried to document some of that in Warsaw, Krakow and Berlin. I took a few pics of their famous, pretty things, too. (Note: the photo layout in this WordPress theme sucks rocks. Sorry.) A special thanks goes to writer Chris James and his better half, Bożena: they made our time in Warsaw extra special. Also, Francis and I did visit Auschwitz and Birkenau when we were in Poland. I’m still processing. It’s not something I can easily put into words or photos, but I hope to try, if only because we must never forget.

There’s nothing else to do but drink in the case of Brexit.
Snail pals on posts in Warsaw
Pretty in pink: The backside of the Barbican, Warsaw
Now that’s what I’m talking about.

 

Warsaw Old Town
Does he know he matches his plastic bag?
We stayed with our friends Chris and Bozena but we didn’t take any photos of them. This is their hamster.
Krakow is pretty.
Inside St. Mary’s Cathedral, Krakow

 

Okay, Rectobar? But hummus and happiness? Yes.
Hello, medieval gate. And McDonald’s.

 

Stuff like this is a punch to the gut. Never forget.
Literally our view at dinner. No photo retouching. Krakow is pretty.

 

A Trabant in action!

 

Karl, Friedrich and I in Berlin, 1989

 

 

 

 

 

Karl, Friedrich and I in Berlin, 2017

 

Das Berliner Dom, y’all

 

Potsdam. This is how you do an entrance to a subway.

 

Alexanderplatz, Berlin. The light was perfect.

 

The apartment lobby, when you have six flights of stairs and no elevator.

 

Our Berlin AirBnb host’s mother, who was a wonderful and spontaneous tour guide and became a friend.

 

My kind of graffiti.

 

But we’ve barely figured out who killed JR!

 

Don’t think I’ll be buying any pet food here.

 

Christburger on a stick.
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