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April 26, 2023April 27, 2023

The adventures of Ron’s phone

We’re packing up to head home. Out of nowhere, I got an email from Delta that they located Ron’s phone after 29 days on the run. As far as we can tell, it’s flown around for awhile on a Delta Airbus A330. Who knows? Maybe it’s had an even better time than we have. It’s […]

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April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

We arrive in Amsterdam and get right down to business

Ron found this sweatshirt with 5 minutes of our first venture out of the hotel. Total sweatshirt count as of now: 3. We had a nice talk with the sales clerk in the store above. She had the same reaction that everyone else has when we report that we are staying in a hotel on […]

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April 23, 2023April 25, 2023

The (somewhat) lighter side of Berlin

This morning, we had arranged a tour of the German parliament building along with a visit to the Jewish History Museum. But as we got ready last night, sorting out details, Ron asked about going to one of the art museums of Berlin’s beautiful Museum Island. The Museum Island is a UNESCO site of 5 […]

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April 21, 2023April 22, 2023

Berlin: The things we learn from tour guides

It pains me to admit this but only now…when we’ve been to Stuttgart, Munich, Nuremberg, Erfurt, Dresden and Berlin…have we finally figured out how to cross the street in Germany. Below is Ron, having a little mid-trip training session on what the green walk sign looks like. But below here is Ron, showing off his […]

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