{"id":5674,"date":"2022-08-09T22:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T04:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=5674"},"modified":"2022-08-10T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T04:30:00","slug":"european-vacation-day-8-greetings-from-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2022\/08\/european-vacation-day-8-greetings-from-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"European Vacation Day 8: Greetings from Berlin!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167-1024x769.png 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167-768x577.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167-1536x1154.png 1536w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-167.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Daily Selfie II from the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">24 July 22: We made it to Berlin! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/6232949?source_impression_id=p3_1660103842_hFEqrl7QuVUbRTh2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our apartment is VERY spartan<\/a>, definitely East German-ish. But again, the location can&#8217;t be beat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We arrived just in time for the 9pm sunset&#8230;and now it&#8217;s dinner time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5676\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168-1536x1152.png 1536w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-168.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5677\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169-1536x1152.png 1536w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-169.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>We had to do a little walking when we learned that our local station ON THIS END OF THE TRIP is also closed today. What the heck??? It was a 1 mile walk to our apartment building. You can see our high-rise just to the left of the domed building (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smb.museum\/en\/museums-institutions\/bode-museum\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bode Museum<\/a>). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170-1536x1152.png 1536w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-170.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Our building is the leftmost one sticking up over the trees. Very close to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernsehturm_Berlin\" target=\"_blank\">Fernsehturm<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-171.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-171-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5679\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-171-768x1024.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-171-225x300.png 225w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-171-1152x1536.png 1152w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-171.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/6232949?source_impression_id=p3_1660103842_hFEqrl7QuVUbRTh2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No. 9 Rochstr\u00dfe<\/a>. Built in 1969. And it shows. VERY spartan and comrade-friendly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5680\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172-1536x1152.png 1536w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-172.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>OMG the view!! 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