Category Archive for "Europe 2019"

Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery

Posted in: 2012, Europe 2019 | April 10, 2019 at 8:57 am , by globeDOTTIngTravel

The East Side Gallery in Berlin consists of a 1.3km continuous section of the Berlin Wall. It contains 105 mural paintings by artists from all over the world. It sits as a monument to the fall of the Berlin Wall (see blog post, Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall)....

The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

Posted in: Europe 2019 | April 10, 2019 at 8:05 am , by globeDOTTIngTravel

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**The image above is an example of the construction of the Berlin Wall which consisted of two parallel walls with guard towers. The open area between the two walls was known as the “death strip” where people tried to run to escape. The guards were instructed to “shoot to kill.”...

This trip is different…

Posted in: 2012, Europe 2019 | April 7, 2019 at 2:17 pm , by globeDOTTIngTravel

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I’ve been traveling solo since I was about 25. My very first solo trip was hiking in Nova Scotia. At the time, I had a decent job, so I could afford to travel, but my female friends could not afford to go with me, so I struck out on my...

Europe by Rail (Mostly)

Posted in: Europe 2019, Travel Tips | March 31, 2019 at 6:34 pm , by globeDOTTIngTravel

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Tomorrow I leave for close to three months in Europe! This is a bucket list trip (if that term hasn’t been too overused), similar to the Round the World trip that I took in 2011. I never did that “Eurail trip” that many people took before or after college. So...