Germany Day 9 – Adopting the local practise

Sunday, Sept 9, 2018 – Frankfurt In Germany, shops are shut on Sundays. Just the restaurants are open and people are expected to spend time with their family and rest and relax. We decided to follow this good practise and slept in late, ate a relaxed breakfast and took an afternoon siesta even. We went … Read more

Germany Day 8 – Day spent on Trains !

Saturday Sept 8, 2018 – Prague to Frankfurt Posted from onboard the EC117 using the phone’s hotspot as there was no wifi on the train.    While the German rail network (DB) is awesome, strangely, there are no direct connections from Prague to Frankfurt. All the trains I got had a connection from Dresden, so … Read more

Germany Day 6 – Bit by a wasp and Krishnan’s non-verbal skills tested

Thursday Sept 6, 2018 Berlin to Prague We had decided to leave two of our suitcases at the luggage locker in Prague rather than carrying them to the Airbnb that we had booked there. I had accordingly repacked the suitcases. In the morning I quickly made the OPOS Khichadi before packing the induction stove and … Read more

Germany Day 5 – S-bahn, Bus & Tram in Potsdam

Wednesday Sept 5, 2018 Krishnan and I have now figured out the Berlin “metro” system and we didn’t want to walk 1.3 kms to the Ostkruez station, so unlike the 4th of Sept, we went to the Frankfurter Allee station having decided to take the U5 to Alexanderplatz and then an S-bahn to Hackerscher Markt. … Read more

Germany Day 4 – A long walk through Berlin

Tuesday Sept 4, 2018 We started the day with the OPOS Semiya as I had managed to get the roasted vermicelli and green chillies in the Indian store, Dostana at Hamburg. Its amazing that we are able to cook our own food anywhere in the world with just a light weight induction stove and a … Read more

Germany Day 2 – Hamburg Walks

Sept 2, 2018 We came to Hamburg yesterday from Edinburgh. While we have transited through Frankfurt many times as we went to the US or returned to India, we haven’t visited any city in Germany. Our tour of Germany starts from Hamburg. I had booked us on the “Discover Hamburg” walk on the Berlin Walks website that … Read more