Tag: europe

  • Ode to Amsterdam

    Ode to Amsterdam

    The best way to see Amsterdam is on foot or by bicycle, such pleasant ways to pass the time or commute in a city built for both. I have rediscovered the practice of walking in Amsterdam – strolling, thinking, seeing, listening – often with no fixed destination in mind, no map and when my legs […]

  • 36 hours in Berlin

    36 hours in Berlin

    A weekend in Berlin was organised on a whim – it was 24 hours between making our bookings and drinking a German beer in Germany. Quite a novelty for 3 Australians when travelling an hour by plane would normally only land us in another state, not another country!  I didn’t have any expectations beyond beer, schnitzel, […]