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Essen, Germany - 10th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
today we welcomed Herlinde here. She is a really nice dragon. The photo is not so good, but Fabi promised to make better ones later.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 10, 2011, 3:28 pm
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Herten, Germany - 13th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Today Fabi decided to have a walk with us in Herten. You know, she has the guest Herlinde and she is a dragon. So Fabi wanted to show us another dragon near her hometown Essen. We didn’t know what will be waiting there for us, so we were all excited to meet a dragon.
And then we arrived. It was a bridge. A dragon bridge. Wow. Really amazing. What do you think?
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 29, 2011, 11:56 pm
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Essen, Germany - 15th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
Today we visited castle Hugenpoet. It is a hotel and a restaurant. Fabi wasn’t able to go inside, as there was a big private party, but we had a look at it from the outside. It was really cool. But have a look at the photos.
It was a nice day and I hope we will visit a lot more nice places in the future.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 30, 2011, 12:21 am
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Essen, Germany - 20th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hello again,
Today there was good weather outside and Fabi was feeling good, so we decided to go out to the Gruga park. We saw a little playhouse which is closed at the moment, due to problems with the roof.
After that, we saw a house which was built for the parents of children, who have to stay at the hospital near the Gruga park. It is a Hundertwasser house. The parents are able to sleep there, when their children are in the university hospital of Essen. That is really nice, isn’t it?
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 30, 2011, 12:46 am
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany - 24th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hello,
The next days will be separated in different updates. I mean, even if we visited 2 places on one day, we will make it to 2 updates, as it were two different places in this town. Both have an own history and being in one entry would mean that it would be so long. Fabi said we will separate it and we hope it is okay for you.
Today our holidays in Berlin started. It was a short flight from Düsseldorf to Berlin and that is the reason why there are no photos of it. When we arrived in Berlin, we went to the hotel and right after that we started with sight seeing.
Our first stop was Checkpoint Charlie. It is called like this, as they counted the Checkpoints with the alphabet. There was a Checkpoint Alpha, Checkpoint Beta and Checkpoint Charlie was the third Checkpoint. It is the most famous Checkpoint in Berlin.
Here a quote from wikipedia:
Quote: | Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War. |
For more infos, visit the wikipedia
And now I will show you my photos of Checkpoint Charlie. Hope you like them.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:05 am
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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany - 24th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
after visiting the Checkpoint Charlie, we went to the Brandenburg Gate. It was already getting dark, so this was our last stop for today.
The Brandenburg Gate was a city gate long time ago. It is the only remaining gate of a series through which Berlin was once entered.
I think it looks really great. What do you think?
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:06 am
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Madame Tussauds, Berlin, Germany - 25th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
today we met some famous persons. I was so excited. Fabi said we will go to Madame Tussauds and that there are a lot famous persons. We weren’t able to make much photos, as it was so crowded there, but we made two group pictures.
Here we go.
First we met Anne Frank. Her diary of the Second World War was published. Every child here in Germany reads it in school, normally. Did you read the book?
Later Fabi said she will be a politician now. We were all excited and asked to join her. So she allowed us and we did. We had a speech with Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany.
It was really great there. I really wish I could have seen more.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 30, 2011, 12:11 pm
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Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany - 25th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
when we left Madame Tussauds we had a walk on the street in front of it. The street is called Unter den Linden. It is a boulevard and really nice. In the middle of the street is a centre strip with trees, little shops, places to sit and such. It is really cute. But we didn’t make photos of that. We walked a while until we arrived at interesting places.
First we found a statue of Frederick the Great.
Wikipedia tells us about Frederick:
Quote: | Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm) (16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was the Elector of Brandenburg and the Duke of Prussia ("Brandenburg-Prussia") from 1640 until his death. He was of the House of Hohenzollern and is popularly known as the Great Elector (Der Große Kurfürst) because of his military and political skill. |
Then we saw the historical Museum of Berlin.
It is a great building, isn’t it? They started to build this house in 1695. So it is really old. It is the oldest building on “Unter den Linden”. When it was ready in 1730 it was used from the Prussian military for their armoury. In 1831 they opened it for the public and showed a collection of weapons in it. In 1952 until 1990 it was the Museum for German history. And in 1990 it became the Historical Museum of Berlin until now.
So much to know about these buildings, right?
The next photo is from the Berlin cathedral. The Berlin Cathedral had never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop.
Right from it you can see the “Alex”. The television tower of Berlin.
That was a long walk and a long day was over then. We were all tired when we came back to the hotel. So we slept really fast.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 30, 2011, 1:20 pm
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Berlin, Germany - 26th March 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
So this is the last update for our Berlin holidays. Fabi bought some souvenirs today which she wanted to share with you. You know in Berlin they have a Ritter Sport chocolate shop. Fabi was in there and got all crazy. She bought a 2kg “surprise” bag with a mix of chocolate inside. And now we want to share with you what was inside the 2kg bag.
And no: She doesn’t keep it all for herself. Some of the chocolate will be send away to friends and others will be eaten by her brother or her boyfriend. So she won’t eat 2kg of chocolate all alone.
So that was our Berlin holidays. I hope you like the pictures and enjoyed it as much as I did.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted Mar 31, 2011, 5:02 pm
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Essen, Germany - 6th April 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey ,
today we had a short walk at Zollverein. Just a short one as Fabi had to visit the shops only. But we made some photos to show you.
You can see the tower of the coal mine and the big wheel of the coking plant. Isn’t it nice?
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted May 4, 2011, 10:42 am
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Essen, Germany - 10th April 2011
By: BlackCat
Hey,
today we had a short walk through the fields near the shopping centre, where Fabi normally buys her food and such. She thought that the sunshine was so nice, so she went out with us and had a short walk there. We even made some photos for showing you.
Love,
Gaspode
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Posted May 4, 2011, 11:02 am
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