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Christian Lauw helped me find a bike to rent in Munich and even provided me with a bandage for my blistered toe. THANK YOU Christian!!
Without Christian, I don’t think that I would have been able to see the wonderful sights that I saw in Munich.
If anybody needs a Rikshaw tour in Munich, Christian is da MAN
christian.lauw at me.com
Waiting at the airport in Copenhagen, Denmark. I have been a bit sick for the past few days and want to go home. Clicking my heels 3 times didn’t help 🙂
I rented a car today and drove to Sweden over a bridge that looks similar to the Sunshine SkyWay in Tampa. I saw mostly farms and a few small towns, then took a ferry back to Denmark north of Copenhagen. The leaves are starting to turn color, mostly yellow.
This was taken with my laptop camera… my cell phone doesn’t do selfies any more cuz the glass cracked when if fell out of my pocket. No, that didn’t happen in Amsterdam 🙂
Saturday October 8, 2016
My airBNB apartment included a bike, it’s a nice one so I did quite a bit of exploring. Copenhagen is a cool place!
Amager Square is about 50 steps from my
airBNB apartment in central Copenhagen
Oktoberfest was actually over when I had a bite to eat at a nice restaurant near my hostel, and had a good time. This is the one of the few shots I got of the traditional Oktoberfest garb.
Monday 3 October 2016
Sunday night at Alfonso’s Live-Music Club was such a blast that I ended up there again on Monday night. The Krohnband played Rock & Blues. I had a nice chat with Hans Krohn and the band, and bought a CD – traveller in between … they are on Facebook.
omg veggie sandwich with hummus, tapenade, cilantro, beet chunks, lettuce, tomato. spicy tomato soup with croutons and a chunk of cheese. on a cool day. nice.
According to the locals, the Anne Frank Museum is always busy. I was lucky enough to get special treatment and had a ticket in hand to go past this line. My hotel scheduled me and I pretty much walked right in!
The exhibit is sobering. It was not uncommon to hear sniffing, a bit of sobbing, and to see dabbing of the eyes. It’s emotional. I was choked up. Anybody who talked, spoke in hushed tones as we made our way through the warehouse office that turned in to a dwelling for 8 people for more than 2years.
We saw parts of her diary, and many exhibits explaining the story. Anne Frank was an intelligent, special girl and her father saw to it that her diary was published. Now The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the 10 most read books in the world.
here’s the link to the Anne Frank Wikipedia entry – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank
by the way, there is a link in the line above for the Anne Frank Wikipedia entry, click on the Anne Frank hyperlink
I came across a bar with this view so I sat down and had a beer and stuff in Old Town Amsterdam. I was thinking, this looks familiar. I think it’s one of the famous spots they use for Amsterdam post cards, it looks a little different at night. The waiter was very nice, he helped me with
