Bruges, Berlin and Vienna
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Nice one BrixWe're staying at the Ostel, will no doubt try some of your recommendations. The howdoesitfeel website is ianw's.
Oooh, hope you like Ostel. I really liked it's quirkiness, and the location's great, although the breakfasts in the pub were a little odd - you'll see what I mean
I forget to mention the Bauhaus Archive which is a must if you're into design: http://www.bauhaus.de/english/index.htm
Enjoy quimmy and mango - tis a fab city!
davesgcr
Reading books
The DDR museum in Berlin is ace .....
Plus the Wansee conference house if you want the final solution experience as a sobering experience
The Techical Museum is more than good too ....do a bit of googling ! (really interesting area which was no mans land in the wall era)
Plus Kreutzberg for the alternative edge ....
Plus the Wansee conference house if you want the final solution experience as a sobering experience
The Techical Museum is more than good too ....do a bit of googling ! (really interesting area which was no mans land in the wall era)
Plus Kreutzberg for the alternative edge ....
mango5
Endeavour era
Cheers for this. I have a tradition of visiting science museums around the world, and this one looks great!
softybabe
one merlot then two....
Cheers.
I now have somewhere to stay in Bruges on Saturday night.
Tell us how you got on and please pass on some tips.....I'm all booked!!!! We're going Saturday week for 2 day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
um, well in the end I didn't go to Berlin. Couldn't face the 12 hour train journey from there to Vienna.
I went to Bruges for 2 nights, Frankfurt for 1 night (mostly just to break the journey), Salzburg for 2 nights Vienna for 2 nights and my friend's wedding, then a mad dash back (in train terms) on the night train from Vienna leaving last night at midnigth and getting home an hour or so ago.
I absolutely loved Bruges. The weather was fabulously hot but not steamy like in big cities. It's quite petite and very bike centric. Very pretty indeed. The first evening i had a meander about finishing off the evening having a little drink in the main square. My gin cost me €11.70!!! Stick to the beer, seriously. Night life is a bit quiet, except for one group of british lads, but then I wasn't exactly there for clubbing. The next day I hired a bike ( as you look at the main building with the post office on your left in the MARKT go down the street on the right of it you can hire a bike for a day for €12 - take your credit card and pay in the hotel reception then collect your bike) and cycled about 5km to Les Dammes village. Gorgeous day, lovely to get out into the countryside. Came back and cycled round bruges for a bit stopping off here and there. Went to a livelyish bar called Bauhaus on Langestraat after eating. It's attached to a hostel and the barman guy was friendly and helpful. They have internet at the bar and you can sit and have a beer, which was useful for me on my own and needing to plan the next part of my trip. Some of the beers are very strong so tell them if you only want a weaker one. Didnt' fiind the time to visit any museums apart from climbing up a windmill which should cost €2 or something but it was the end of the day and the man couldn't be bothered taking money off me.
So that was Bruges.
I went to Bruges for 2 nights, Frankfurt for 1 night (mostly just to break the journey), Salzburg for 2 nights Vienna for 2 nights and my friend's wedding, then a mad dash back (in train terms) on the night train from Vienna leaving last night at midnigth and getting home an hour or so ago.
I absolutely loved Bruges. The weather was fabulously hot but not steamy like in big cities. It's quite petite and very bike centric. Very pretty indeed. The first evening i had a meander about finishing off the evening having a little drink in the main square. My gin cost me €11.70!!! Stick to the beer, seriously. Night life is a bit quiet, except for one group of british lads, but then I wasn't exactly there for clubbing. The next day I hired a bike ( as you look at the main building with the post office on your left in the MARKT go down the street on the right of it you can hire a bike for a day for €12 - take your credit card and pay in the hotel reception then collect your bike) and cycled about 5km to Les Dammes village. Gorgeous day, lovely to get out into the countryside. Came back and cycled round bruges for a bit stopping off here and there. Went to a livelyish bar called Bauhaus on Langestraat after eating. It's attached to a hostel and the barman guy was friendly and helpful. They have internet at the bar and you can sit and have a beer, which was useful for me on my own and needing to plan the next part of my trip. Some of the beers are very strong so tell them if you only want a weaker one. Didnt' fiind the time to visit any museums apart from climbing up a windmill which should cost €2 or something but it was the end of the day and the man couldn't be bothered taking money off me.
So that was Bruges.
Strumpet
gypsy girl
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
No you can't, so my sources inform me. A lot of night trains seem to have been withdrawn. I would have done that if I could. And after last night's night train experience i'd challenge the ''sleep the whole way'' claim too...
Lovely theory.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
No, I didn't really think about distances before I went.
Did you flash any boobage?
Oh, you know, just the once or twice.
Berlin Hauptbahnhof depart at 1900, arrive Wien Westbahnhof at 0630.
Train number is 477 / 203.
Daytimes you often have to change, I'd reccomend doing so at Breclav in the South East of the Czech Republic, which despite being a major junction in the trans Europe rail network has a very user friendly station. Your connection will just be on the opposite platform.
Train number is 477 / 203.
Daytimes you often have to change, I'd reccomend doing so at Breclav in the South East of the Czech Republic, which despite being a major junction in the trans Europe rail network has a very user friendly station. Your connection will just be on the opposite platform.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Hmm. I'm sure I asked about them and was told no.
Never mind. I'm glad I didn't go now. Vienna was too full on for my mood as it was. Two big cities would have been annoying.
thanks softybabe.
Strumpet
gypsy girl
Hated it?! Ohhhh! I've heard such good things about it. Added it to list of places to visit.
Ooooo have a fabulous time!
Ooooo have a fabulous time!
softybabe
one merlot then two....
Ooooo have a fabulous time!
Thanks hunny
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I only stopped off there one night to break the journey. I was knackered but made myself go out for a drink of applewine in sachenhausen (sp?). Was falling asleep over it and my plans to get up early and walk about came to nought. I had to get the tram and still missed my train.
I think it probably was the shock of the big city after sleepy places. I think it would have been better to do Vienna first then meander back to the UK. Like I say I'll give it another chance another time.
I think it probably was the shock of the big city after sleepy places. I think it would have been better to do Vienna first then meander back to the UK. Like I say I'll give it another chance another time.
