Görlitz: A Walk Through Time.

Sitting mere feet from the Polish border, the nearly millennium old city of Görlitz is a picturesque German town right on the banks of the Lusatian Neisse River. As Germany’s farthest-east town, it lies directly across from the Polish city of Zgorzelec, reachable by a short, 15-minute walk without customs headaches 🫡. A city dripping …

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The Berlin Wall: “Topography of Terror”.

Possibly the most famous wall in the world, aside from the Great Wall of China, seeing the Berlin Wall is typically #1 on any “must-see list" of anyone visiting Berlin, Germany. It exists due to Berlin finding itself caught in the middle when Germany was split after WWII, with the eastern half belonging to the …

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Bautzen, Germany: A Visit Home.❤️

As far as cities go in Germany, Bautzen has done a remarkable job of transforming itself back into a picturesque and welcoming city. Located in far East Germany, with a population of approximately 38,000, it’s the 8th largest city in the German state of Saxony. Right on the River Spree, within the hilly Upper Lusatian …

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Berlin, Germany: Sprichst du Deutsch?

***Just like in my Helsinki blog (Helsinki, Finland: “The Pearl of the Baltic Sea”.), my fashion choices during this period of my life were horrendous.*** 🥲 I always wanted to visit Germany, as my mother’s entire side of the family hails from there. I am a 3rd generation American on my mother’s side (and my …

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