Author: Carl
Berlin is a large city, much more spread out than you’d imagine. It’s home to many Christmas markets, so which markets to visit? After using the city of Berlin’s tourism website, I narrowed down ours to visit to five. Reasonable? Sure, if we had a couple days, but instead we went to all of them in a single day.
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After having breakfast on the first day, we weren’t in a rush to run around the city, so while she had a nap I made the short walk to Kurfuerstendamm to check out a few stores.
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The only thing to make a six hour drive under grey and overcast skies enjoyable, is to be able to do while reaching speeds up to and over 200 km/h. When presented with the opportunity on Germany’s Autobahns, a lead foot is a must-have. After a full day of driving, we arrived at our hotel in the west-end of Berlin. Located just west of Zoo Station, we were happy to return to this hotel.
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During our visit with relatives, they recommended visiting a larger countryside Christmas market, the Marbeck Christmas market. This was of a size that definitely didn’t feel like it was a tiny market in the country! Here’s a photo heavy post from our visit to this market.
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Driving in the Netherlands feels like there are more speed cameras then tulips grown in the country — they’re everywhere! Driving just isn’t the same as the joy of being on a free and clear section of Germany’s highways. So, instead of fighting traffic at 100km/h we opted to take a comfortable train ride to Dusseldorf to pick up our rental car.
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