While experimenting with my cell phone camera in Berlin, I decided to try a few “special effects” photos, since that’s such a common thing that people do when taking photos with cell phone cameras. I realized when I looked at … Continue reading
As promised yesterday, here’s the view you get standing up on that rooftop terrace of the Circus Hotel.
Specifically, we needed to find the way to the rooftop terrace at the Circus Hotel in Berlin. That’s where we stayed on our trip a couple of weeks ago. Our room was on the 4th floor, which was the top … Continue reading
Today in Food on Fridays, we take a look at the variety of international foods that Chris and I had the chance to sample on our recent trips to London and Berlin.
Chris and I arrived at the Pergamon Museum sometime before 11am (it doesn’t open until 10am). After spending a couple of hours looking at a lot of stuff, we were ready for a lunch break before tackling anything more. Lunch, … Continue reading
As I mentioned yesterday, last week Chris and I went to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. According to the Internet, it’s one of the most visited museums in all of Germany, a fact which I found surprising, since it houses … Continue reading
The label for the fragment of the relief of a figure, mounted on the wall of the Pergamon, seemed to be indicating — in German — that the guy pictured was an Assyrian genius. A genius with a beard.
Today on Monday Mysteries we travel to Mesopotamia by way of Berlin to track down the secret of a Mesopotamian game board.
Today is Monday, but the only mystery is why I decided to post a photo of Berlin, taken on a snowy day last year:
In English, the expression is that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, or vice versa. I would say Germany at the beginning of March came in more like a snow leopard. On March 9th Chris … Continue reading