No More Selfies

My cell phone fell out of my stupid jacket. It still works but the glass near the selfie camera sensor is cracked bad.
cracked-phone

Good eats in Copenhagen

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.

Anne Frank Museum

Line to see the Anne Frank museum.
Line to see the Anne Frank museum.

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

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Postcard View at Night

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

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Karaoke in Old Town Amsterdam

Another stop for beer in Amsterdam, near Chinatown. The kids were singing off key and having a nice time, so was I 😉

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What more can a man ask for

In Amsterdam, down the street from the W was Son of India food joint with many different things in the display case. I managed to convey the fact that I wanted some of everything that had no meat, which was just about all of the foods. We ran out of room on the plate and could have kept going… I walked out of that place with the leftovers and a 6 pack of Heinys for a late night snack at the hotel.

Curry potatoes and chick peas, rice, spinach, string beans, and a bit of extra curry schmuey in the little plastic bag on the left side of the plate. Nice!

Germany or Holland?

They need to clean the windows on this train.  This is most likely in Germany, leaving the Black Forest and heading for Holland.

Munich Germany

Seeing the sights in Munich, this picture has not been retouched but sure looks like it.

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Spinach Thang

I think this is in Milan – a warm spinach and feta cheese boat with different types of lettuce, olives, red peppers with garlic schmuey on top!  ‘love me some middle eastern food.  I can get Italian food any time so I want to try different types of food.  I was gooooood.

I saw some pepperocini

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On the Subway Train in Munich

On the S-train going to my hostel in central Munich, leaving from the airport. As it turns out, the hostel is 2 blocks from Oktoberfest.  It’s a bit too close, a madhouse.  The hostel is about 10 blocks from the central train station where I need to catch the train(s) to Amsterdam.

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Oktoberfest and Blues Music in Munich

Oktoberfest was a block from my hostel – too bad it was drizzling. I actually had no  beer at Oktoberfest.

Oktoberfest was a wash. After a short flight from Milan to Munich (the train ride from the airport took just as long as the flight), I found my way to the hostel and got organized.

In the hostel room there are 6 bunk beds and one toilet and shower. The Oktoberfest activities were a block away. The day I arrived I walked down the block, admiring the traditionally dressed people heading towards the fun. It was drizzling, and the rain steadily came down harder. It’s kind of a circus any way so I healed toward the subway to get out of the rain, figuring that I would try to learn the subway system, as I have to leave early Tuesday for my great train adventure. I grabbed a subway train and the first station I stumbled out of was just amazing. I walked around for a while and then started looking for live blues music.

Google found a promising blues place and I jumped in a cab and showed him the address. he said it was shorter to walk and off I went. I never did find that place, and googled another place. I walked and walked for about half an hour only to walk RIGHT past my hostel on my way to a bar that didn’t have music this night. Determined to find some music, I googled again and found a place about 2 miles away. I asked in a bar to get me a cab, she said because of October fest it is would be difficult to get a cab and didn’t even try. I flagged a cab nearby and of were went in to the Munich night, across town to Alfonso’s and the place was a blast. A small club packed with locals and what fun. The band speaks and sings half on German, half in English. The are on break right now.

I took notes on a scratch pad as I traveled when possible. I later used voice to text transcription on my cell phone and send it to my blog via email. At times I would text directly on the phone instead of transcription and also sent it to the blog the same way. So this blog may be in present tense as well as past tense.

Now they are playing again… It’s 10 pm and I’m loving it! Jam session tonight so we have a guest player now, banging away on an acoustic guitar And singing on English. I met a nice couple named Dagi and Ralf.  They spoke English and we chatted throughout the night. I had a wonderful time!