tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54387843060219506142024-03-05T19:21:43.321-06:00Legally Blonde's ProceedingsTravel, My Pup, and other things I love...Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-84820160074698950042024-01-24T05:00:00.005-06:002024-01-24T11:52:22.103-06:00Europe {Day Ten ~ Tallinn, Estonia}<p>On Wednesday, December 20th, I was up early and down at the hotel breakfast when it opened at 7:00. I needed to be at the West Terminal by 8:15 because I had a 9:00 ferry to Tallinn. After my previous experience with Helsinki taxi drivers, I didn't want to depend on a taxi to get me down there so I walked a few blocks to catch the tram and took the tram all the way to end of it's line which is right outside the terminal. </p><p>I arrived in Tallinn at 11:15 and once I had disembarked from the ferry, I walked about 15 minutes into the old town. The night before, I had scanned the Tallinn pages of my Rick Steves' book into my phone so I didn't have to carry the book around, and that was very helpful. I'm definitely going to start doing that more. His Tallinn walk starts with the Lower Town and Fat Margaret Tower.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoe8zZ71pqWVZGuKU_2vZRua0m6uiQ-uaoHf7pYQJLe7jgG8S0TfxC4traznkIyoFGn8PG3uFEy0SjKSLGU8vTkVUSKxiOQGpvuPF_Uauuk52u_kkJMQodJblwndLDFGQ947IlgZ1G0vN3371KaOf43ce07fyrEQelaN_R9gjiSF0vn6hbfUZybti3Xg/s1800/1AAE2457-6FA8-4587-BFAD-D03B1350E61A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoe8zZ71pqWVZGuKU_2vZRua0m6uiQ-uaoHf7pYQJLe7jgG8S0TfxC4traznkIyoFGn8PG3uFEy0SjKSLGU8vTkVUSKxiOQGpvuPF_Uauuk52u_kkJMQodJblwndLDFGQ947IlgZ1G0vN3371KaOf43ce07fyrEQelaN_R9gjiSF0vn6hbfUZybti3Xg/w512-h640/1AAE2457-6FA8-4587-BFAD-D03B1350E61A.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This guarded the entry gate of the town in medieval times</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zkf7Hz6ggfjjHQ0XVWh7f_5NIfHbseJNeYAhctF_y8tXA8xgVByQ3JIsmUUXRDNKxtU9VKsOKlp2JM2Zug1VUacdxhB7aLILaS1HQIibWJRebciqIS5zMkd0lQFQczU7QSfzWtIaFNtuOcHx0FPaxB_gKGK7miG_iY-qzFzPU0sHEJOtbgL5C8zMKCw/s4928/LDN_4870.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zkf7Hz6ggfjjHQ0XVWh7f_5NIfHbseJNeYAhctF_y8tXA8xgVByQ3JIsmUUXRDNKxtU9VKsOKlp2JM2Zug1VUacdxhB7aLILaS1HQIibWJRebciqIS5zMkd0lQFQczU7QSfzWtIaFNtuOcHx0FPaxB_gKGK7miG_iY-qzFzPU0sHEJOtbgL5C8zMKCw/w640-h424/LDN_4870.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The street that you enter on is called Pikk Street (literally "Long Street"). This is looking back at the gate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TJTzA3dO2fSAXU-OPS8a11ZCvcLAZRxjx5o4gJsveK27u1Q036EAh9h0zYy4BzAwMMu6xaKl534UYLNZcdta6BFn1bps9gNZeKrdo1z_j0_8kttsogN6MTr-LWDZ2J_jOoI_5DcqLBEb9vlcQJPshLEYb6rN4XPMn4AdmNuxELlWJNFMcgx8Aax9gEk/s4032/IMG_6066.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TJTzA3dO2fSAXU-OPS8a11ZCvcLAZRxjx5o4gJsveK27u1Q036EAh9h0zYy4BzAwMMu6xaKl534UYLNZcdta6BFn1bps9gNZeKrdo1z_j0_8kttsogN6MTr-LWDZ2J_jOoI_5DcqLBEb9vlcQJPshLEYb6rN4XPMn4AdmNuxELlWJNFMcgx8Aax9gEk/w480-h640/IMG_6066.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Three Sisters" is an example of the merchant home/warehouse/office from the 15th century "Hanseatic Golden Age".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-cUE0dNoq3HD2O2h44mufA2BkyeRrBscyg892HFQu-QVVMPkIat0cp5iVM_tE-2MeSCoQ-XFIVJM_GdPTX9T3wXfGG9oAUPP55QUFwYUPFnizPpZfAX8Nl8dL49x0eS4LeTr9gbM875_Dn-nmAfFWv4CUR4Fexcu9QQ0yC-frwhiddhrH6VGrAYppms/s1800/6DF45542-5A08-48BD-B4AD-0A66876DAC6E.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-cUE0dNoq3HD2O2h44mufA2BkyeRrBscyg892HFQu-QVVMPkIat0cp5iVM_tE-2MeSCoQ-XFIVJM_GdPTX9T3wXfGG9oAUPP55QUFwYUPFnizPpZfAX8Nl8dL49x0eS4LeTr9gbM875_Dn-nmAfFWv4CUR4Fexcu9QQ0yC-frwhiddhrH6VGrAYppms/w512-h640/6DF45542-5A08-48BD-B4AD-0A66876DAC6E.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The door on the left of the Three Sisters was elaborately carved and shows the wealth of Tallinn's merchant class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhXqKeaVdWAHj_5LW8SblHbcz6-R_q-S52m1XHY8843vXsSTROJ9MJxS1mr8ZBAuH-TIWxu184cFRdAy4OBL_PuLUFj7fiM2Tp23fMlYwW58iFBUKPi6VMBogdsg1jqAR32KkO1i3ktOq-4KdwJ9vTmR_UXDK9EDpj07lNllQZDMZ30nZYWj5rVLigBo/s4928/LDN_4874.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhXqKeaVdWAHj_5LW8SblHbcz6-R_q-S52m1XHY8843vXsSTROJ9MJxS1mr8ZBAuH-TIWxu184cFRdAy4OBL_PuLUFj7fiM2Tp23fMlYwW58iFBUKPi6VMBogdsg1jqAR32KkO1i3ktOq-4KdwJ9vTmR_UXDK9EDpj07lNllQZDMZ30nZYWj5rVLigBo/w640-h424/LDN_4874.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tallinn was just so dreamy. You'd walk along and see a plaque and it would say "this building was first mentioned in Tallinn's land registry in 1364"!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxNZnhzGTXv8bpnO2m79Oj8zIME8EijXaPsS-G2HWFkV2gmMPu_FYnnpToyBgNSZcJqz6ofYamBXR9yKbGWjjxsamH-9t3Yuo2eliQOxTOdPluSSJdmylOt4SKhJ9gXZMh7sj_pzaJskOGcw0zwYZRTTgqh0Xcxvm5xolO8qaR9Bv3wqCGj6lbKgEFWI/s1800/0388B9B9-C9DA-4C2E-B3CC-107B19A25FDA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxNZnhzGTXv8bpnO2m79Oj8zIME8EijXaPsS-G2HWFkV2gmMPu_FYnnpToyBgNSZcJqz6ofYamBXR9yKbGWjjxsamH-9t3Yuo2eliQOxTOdPluSSJdmylOt4SKhJ9gXZMh7sj_pzaJskOGcw0zwYZRTTgqh0Xcxvm5xolO8qaR9Bv3wqCGj6lbKgEFWI/w512-h640/0388B9B9-C9DA-4C2E-B3CC-107B19A25FDA.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyTIBsliqD2JTBESdxgYHixRHg3ubPQZfvA5RnAScpjNNcTvj-uiWreYlWF9TtfTWsd_K2ozQ2UL-mgtF2MxbTbuqvFutIuK3f1COF_eIwMZ2gPksRQTApyFYvS5LnmrPZs5mGcOFrsaK3kdRO4GceVYmzXl5o-4AsZFyC-2V8_Ba2NJQfWYqxoJkRAQ/s4032/IMG_6065.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyTIBsliqD2JTBESdxgYHixRHg3ubPQZfvA5RnAScpjNNcTvj-uiWreYlWF9TtfTWsd_K2ozQ2UL-mgtF2MxbTbuqvFutIuK3f1COF_eIwMZ2gPksRQTApyFYvS5LnmrPZs5mGcOFrsaK3kdRO4GceVYmzXl5o-4AsZFyC-2V8_Ba2NJQfWYqxoJkRAQ/w480-h640/IMG_6065.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Olav's Church (once the tallest spire in the land and helped approaching ships set their course).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoYVpUAlk-hmgiH3xC7DZ8wrMRTIwPMnFIwX8cgE2QHIjKCOA1XUDIuzg_7qsmL4NSVdSLW0JIX-nKM2B6FM6cbHjfEzl3Jqb-ipUgSYcxXOIcOf5fqGRBi06Jy2rEEgfazEbNl2ivdCPAV49u3-flB-OTSncG-MtjoAygmcg46jiiG38mLy6gC7qCa4/s4928/LDN_4875.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoYVpUAlk-hmgiH3xC7DZ8wrMRTIwPMnFIwX8cgE2QHIjKCOA1XUDIuzg_7qsmL4NSVdSLW0JIX-nKM2B6FM6cbHjfEzl3Jqb-ipUgSYcxXOIcOf5fqGRBi06Jy2rEEgfazEbNl2ivdCPAV49u3-flB-OTSncG-MtjoAygmcg46jiiG38mLy6gC7qCa4/w640-h424/LDN_4875.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5I80Jw21KFkyeOQBa6QRN3JwDjo23jMANvsuPKvIOBj9g2wKH3VXYZL0OtfjlZZKVX_Fzzto-31zEStz08ZVuv5kWXd9qvk8o4RJq01_usziDN1OTo6ztIqfiX7jlLj_XIhim3vmgvY_Y4Khp0Mw2bvDj6fRcpEfxN8Zd89ZFP9OvA0t2UCrWNQOfdI/s4928/LDN_4877.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5I80Jw21KFkyeOQBa6QRN3JwDjo23jMANvsuPKvIOBj9g2wKH3VXYZL0OtfjlZZKVX_Fzzto-31zEStz08ZVuv5kWXd9qvk8o4RJq01_usziDN1OTo6ztIqfiX7jlLj_XIhim3vmgvY_Y4Khp0Mw2bvDj6fRcpEfxN8Zd89ZFP9OvA0t2UCrWNQOfdI/w424-h640/LDN_4877.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later in the day, I came back and toured the KGB Prison Cells. This was, before 1991, a complex of KGB Headquarters. People were brought here first before being sent to Siberian gulags and "creative interrogation methods" were used in it's basement cells.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1T1rYFP3vTT6XynPLOdlTmBDkF2nac0SVsurrT4HQAqu8v9EWyM3aYCo5huEaqeXdDI9flc7u8SfwE8r5ghAm_wbWncD3kqbIGEetUI31K2ry7gncW9G6LUjn-ebZNE1T4dW40SAYGcdy5YjnojKrcu6dHOEb0fNi9bCExEGpc-lFI47GoxQcUP0YIE/s4032/IMG_6073.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1T1rYFP3vTT6XynPLOdlTmBDkF2nac0SVsurrT4HQAqu8v9EWyM3aYCo5huEaqeXdDI9flc7u8SfwE8r5ghAm_wbWncD3kqbIGEetUI31K2ry7gncW9G6LUjn-ebZNE1T4dW40SAYGcdy5YjnojKrcu6dHOEb0fNi9bCExEGpc-lFI47GoxQcUP0YIE/w480-h640/IMG_6073.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On down Pikk Street, is the Brotherhood of the Black Heads. It was built in 1440 and was used as a German merchant's club for nearly 500 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_I6fSy8egoDY5Bz1GyFYJG42yrQQuz8Cd8SKviGPNMJ6FjOYP3Pj3ng5M84xCuSTGkVKrp9nM7uresuwV44z2vYj68KxwC5Y7rmPhpLOJE0TrhpeKj3tA8X59OqMrwV5E3MXjx4Xdh5MylDYifeIzM3behfA2exEg7zQKjgnT4-kkuKfdBj0CnzawKs/s4928/LDN_4878.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_I6fSy8egoDY5Bz1GyFYJG42yrQQuz8Cd8SKviGPNMJ6FjOYP3Pj3ng5M84xCuSTGkVKrp9nM7uresuwV44z2vYj68KxwC5Y7rmPhpLOJE0TrhpeKj3tA8X59OqMrwV5E3MXjx4Xdh5MylDYifeIzM3behfA2exEg7zQKjgnT4-kkuKfdBj0CnzawKs/w424-h640/LDN_4878.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxwMxIAoQnf_mk3Kx7oYDuaeV1qqg7y4W0chbPVfIzBFoWy95rTeHztK6Au1qeZ6S8tjdEouVSdssYevBnsHL_-2RKUInx2E3U_CC6gaJ5ji-lRiaWIJpkI7Tecpv0B7h-bQehR1sG9VoNws752FR69Khtu-Ry5BjsIt7-e_U-I33a6nUrfenLKYdNro/s4838/LDN_4879.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4838" data-original-width="3204" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxwMxIAoQnf_mk3Kx7oYDuaeV1qqg7y4W0chbPVfIzBFoWy95rTeHztK6Au1qeZ6S8tjdEouVSdssYevBnsHL_-2RKUInx2E3U_CC6gaJ5ji-lRiaWIJpkI7Tecpv0B7h-bQehR1sG9VoNws752FR69Khtu-Ry5BjsIt7-e_U-I33a6nUrfenLKYdNro/w424-h640/LDN_4879.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the great architectural facades along Pikk Street.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLP-petk76PfQ_kSN1lNpu2RnG9ZIBNvG4vc5BaNbWAvBYpRL4_hyxRbt4HACogbSFpy5viIxvK_HMADN3x4p4QWPlS0U3N7gbsitAbcd8dnTDeUrFEKd5YZ7oSkFJVj_SEkB4vQAQaEYoUBJdtmdt2y1y_ChpleErPe9o23Mw4B8FjNteQrPeCfKj4yw/s4032/IMG_6079.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLP-petk76PfQ_kSN1lNpu2RnG9ZIBNvG4vc5BaNbWAvBYpRL4_hyxRbt4HACogbSFpy5viIxvK_HMADN3x4p4QWPlS0U3N7gbsitAbcd8dnTDeUrFEKd5YZ7oSkFJVj_SEkB4vQAQaEYoUBJdtmdt2y1y_ChpleErPe9o23Mw4B8FjNteQrPeCfKj4yw/w480-h640/IMG_6079.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVAfXwwQJmpUDn6aexlq-EbJDzd2lcA2AWLVA2OiWo_xSu4PBLO1qRXBN75EbWQ5RP-OcBN5OnbR2iRDAWOgsVInkNnbaF8ktsRRHHE0YbaFrF6caP57ajWJbPf2PmVmB2ww_UvaBh8i3ZHBr5dmFPDFCKxKOpudJ-07tmwvjVY_ii62uLrdSKe6GYLU/s4032/IMG_6080.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVAfXwwQJmpUDn6aexlq-EbJDzd2lcA2AWLVA2OiWo_xSu4PBLO1qRXBN75EbWQ5RP-OcBN5OnbR2iRDAWOgsVInkNnbaF8ktsRRHHE0YbaFrF6caP57ajWJbPf2PmVmB2ww_UvaBh8i3ZHBr5dmFPDFCKxKOpudJ-07tmwvjVY_ii62uLrdSKe6GYLU/w480-h640/IMG_6080.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Russian Consulate had lots of anti-Putin, anti-war, pro-Ukraine material outside. Of course Estonia is greatly concerned about Russia's invasion because they are also a part of the former USSR.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncB_-vDPpPkE-NFtlgYRRbo29ILlIuzPjJfFtsspHM9lgAtGVP28pg1rsNJ5_wAGZs4jzRJJprfzj_PwXq5yQ8vtmoX0k09DxTcqBqAXoQqqVA4FB-_r2_iRV7ltN0Tozwi0iadMIXrpeKgzv4RRzt-r_ZG3BTi5_32HnvUoXjJahu0EjMfYaZzzfkic/s4032/IMG_6082.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncB_-vDPpPkE-NFtlgYRRbo29ILlIuzPjJfFtsspHM9lgAtGVP28pg1rsNJ5_wAGZs4jzRJJprfzj_PwXq5yQ8vtmoX0k09DxTcqBqAXoQqqVA4FB-_r2_iRV7ltN0Tozwi0iadMIXrpeKgzv4RRzt-r_ZG3BTi5_32HnvUoXjJahu0EjMfYaZzzfkic/w480-h640/IMG_6082.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2CouANA9K_pdB05LI6znWUOQmQaIKQGpc467DUZXyNNakY01lvG_8OBuewW1lAXK7OgNNtpSHu41p2Ic2Hjlhh6zVORc9Rfd3OmKxgL2gH8tZ_bPWBb06ZLRrkKJTJwaKbfoxg-pQoGnjedGgzsyqVQxCq2L57YFLfaYy0eOpQonkgmRxa3Jc_edodY/s4032/IMG_6084.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The clock dates to 1633</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIelZ0guXil7OgDS5Ppmzfw87QS8BJrn0Tkh2EmZkYyLClPbLA47aDgwO7kgABsCAywrT7mpUE2vh1cI-fAjPLfVAPq3e04cDQTGFMs_AyPjOGGQIfJ48txfq1vQqMuvisYHPOI8BefY1UgW8OHig16RoYWAWerWQ_xSKJS_igcmpvK1jqGp-DMpvEWM/s4928/LDN_4883.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIelZ0guXil7OgDS5Ppmzfw87QS8BJrn0Tkh2EmZkYyLClPbLA47aDgwO7kgABsCAywrT7mpUE2vh1cI-fAjPLfVAPq3e04cDQTGFMs_AyPjOGGQIfJ48txfq1vQqMuvisYHPOI8BefY1UgW8OHig16RoYWAWerWQ_xSKJS_igcmpvK1jqGp-DMpvEWM/w640-h424/LDN_4883.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked farther up Pikk Street and then made a left turn and saw the Christmas Market up ahead at Town Hall Square.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I walked around the market for a bit and tried to go to a restaurant at another location, but it had a line, so I made my way back to the market for lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDdBjNs0EOk-qrYuiNAMsgz5Gg_IF3O_pwTQNLf8ykcwmRRqc2i28fahS66B3VH_Y7XeqLilOpogbAJ4GNncSycFg-qt5ViN0cT3ZKfdeAdT7SNU1bfr-2YckHE3REQHIr1llBjI6sGrOn_3o3yM5z0DxPAMXd_RJNQANTUFdp7vtYidkzG9Yq5EA48Q/s4032/IMG_6092.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQDdBjNs0EOk-qrYuiNAMsgz5Gg_IF3O_pwTQNLf8ykcwmRRqc2i28fahS66B3VH_Y7XeqLilOpogbAJ4GNncSycFg-qt5ViN0cT3ZKfdeAdT7SNU1bfr-2YckHE3REQHIr1llBjI6sGrOn_3o3yM5z0DxPAMXd_RJNQANTUFdp7vtYidkzG9Yq5EA48Q/w480-h640/IMG_6092.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sausage, Potatoes, Sauerkraut, and Lingonberry jam</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEEEzxFQdvuZm8O4nBwHpZM_QxGNVPknjlHXwv-s5nu0y4QEVb_wymQrNG7FmkwQXo9jYgLAVDSxnmi4ISiq8UroCAlba1ZWeTvHBzS7ryBC6U2Z1VDmKXyUcTi81F0dJ0zxJwuohUkuLev8JU8Miazk7bt-5Jgo1MSbhrL0faN3hY1gIrBb35DJCuTk/s4032/IMG_6093.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEEEzxFQdvuZm8O4nBwHpZM_QxGNVPknjlHXwv-s5nu0y4QEVb_wymQrNG7FmkwQXo9jYgLAVDSxnmi4ISiq8UroCAlba1ZWeTvHBzS7ryBC6U2Z1VDmKXyUcTi81F0dJ0zxJwuohUkuLev8JU8Miazk7bt-5Jgo1MSbhrL0faN3hY1gIrBb35DJCuTk/w480-h640/IMG_6093.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have a Christmas "train"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H1naGNzZ8OjJkcVWFAiLjvRzrmZsENiifVtHJJrFenY382laAgnWXl5BKrv6SLTggDjmCLRZjjDGXrZWMF1T5pQ9ip4tx-Ej2hRt7-PFzMd3c26MAydzB_OzOUGIyfMJfmNp12ydTV0pOqkaVeQBq5nIS6A5nnVcgoaF3CChqqFgF-dxvb2iETBI5qY/s4032/IMG_6097.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The walk continued and my path often looked like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uQj6zkA4yYckurTfaA_pkODEObEHaNWOQ1StMEbjD6uNHA6qSpbLOdOt4OIKoxisesqeQ-kMaXtjVF5YuxXFGE2H8PzLMCb07fcsi7jD4w8JpNWVx7Nh19MyAtJbvZxe8gzrYJfTEPtWfSBnZAGY4nzw0Ul3FxaBkZ4H4B_x0rsfQcsf8j2SufZeGn0/s4032/IMG_6101.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uQj6zkA4yYckurTfaA_pkODEObEHaNWOQ1StMEbjD6uNHA6qSpbLOdOt4OIKoxisesqeQ-kMaXtjVF5YuxXFGE2H8PzLMCb07fcsi7jD4w8JpNWVx7Nh19MyAtJbvZxe8gzrYJfTEPtWfSBnZAGY4nzw0Ul3FxaBkZ4H4B_x0rsfQcsf8j2SufZeGn0/w480-h640/IMG_6101.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Nicholas from higher up in the city.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5F9FshgNSAF7xW3rlvPg_q1J5yCjY1QcJVt6oddJYjt2PB3YRNPsMFmbOGvbF1m3in0_rqf92Bm7KS_abfGth1Ia9zYbN7hxQMop0kIgre02ocCKU9r5air4wFdZXmntiGxOE1-r914sgJKQaxcDv6ZgeLLZfnwACZH6NJiPvqO1oeLYCF96B27RyPsQ/s4928/LDN_4900.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5F9FshgNSAF7xW3rlvPg_q1J5yCjY1QcJVt6oddJYjt2PB3YRNPsMFmbOGvbF1m3in0_rqf92Bm7KS_abfGth1Ia9zYbN7hxQMop0kIgre02ocCKU9r5air4wFdZXmntiGxOE1-r914sgJKQaxcDv6ZgeLLZfnwACZH6NJiPvqO1oeLYCF96B27RyPsQ/w424-h640/LDN_4900.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A lot of my walk was icy. And nobody acted like it was icy (except me)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="531" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xjykmMm_J90" width="638" youtube-src-id="xjykmMm_J90"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Toompea Castle. You know I loved the 18th century Russian pink addition to the Medieval Castle. Today it serves as Estonian Parliament building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9g0g4OSvzpiT-3GHV0O5hpi_8IwOPl9U6aQ7kbrYGEZpEmArOM5ilqc86hRiOdUPQ7ik5cUPUHpfIJ4NdNstzGvEbWSnEqQfu4xAiQ23ugKtNVp-Td5UOLn9DCkbgMGzgjNAiBHiFW13FbXOToQltfTadOY1JA32dGn_alZ_CazN1kqZ5Bs0V7Hy4m4/s4032/IMG_6113.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9g0g4OSvzpiT-3GHV0O5hpi_8IwOPl9U6aQ7kbrYGEZpEmArOM5ilqc86hRiOdUPQ7ik5cUPUHpfIJ4NdNstzGvEbWSnEqQfu4xAiQ23ugKtNVp-Td5UOLn9DCkbgMGzgjNAiBHiFW13FbXOToQltfTadOY1JA32dGn_alZ_CazN1kqZ5Bs0V7Hy4m4/w480-h640/IMG_6113.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzXjU7mu4HElZXD9CEiin1MxvvtGsZUHMuj85CofssfONgsrTYjnmAojqrW83F3btR0UOHvtt7spGRp7o4R9hMu_o7eMkhMdCV5WHTbd0NOztuRgbzQISoT-pB0dr4CPd2F-U5Ky2nNLb4bA7djkzHgsF0DkIT_BOFBsdubZRFz-_XaQGf5xdNTSo4sk/s1791/2AEF8C0D-1F92-4BF6-AE26-D7907FE57218.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzXjU7mu4HElZXD9CEiin1MxvvtGsZUHMuj85CofssfONgsrTYjnmAojqrW83F3btR0UOHvtt7spGRp7o4R9hMu_o7eMkhMdCV5WHTbd0NOztuRgbzQISoT-pB0dr4CPd2F-U5Ky2nNLb4bA7djkzHgsF0DkIT_BOFBsdubZRFz-_XaQGf5xdNTSo4sk/w514-h640/2AEF8C0D-1F92-4BF6-AE26-D7907FE57218.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPasswGjhlSSvWA6eEbtmBwxuCnJHq2fP3wP8qD2gik1JQZ3O8Po9JRanKeXQtCveGQe_wk-bxiY7VMTHiAJzVBNZkQk0243m_04CC17Jm5Ll5hsZnjfvjoOJmPuZ59alPuKO-uDya00ZXY_rrEYFafewd8zU439I09y9HbYqu-fg1JwyfZRDzIs3kQMw/s4928/LDN_4904.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPasswGjhlSSvWA6eEbtmBwxuCnJHq2fP3wP8qD2gik1JQZ3O8Po9JRanKeXQtCveGQe_wk-bxiY7VMTHiAJzVBNZkQk0243m_04CC17Jm5Ll5hsZnjfvjoOJmPuZ59alPuKO-uDya00ZXY_rrEYFafewd8zU439I09y9HbYqu-fg1JwyfZRDzIs3kQMw/w640-h424/LDN_4904.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tall Hermann Tower (Pikk Hermann). This is the tallest tower of the castle wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9er7BQpfehGCetSCtxWpr6dq0BlFlOL2Z9YEaV4sIFQlVtZkq0rBBk8A2YNmB4v1LaHSbkRegMtgqUQ0st8P_BOSSUhNWKLdCWNod66-huWQ6jrCpJfe-vQ-q6GS67SijZbpPtzhm6qa6nFQgvU5u6gTomVgngtJKaqmGpmBw1XQhWHcZkUsSueMsThw/s4928/LDN_4907.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9er7BQpfehGCetSCtxWpr6dq0BlFlOL2Z9YEaV4sIFQlVtZkq0rBBk8A2YNmB4v1LaHSbkRegMtgqUQ0st8P_BOSSUhNWKLdCWNod66-huWQ6jrCpJfe-vQ-q6GS67SijZbpPtzhm6qa6nFQgvU5u6gTomVgngtJKaqmGpmBw1XQhWHcZkUsSueMsThw/w424-h640/LDN_4907.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At one time the Soviet flag flew from Tall Hermann but as the USSR was falling to pieces, Estonians defiantly replaced it with their own flag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYlOyqoe3JSBh7ZVgP0iCSyGb8umx8XDJy7RtEFfd3ay8e6G-f-zbZBn4MdGtRM9SuSOCKmnZ5nz9mGDOXrIiBiamK80a2HfT9_EwZ-UDPonP82d6-uHb5a9-_P1BwJlgG79Hl0CbMhy4ALANpDSySw44gN6PlA8fA9fmslaV5qmbwXdMdP8Qou_Muog/s4928/LDN_4913.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYlOyqoe3JSBh7ZVgP0iCSyGb8umx8XDJy7RtEFfd3ay8e6G-f-zbZBn4MdGtRM9SuSOCKmnZ5nz9mGDOXrIiBiamK80a2HfT9_EwZ-UDPonP82d6-uHb5a9-_P1BwJlgG79Hl0CbMhy4ALANpDSySw44gN6PlA8fA9fmslaV5qmbwXdMdP8Qou_Muog/w424-h640/LDN_4913.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. 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text-align: center;">The building of this cathedral was a real Russian flex on the Estonian people because of its location (facing the traditional Estonian seat of power, and over the supposed grave of a legendary Estonian Hero).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWMSOKUVzHtLSxz6w563X1477AfZE4_trr3HMIU2AUhb4j_443588q8k41yg2dZfFSS4YQjJ_9Axjiw_PfAsmX3vrvOnNcGQ5u9nlQ6VHbXQOqhnWvYCoIN9UPtYlzo8x6f2KA6hevs25DBK6VJ3bz9OUH62gHrDQdA5L9u64A7xTmzmkv52RoMTGa6A/s4032/IMG_6123.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWMSOKUVzHtLSxz6w563X1477AfZE4_trr3HMIU2AUhb4j_443588q8k41yg2dZfFSS4YQjJ_9Axjiw_PfAsmX3vrvOnNcGQ5u9nlQ6VHbXQOqhnWvYCoIN9UPtYlzo8x6f2KA6hevs25DBK6VJ3bz9OUH62gHrDQdA5L9u64A7xTmzmkv52RoMTGa6A/w480-h640/IMG_6123.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I kept looking for it, but was in lower town before I determined that I had missed it. Instead of taking the long winding way back, my dumb map sent me to the staircase that goes all of the way up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the climb, I was happy to see it was worth it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ym036o7zOYD6G4H0XorhACRO89Meu0PQ8sgf9ommWF3j2FqsgiIpEPdxNu2olx0x9hasWTFMwRdiw-tDdO809QLzn7Ei_h02TkvlxiAA53KGqMaS25Khv0JqZ9ccEJ3Ex3ayne8Lmhjkdpgln4EVtm7FtdO0lrjlU1WG-OJniK6LAzSAXesQz-1oFX8/s4032/IMG_6160.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ym036o7zOYD6G4H0XorhACRO89Meu0PQ8sgf9ommWF3j2FqsgiIpEPdxNu2olx0x9hasWTFMwRdiw-tDdO809QLzn7Ei_h02TkvlxiAA53KGqMaS25Khv0JqZ9ccEJ3Ex3ayne8Lmhjkdpgln4EVtm7FtdO0lrjlU1WG-OJniK6LAzSAXesQz-1oFX8/w480-h640/IMG_6160.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9zuYw9zzmtWrh0B0YE3pZ1eZRy2RhpbKqsPJUyJwcNBVOntUmAFGNwYHTx3WBVzvQIc54-NplB3dxBNwHFibUid_jrr1aE6wGAk_6xPF4u7_ZL8-viBwzZk3i2OTDKXfnngbQr9aQ1eIbFshjZ4buBD2yL-EVtsYlP8cp0hIQfiXX4BnKOBW2WX19WI/s4928/LDN_4921.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9zuYw9zzmtWrh0B0YE3pZ1eZRy2RhpbKqsPJUyJwcNBVOntUmAFGNwYHTx3WBVzvQIc54-NplB3dxBNwHFibUid_jrr1aE6wGAk_6xPF4u7_ZL8-viBwzZk3i2OTDKXfnngbQr9aQ1eIbFshjZ4buBD2yL-EVtsYlP8cp0hIQfiXX4BnKOBW2WX19WI/w640-h424/LDN_4921.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEp3iQmErUwiqKjEzD8syFZAHLtEnahcKKFeCWonJk9Gv9cv0P6plwjMOyfKmUbz7o1-an2TfD867FwRKgbdbZMrrg0x2fctxGLaMbtzzPJKu7DcryqDVA9PKKSeBsZwWxnfszoy4tU22uAXR3DTMPKwAAWvWhXUweIdbqKZTk3JjqmuIT0NPPra_Fj0/s1791/3C1B69DE-A23D-4E13-8BFB-B85E6980F802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEp3iQmErUwiqKjEzD8syFZAHLtEnahcKKFeCWonJk9Gv9cv0P6plwjMOyfKmUbz7o1-an2TfD867FwRKgbdbZMrrg0x2fctxGLaMbtzzPJKu7DcryqDVA9PKKSeBsZwWxnfszoy4tU22uAXR3DTMPKwAAWvWhXUweIdbqKZTk3JjqmuIT0NPPra_Fj0/w514-h640/3C1B69DE-A23D-4E13-8BFB-B85E6980F802.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXwnOjhYvmTFE_56KJZmS_yrkogIweEYg3hv5X5tIB1ZgCLaJxHStp9P9J83aEjSukuz6IUX8XRBKxgnRidtl8V9bp0eNG7oVMzXnF82zGC-WIDlEy0v-xhuJD6BlK06qa4a9fWpbuP8i2WtmMpLt3E2XFg7KCyy2Q4X_SAj29XIMJLwSj7CRXMalaks/s1800/37E0221B-9F08-43D0-B94A-3CEA70C2AD0E.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXwnOjhYvmTFE_56KJZmS_yrkogIweEYg3hv5X5tIB1ZgCLaJxHStp9P9J83aEjSukuz6IUX8XRBKxgnRidtl8V9bp0eNG7oVMzXnF82zGC-WIDlEy0v-xhuJD6BlK06qa4a9fWpbuP8i2WtmMpLt3E2XFg7KCyy2Q4X_SAj29XIMJLwSj7CRXMalaks/w512-h640/37E0221B-9F08-43D0-B94A-3CEA70C2AD0E.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked back down again and around the town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdlQTNGGqul8lWVTcHep_gZJA-bFGc3jcO3VvFTCHL06Ksbell7tcfLuc1UbWS6UiQAOQc2mUFejaQHtd114Bat2AS4TxQ-H0v2EuSFCzk7IWiBi8LnanZ1hEll6SmChbA1muuvB01_udXnJN8cEzDEoR_noE8O7_YVCidFNpDzzxW6Kl5DFgEdmu1qA/s4032/IMG_6161.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdlQTNGGqul8lWVTcHep_gZJA-bFGc3jcO3VvFTCHL06Ksbell7tcfLuc1UbWS6UiQAOQc2mUFejaQHtd114Bat2AS4TxQ-H0v2EuSFCzk7IWiBi8LnanZ1hEll6SmChbA1muuvB01_udXnJN8cEzDEoR_noE8O7_YVCidFNpDzzxW6Kl5DFgEdmu1qA/w480-h640/IMG_6161.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided that I needed to sit down since I hadn't had a chance to do that since getting off the boat! I went back to the restaurant I had tried to get into earlier in the day. I went to Pub Kompressor, a pancake restaurant, and enjoyed a pear cider...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGc2tTpLSBzLtFHCtyyb6hmZJzxK8shE_qmlPCCW4RDGxqm9HBapnJT_IuQzjU13A-z9png3Tz7jaTla6rys7Fk7yrKOIyqXIMdlpLo8VcI3pNpINLg167AGXJyTTmHeG579WkI5A3HNnKdp0ELfySX7lfeKDcpwXzLdv5DqbA2S9fjtIi-GsWk1FkRRM/s4032/IMG_6162.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGc2tTpLSBzLtFHCtyyb6hmZJzxK8shE_qmlPCCW4RDGxqm9HBapnJT_IuQzjU13A-z9png3Tz7jaTla6rys7Fk7yrKOIyqXIMdlpLo8VcI3pNpINLg167AGXJyTTmHeG579WkI5A3HNnKdp0ELfySX7lfeKDcpwXzLdv5DqbA2S9fjtIi-GsWk1FkRRM/w480-h640/IMG_6162.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a one of their pancakes. 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text-align: center;">I got the same seat at the front of the boat that I had on the way over. I loved Tallinn and was so happy to have finally visited.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95ot1eCulfj6oI2oCL7Z9ffAimh5kTHY_GNiLpYjG41Nrahw7s7XJfLqhLy6QxhX9meGpfXms2h0VXc94YU8wxlxtbEedGmy6UEmqpB3kuB6ydH6nJDQJwaBbSAH25HmNy57WyDh5DxZ4BWFt9zv-SsEr1PRoL2lD4nldNHrmmT_Gep2otxG1i_IPQSw/s4032/IMG_6200.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95ot1eCulfj6oI2oCL7Z9ffAimh5kTHY_GNiLpYjG41Nrahw7s7XJfLqhLy6QxhX9meGpfXms2h0VXc94YU8wxlxtbEedGmy6UEmqpB3kuB6ydH6nJDQJwaBbSAH25HmNy57WyDh5DxZ4BWFt9zv-SsEr1PRoL2lD4nldNHrmmT_Gep2otxG1i_IPQSw/w480-h640/IMG_6200.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once we docked in Helsinki at 9:00 p.m., I took the tram back from the boat and had one last walk through the city.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4clvlf31w4-QPWWsO1k3jZ2qS4T9CnpsL3aykwecXZ0sO8R1IFv9iUDRs_jLPJ1ArHwhwgZqe8KqsINEvLgVk9TiFEgtM67gXuBGDm2mBmsOA8tQWf3WMKKAR4_Q1mj9C_zanEZcl4w-deGm35JQTV4V9pLuX_8RTzyQ-XZM-wHRGr5HJx1LQMTBoRA/s4032/IMG_6204.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4clvlf31w4-QPWWsO1k3jZ2qS4T9CnpsL3aykwecXZ0sO8R1IFv9iUDRs_jLPJ1ArHwhwgZqe8KqsINEvLgVk9TiFEgtM67gXuBGDm2mBmsOA8tQWf3WMKKAR4_Q1mj9C_zanEZcl4w-deGm35JQTV4V9pLuX_8RTzyQ-XZM-wHRGr5HJx1LQMTBoRA/w480-h640/IMG_6204.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Thursday, December 21st, I had to get up at 4 a.m. and was out the door at 4:50 a.m. to take my car to the airport. When I walked out, it was just snowing to beat the band!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="504" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HEOlN_ek08k" width="608" youtube-src-id="HEOlN_ek08k"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had about a 4.5 hour layover at Heathrow. Of course, most people hate the layover, but I just live my best life shopping at some "London" stores and eating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had one of my favorite meals....a chicken & salad sandwich (not to be confused with our chicken salad) and crisps at Pret.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXixyDitQVKYZ_179pAEa2Vwu6_J7k-vGBoE2HpDGxwc06zyVdyysHH9Uj-_8bEiopcOvY8KJd3zMBPArUwU-3DHOwV11UU8s-nd2hv7DcMd18BrKESIGeTQX26BqisAfav5_6GhbpHiTJD2u5xm5ibEkdwLLCaVd_5tZjbnODZTxuIHpFuLhrkkzI8cw/s4032/IMG_6211.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXixyDitQVKYZ_179pAEa2Vwu6_J7k-vGBoE2HpDGxwc06zyVdyysHH9Uj-_8bEiopcOvY8KJd3zMBPArUwU-3DHOwV11UU8s-nd2hv7DcMd18BrKESIGeTQX26BqisAfav5_6GhbpHiTJD2u5xm5ibEkdwLLCaVd_5tZjbnODZTxuIHpFuLhrkkzI8cw/w480-h640/IMG_6211.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then later tea and a strawberry gateau.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvxrcUbod6Lu5lDKr-ovWSB0Ao_rdgGMz9_Ey0rTNw0OyFDkoNYitZ1V7TKb_NijXAf3lYdDsxXYUeC27p4N5QXTeW9lxCLZeTvKungn1xFmdZV5eVt_j1JcyhGaWyVTf9vbeAsXtYpXhgNLHe0rgZpT0Ol_SZxB_dWLTAp6-6lUZq7nuhTex5Ng-wZg/s4032/IMG_6213.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvxrcUbod6Lu5lDKr-ovWSB0Ao_rdgGMz9_Ey0rTNw0OyFDkoNYitZ1V7TKb_NijXAf3lYdDsxXYUeC27p4N5QXTeW9lxCLZeTvKungn1xFmdZV5eVt_j1JcyhGaWyVTf9vbeAsXtYpXhgNLHe0rgZpT0Ol_SZxB_dWLTAp6-6lUZq7nuhTex5Ng-wZg/w480-h640/IMG_6213.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My flight to Dallas was completely full. They told us this 50 times and were making people check their carry-ons, but as people stopped coming down the aisle, I still had an empty beside me. I was just holding my breath. When they started closing the doors and claimed boarding was complete, I was celebrating my fortune (even though it meant some poor person missed their flight).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg0FzPNgnPsippDEiaKMZRfJZPaQfdskxPPneG3vOpvNA_SWMhni_dnSOd3Sog-YZ2KiveaAbRVjDEF1vYvjNFnxLrgwo8yCd-O9n4BCpV_k7CPT5Ie7Sk7pKDecNLFMNrLgXvCfwKixxFdfN1prN93r3oFP5OI8D0pTmWI7d2TcRcHRuZm46mEhggqg/s4032/IMG_6214.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg0FzPNgnPsippDEiaKMZRfJZPaQfdskxPPneG3vOpvNA_SWMhni_dnSOd3Sog-YZ2KiveaAbRVjDEF1vYvjNFnxLrgwo8yCd-O9n4BCpV_k7CPT5Ie7Sk7pKDecNLFMNrLgXvCfwKixxFdfN1prN93r3oFP5OI8D0pTmWI7d2TcRcHRuZm46mEhggqg/w480-h640/IMG_6214.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I stretched out and just enjoyed my luck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9JjS4XxOVMXdrIG_Ir9mANYCyGnJV5PDMIWCjc4d4hCh0Dh7a2FSIwSjTGKwRVB_wwQRh5eGpiWNwnIf5LgAKKOD5JMqH3KiUfhfU_8jMEtJGlet9oFxfa6bDa_mF0KdGXiv2dMxydRJVZya3qLhyphenhyphen8s8okC_H4_Ph3mMgRVG2zJcok2JrW9J1xa67mc/s4032/IMG_6215.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9JjS4XxOVMXdrIG_Ir9mANYCyGnJV5PDMIWCjc4d4hCh0Dh7a2FSIwSjTGKwRVB_wwQRh5eGpiWNwnIf5LgAKKOD5JMqH3KiUfhfU_8jMEtJGlet9oFxfa6bDa_mF0KdGXiv2dMxydRJVZya3qLhyphenhyphen8s8okC_H4_Ph3mMgRVG2zJcok2JrW9J1xa67mc/w480-h640/IMG_6215.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on my Scandinavian/Baltic European adventure for 2023!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-50421152274798304962024-01-22T05:00:00.016-06:002024-01-22T05:00:00.139-06:00Europe 2023 {Day Nine ~ Helsinki, Finland}<p> On Tuesday, December 19th, I had another early flight. I left the hotel, walked to the nearby subway stop, took that to the central subway station, walked over to the central train station, and took the Arlanda Express back to the airport. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Flight 5 of 7 if you are keeping track. Sadly, not an empty flight like my previous one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9i_ddIZuAGrLk9uZS2LQDdghyDwodONQ2ZrzRBdhS3M4O_0nKW8UtJkFPKXPr8PjjUJCr2w_MwGxQeUczINY99KdQQD9bh8BzqWfKucxITy_imsSDSZtWI7Z6uTINOELoQxsQBE3CW8Rn9h8vWWFYmqvil-2wNLsThC9bWMHXwfJQwtDfxV2LImAtAU/s4032/IMG_5974.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir9i_ddIZuAGrLk9uZS2LQDdghyDwodONQ2ZrzRBdhS3M4O_0nKW8UtJkFPKXPr8PjjUJCr2w_MwGxQeUczINY99KdQQD9bh8BzqWfKucxITy_imsSDSZtWI7Z6uTINOELoQxsQBE3CW8Rn9h8vWWFYmqvil-2wNLsThC9bWMHXwfJQwtDfxV2LImAtAU/w480-h640/IMG_5974.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I arrived in Helsinki at 10:20 (there is an hour time difference). I took the train into Helsinki from the airport which took around 30 minutes. I walked out of the train station and immediately noticed the sidewalks were (1) icy, and (2) had tons of sand/gravel on them which made walking and rolling a bag difficult. I made the decision to take a 6 minute taxi ride instead of making the 15 minute walk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got in the taxi, told him the name of my hotel and asked if he wanted the address. "No, I know this city. I have lived here for many years", was the response. We drove for a bit and I felt like we were not going the right direction (even though I've obviously never been to the city), so I pulled out my google maps. Sure enough we were driving away from my hotel. I said "I don't think we are going the right way." He was dismissive and told me he knew where he was going. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I let it go for another few minutes watching on the map as I got farther and farther from where I was supposed to be going. I thought he's either taking me to the wrong location, or I'm being kidnapped, so I leaned forward and stuck my phone up between the seats and pointed to my hotel on the map. I said "This is my hotel. This is where we are. You ARE NOT GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACE". Yeah, it turns out he got another hotel in his mind and it was way away from where I was really going. So my 6 minute taxi ride turned into about a 30+ minute ride. (And I don't think I even mentioned the fight I had with a taxi driver in Oslo. Y'all, I get in fights with taxi drivers every trip!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I told the hotel about my ordeal and I'm not sure if that is why, but they upgraded me! I was able to get into my room early and a nicer room than what I had booked, so that was a happy turn of events.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since I had to leave the hotel before they were serving breakfast that morning in Stockholm, I was starving and headed out first thing for some lunch. I went to Nasty BRGR which I had read was good and owned by a person that was on Finland's Top Chef TV show. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLOsTz7ma162J_NA2Pjb5OoURzT2I8VnQlHSigITtBkUNb3aiIMLeAuj5ska_-DKlQi6_YNT9_uH3MoCGAisX5LQcaSNLlcXuh-wLWhg4b05-7xEdaye8zLmal3UIKE1TPDJmX2aBkmP6Sxa5uF8uiaxMAprc0HEoCTSOllMLmaKQ338Vg7VmfGmQq8c/s4032/IMG_5975.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLOsTz7ma162J_NA2Pjb5OoURzT2I8VnQlHSigITtBkUNb3aiIMLeAuj5ska_-DKlQi6_YNT9_uH3MoCGAisX5LQcaSNLlcXuh-wLWhg4b05-7xEdaye8zLmal3UIKE1TPDJmX2aBkmP6Sxa5uF8uiaxMAprc0HEoCTSOllMLmaKQ338Vg7VmfGmQq8c/w480-h640/IMG_5975.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdrZvQ0SwVIpvExqWYSw6DmRZbGzu1YF0VSqZl7tz6VAtiF08OrpDsPQIN2je4rVvhVJ6-7rOzEUJ5C1Owl5WMjSltsv3-LbxQ5sBNE6K8uyD_qMjomqlMZwbXS-llKzX_S3Da6znUxKncQV4JCTZJ53b-tc7xJEHreL-Qesg_Rg0-SzWZJM4keKbYjU/s4032/IMG_5976.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdrZvQ0SwVIpvExqWYSw6DmRZbGzu1YF0VSqZl7tz6VAtiF08OrpDsPQIN2je4rVvhVJ6-7rOzEUJ5C1Owl5WMjSltsv3-LbxQ5sBNE6K8uyD_qMjomqlMZwbXS-llKzX_S3Da6znUxKncQV4JCTZJ53b-tc7xJEHreL-Qesg_Rg0-SzWZJM4keKbYjU/w480-h640/IMG_5976.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then headed out to follow Rick Steve's Helsinki walk, although I was kind of doing it backwards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to Kamppi Plaza and Kamppi Chapel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsep4BhjhXcUYHP9He-5tbPxGF3RuHqs5qnPVBatGhGJTewcGtk6EKa_3jJpNF9LI2vdQBfK1Qj2fWkuVrOfm67ZDYIOTZNUiGXkD-XiYE9jYPm8lFKhp_k51QyNBEOy-Ztg4-xArut97xFm3L349KpdYyyJ4619PCcDhQw3HUFDhKJHEx60J0ltTQCo/s4032/IMG_5978.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsep4BhjhXcUYHP9He-5tbPxGF3RuHqs5qnPVBatGhGJTewcGtk6EKa_3jJpNF9LI2vdQBfK1Qj2fWkuVrOfm67ZDYIOTZNUiGXkD-XiYE9jYPm8lFKhp_k51QyNBEOy-Ztg4-xArut97xFm3L349KpdYyyJ4619PCcDhQw3HUFDhKJHEx60J0ltTQCo/w480-h640/IMG_5978.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the Central Train Station. I honestly hadn't even paid any attention to what it looked like when I arrived there earlier in the day. (Lots of Ukrainian flags flying in Finland).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeoQhuKBtOLzJXCK_NDEoV0iCe6v5ITKdaE6VIshWYokvce1Ub_3xHjJQpRENvWjQ_7_nHlncfz5aQmZvZuyav3lo5IwxuB8eqMAunNTNuIYTY5gHMEL4DkU1vPs23x5krSqXXUcjVrqQbLM9e6XBeXM6yJPRzvepSKYVsIkfjFlwJoPZK82TZC-G7J0/s4032/IMG_5979.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgeoQhuKBtOLzJXCK_NDEoV0iCe6v5ITKdaE6VIshWYokvce1Ub_3xHjJQpRENvWjQ_7_nHlncfz5aQmZvZuyav3lo5IwxuB8eqMAunNTNuIYTY5gHMEL4DkU1vPs23x5krSqXXUcjVrqQbLM9e6XBeXM6yJPRzvepSKYVsIkfjFlwJoPZK82TZC-G7J0/w480-h640/IMG_5979.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCPMhY6L68X7qBA5ZYUMawiAFy9gwVfp_e4WIEB4h4OI9xzPMEx0QlNXvtJsRZcMGloHpNf85TrrqeleI635Dluyt4A5FfePzatfh4oukGr7odtao70lR8ff3AXUM_W6ULeU0nSyS3ZMYcHSdnyoELV6XDdpO_Oqn9MzM15YNsEWnTYgXG7rD3HOzyPc/s1800/DD4DEBC0-E5E5-4779-903F-55374213EDB4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCPMhY6L68X7qBA5ZYUMawiAFy9gwVfp_e4WIEB4h4OI9xzPMEx0QlNXvtJsRZcMGloHpNf85TrrqeleI635Dluyt4A5FfePzatfh4oukGr7odtao70lR8ff3AXUM_W6ULeU0nSyS3ZMYcHSdnyoELV6XDdpO_Oqn9MzM15YNsEWnTYgXG7rD3HOzyPc/w512-h640/DD4DEBC0-E5E5-4779-903F-55374213EDB4.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Three Blacksmiths (1932)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see bullet damage from WW2 on the base.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictSrEyJ1WcW1wEZGtRskwfOLtRAWD8g5gpmlt-GKPY9C2W2sKjrpKMXCmu5MqxYfmbnAmBf1aj-IcsAashdphNgFfV_fP8d7gijir4U-bioYRR_8B0wgDYeQ3GsJun7fcC2890O5rkmM6Sju2-d49O_A7xiiLRBXqFIuxib1NpVGMEPgNp7x37fJAuXM/s1800/C63EAE36-EAC6-4248-86E4-2AF8D10EBA7C.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictSrEyJ1WcW1wEZGtRskwfOLtRAWD8g5gpmlt-GKPY9C2W2sKjrpKMXCmu5MqxYfmbnAmBf1aj-IcsAashdphNgFfV_fP8d7gijir4U-bioYRR_8B0wgDYeQ3GsJun7fcC2890O5rkmM6Sju2-d49O_A7xiiLRBXqFIuxib1NpVGMEPgNp7x37fJAuXM/w512-h640/C63EAE36-EAC6-4248-86E4-2AF8D10EBA7C.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went through a big shopping district next. Stockmann is the biggest and oldest department store in Finland. It had really great animatronic holiday window displays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="506" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Tv9WgN-po4" width="609" youtube-src-id="7Tv9WgN-po4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stopped in many stores along the way and every single Marimekko store at least twice that day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNwf_sxxlwET9jQijMuN63xbbyHVDTU2k5xOUQ36BoFED0s7W6y5UCWAEyf5fFPUIJZA_Bs9gM9n7ORR7ngskPrTzIyTCS5fAR_5CaOySADcfvYr3zV-OqxsQ06fKYjUKN4-UjB3xBVUb6r3SdbOsK-N6piJ5KMuv6RkrEkTAQ0-nc4dGV2XbEGiWUW4/s4032/IMG_5982.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNwf_sxxlwET9jQijMuN63xbbyHVDTU2k5xOUQ36BoFED0s7W6y5UCWAEyf5fFPUIJZA_Bs9gM9n7ORR7ngskPrTzIyTCS5fAR_5CaOySADcfvYr3zV-OqxsQ06fKYjUKN4-UjB3xBVUb6r3SdbOsK-N6piJ5KMuv6RkrEkTAQ0-nc4dGV2XbEGiWUW4/w480-h640/IMG_5982.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It's a very pretty square that includes the big Lutheran Cathedral, but also the senate building (now Prime Minister's office), University of Helsinki's main building, and National Library of Finland. But also their big Christmas market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As soon as I walked up and saw the little huts, I knew this was going to be such a cute market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7VKz1y230TYNH0gqeNUsPGdBXavehvT9089Z10_7wa0uaUvKz864XEJ44kuP_g2jMCp2_bnXLjZwrGHVtpnvvfYjbgNgIBAi3Y9QPpyrMBdGM9Snpa0NvrxDggLaMBDn7EKTqdagVk4H1KGpZbB7rYEEdL78VIod7djeVWC4Ev6qvO6O4x6XABIjPn4/s4032/IMG_5996.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7VKz1y230TYNH0gqeNUsPGdBXavehvT9089Z10_7wa0uaUvKz864XEJ44kuP_g2jMCp2_bnXLjZwrGHVtpnvvfYjbgNgIBAi3Y9QPpyrMBdGM9Snpa0NvrxDggLaMBDn7EKTqdagVk4H1KGpZbB7rYEEdL78VIod7djeVWC4Ev6qvO6O4x6XABIjPn4/w480-h640/IMG_5996.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was erected in 1835 to celebrate the visit by Czar Nicholas I and Czarina Alexandra.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgcGCOG8hpDD2MRnxA7Q5Ahu2JxF-FeQ-Uvm3InV0nlYFbZj7yZ6xgNSNtMfCc3aVxTS7G3100AQ62J-YUU7j8k8xMib1QB6EhotZN6w7xifCo7065qZiyuzSVD9J0-yEurlcPLxsofHcKzDWJlYPSDW_LZFXXBTR4iS_x9L4hEkub7k5MTqBC0iAqxE/s4032/IMG_6046.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgcGCOG8hpDD2MRnxA7Q5Ahu2JxF-FeQ-Uvm3InV0nlYFbZj7yZ6xgNSNtMfCc3aVxTS7G3100AQ62J-YUU7j8k8xMib1QB6EhotZN6w7xifCo7065qZiyuzSVD9J0-yEurlcPLxsofHcKzDWJlYPSDW_LZFXXBTR4iS_x9L4hEkub7k5MTqBC0iAqxE/w480-h640/IMG_6046.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyXxiL2UmCMZ2F0wjPfQ92KNGeFukw4vQ0zcvCTSDhWPoq9vQTfKTiKDFLrSFSNIvto34NTyfXftXKTmetvyEddbeefC6AmPp-Ov6yRhooucKxxqYHfbhpMhqRONKBeuxxvcyeIrJ5mMHTiV_be81Dkc03tQk3cef2V91owSCT8Nhh_anIo8Bo7bBKc0/s4032/IMG_6045.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyXxiL2UmCMZ2F0wjPfQ92KNGeFukw4vQ0zcvCTSDhWPoq9vQTfKTiKDFLrSFSNIvto34NTyfXftXKTmetvyEddbeefC6AmPp-Ov6yRhooucKxxqYHfbhpMhqRONKBeuxxvcyeIrJ5mMHTiV_be81Dkc03tQk3cef2V91owSCT8Nhh_anIo8Bo7bBKc0/w480-h640/IMG_6045.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSxi1wv56r5o0wETq8jRepvCMCzQPK77tBsec5H7qtpywABoJGX99K1NXr62ECRGroBixvcFxHWSxtzyACuofH1JGd2I23BRoQCv5EmwpRCFa8PmA2A-bdumS5kdBllpojCYnNojwfY0MqdzyYJyJsvnQPj9LNV34kuK9oLWy46VdjqdWuS28hsCAjaE/s4032/IMG_6037.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSxi1wv56r5o0wETq8jRepvCMCzQPK77tBsec5H7qtpywABoJGX99K1NXr62ECRGroBixvcFxHWSxtzyACuofH1JGd2I23BRoQCv5EmwpRCFa8PmA2A-bdumS5kdBllpojCYnNojwfY0MqdzyYJyJsvnQPj9LNV34kuK9oLWy46VdjqdWuS28hsCAjaE/w480-h640/IMG_6037.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7_W4pBpN0gULzyf6D7jhx-k7szKgQjmCgYl3tE__J2ZyFPC6FqxEO0gY3HND2TnFmzIjXjiDSB6cWpgpTjcysewoe1DGu-KhPTUPEFeV8kWLP-NsPUMa0_g3OkWr18ZucnTyHg3bKWwihbG_DB2fR7iwjJAgbcY7evTQXYuJ9AzxBQiqyJQeb2AaWWg/s1799/BED089C8-8EF8-4E79-A843-8AD49381E608.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7_W4pBpN0gULzyf6D7jhx-k7szKgQjmCgYl3tE__J2ZyFPC6FqxEO0gY3HND2TnFmzIjXjiDSB6cWpgpTjcysewoe1DGu-KhPTUPEFeV8kWLP-NsPUMa0_g3OkWr18ZucnTyHg3bKWwihbG_DB2fR7iwjJAgbcY7evTQXYuJ9AzxBQiqyJQeb2AaWWg/w512-h640/BED089C8-8EF8-4E79-A843-8AD49381E608.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was the end of my to-see list. I didn't have a ton of things to do in Helsinki. For years, this trip's itinerary was in my mind and Helsinki was more a spring board location to other stops like Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Obviously I had to scrap St. Petersburg from the plans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't decide what I wanted to eat, so I ended up stopping in a place called Picnic where I grabbed a sandwich and this yummy pastry with lingonberries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNV1MHqBrOo2G68Fmk8VuGke9EuyfqLCqeG8yltV8_E5Fva6nINfYtTz-EnbXyIZotdH95y5j5RSQIQ-zoH3ILCp1ulZDTsErsTIOVonUfCRCK0UvVjQ6FWsoCgyfb4CoIXJ06f9IyxTW5Hs3Z-S9w_RlY0IFPSnV9WZgUrOE-nnRXk5FeCo3tHdsGir8/s4032/IMG_6048.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNV1MHqBrOo2G68Fmk8VuGke9EuyfqLCqeG8yltV8_E5Fva6nINfYtTz-EnbXyIZotdH95y5j5RSQIQ-zoH3ILCp1ulZDTsErsTIOVonUfCRCK0UvVjQ6FWsoCgyfb4CoIXJ06f9IyxTW5Hs3Z-S9w_RlY0IFPSnV9WZgUrOE-nnRXk5FeCo3tHdsGir8/w480-h640/IMG_6048.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stayed at Hotel F6. It's not the hotel I originally booked. It was one of the top two choices I narrowed down to when booking, but ultimately went with another hotel because I liked its location better and it was less expensive. But I book things way in advance and continue to stalk my hotels and flights to make sure there aren't any changes. Sure enough at some point, I realized the hotel I booked had completely closed for renovations. It was scheduled to open on December 1, but I felt uneasy about it and booked this hotel as a backup. As my trip got closer, I noticed the date for my hotel's reopening was bumped to March. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, mind you, they had never contacted me. This line of hotels has several in Helsinki and from what I could tell, would send you to one of their others at the last minute. I didn't want to stay at their other locations, so I cancelled that reservation and was happy I had made a backup reservation at F6.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't take a pic of the outside, so I borrowed this one from trip advisor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9P6t8QTLFjR56XOGrO_1oYo-J6y0yyDTHxxUvycK5FfPuuLrylo1OZ1Laa5CqfLsfHRnO0fcfHj2zC2I3c3Y9tMQXx3smHC9gr1qpmH9Kqky4Aah5mIwhLURaRRXz2xTmMQckPrhsXiJjKv05hMJ9NfdYBF_xKY_W_t1og-4t__MkdNIhUhvYeVsags/s1284/IMG_6586.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1284" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9P6t8QTLFjR56XOGrO_1oYo-J6y0yyDTHxxUvycK5FfPuuLrylo1OZ1Laa5CqfLsfHRnO0fcfHj2zC2I3c3Y9tMQXx3smHC9gr1qpmH9Kqky4Aah5mIwhLURaRRXz2xTmMQckPrhsXiJjKv05hMJ9NfdYBF_xKY_W_t1og-4t__MkdNIhUhvYeVsags/w640-h430/IMG_6586.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I then headed out and walked a different route so that I could see different sights. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlBvp4j2URVvVA0Ed6ct7huEzbRPkT4ARH0pkDMgFLpBbwLlQj2bFHByItM4mLDlFMFIc_dDg4v6XhwvFzOtjWUTmF08HpgYhZIAOtm5DjsWvMtb5BAzkirjGre_-XemE6W-CBAOZmMj8ZD0goKb-ACmFARRa1F9A6J4vyx2jMnmk5mAvH6t8B87Cj44/s4928/LDN_4840.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixlBvp4j2URVvVA0Ed6ct7huEzbRPkT4ARH0pkDMgFLpBbwLlQj2bFHByItM4mLDlFMFIc_dDg4v6XhwvFzOtjWUTmF08HpgYhZIAOtm5DjsWvMtb5BAzkirjGre_-XemE6W-CBAOZmMj8ZD0goKb-ACmFARRa1F9A6J4vyx2jMnmk5mAvH6t8B87Cj44/w424-h640/LDN_4840.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">House of Nobility</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJYNDWLiL39RJczYv1BCwu6Fs0AHQeIE3sybk9MeW62SuEZ_8NCyN4sB2IdpN4H-b9LPnYBMfey39x74Mrffz18k9Br6hM8d5vYbFeYM7WJpM66jLQv9pYxGv-06TvNo6S-CnbU16AHSmhwUlWPmBtGDwike6nk0_L6m5aQh4YafJGqODPNE_fdjl7zs/s4928/LDN_4842.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I arrived at my first destination, the Royal Palace</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_DMyGIPS24nbHKECUcDKMhoXUm7Q8jmAd_d9FeyDveWXmvFsub5p1Sp9Y5VqxYt-TnAcIax9XlZo7zwpIo8mM1puhed6ZAmt9GDP4dnvvVCNxp1DUFB355sNyxnrkDMN6PeiPvBsquTfXix6UQkjB-nYS_NzxfHP5LP9Ac95cNUNZ1y4MpGTEO1ShhE/s4928/LDN_4846.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_DMyGIPS24nbHKECUcDKMhoXUm7Q8jmAd_d9FeyDveWXmvFsub5p1Sp9Y5VqxYt-TnAcIax9XlZo7zwpIo8mM1puhed6ZAmt9GDP4dnvvVCNxp1DUFB355sNyxnrkDMN6PeiPvBsquTfXix6UQkjB-nYS_NzxfHP5LP9Ac95cNUNZ1y4MpGTEO1ShhE/w640-h424/LDN_4846.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJLoW7xBhSOUTrtLwWNLvWUlXN4gUoSD5L1sw56E-VnGsE58Gt2VvmDGKSWUMwS0zLqxlHNHUWlTX2Q1bih5bdJ-rObQqhA-RO9YVQq8ODrr_fnBOcUkGrnhFftzoQTdErZgkxPCx0jNNeUq959H7TpeIs6VgAoCRaqxtm_zkeB_fDmkJg6mF26LuhXE/s4928/LDN_4848.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSMnEEGNfLkMU_IG4hqSvxUhLWrtnWDPrRkIO3ofVcb-3eLeGHJfMlWQGHmrMnkn1fGdNJh_-RO9vrsUad8EwUF9aJbhMYh_aAoihxdg9MBz1MeFLb6BnMaWyLquwJ2LTNzxHKJjJTGn8QCuGfy_qHsbVVJruUbuHM1suRNYo-0KGWxPJc9r6l_cnaWw/w640-h424/LDN_4851.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a 10:00 ticket to the jubilee exhibit Vasa to Bernadotte. I was happy to catch the last couple of weeks of this exhibit which celebrated a double jubilee year for Sweden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 1523, Gustav Vasa was elected King in Strängnäs laying the foundation for modern Sweden. On September 15, 1973, King Carl XVI Gustaf succeeded his grandfather and became King (his father was killed in 1947 in a KLM airplane crash in Copenhagen which elevated the 10 month old Carl to Crown Prince of Sweden).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, King Carl XVI Gustaf is the longest reining monarch in Europe (after the Danish handover on January 14, 2024)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV8vqhWuoBKtEjD6ZHzlqpKALP6-tIipv_gN71ydJSmdVWwGyrc4tu-HJsjP1CmapoVjfv-BgfZBqorhZoLZmMmf5xuOO5McGH7ZVgvbovwERlhiJKZcy9M9yk_LslvRspNTUuiFNkLfGs7ZkqSncADVR0s44RSbLCNPL7birJAxP7qt85ICpFftcPRM/s4032/IMG_5851.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVV8vqhWuoBKtEjD6ZHzlqpKALP6-tIipv_gN71ydJSmdVWwGyrc4tu-HJsjP1CmapoVjfv-BgfZBqorhZoLZmMmf5xuOO5McGH7ZVgvbovwERlhiJKZcy9M9yk_LslvRspNTUuiFNkLfGs7ZkqSncADVR0s44RSbLCNPL7birJAxP7qt85ICpFftcPRM/w480-h640/IMG_5851.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I was excited to see the Cameo Parure as it isn't something that is normally on display.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPamNkavtfdDdCbq4Y-0y5S0MmjpyE93PLRtBjAy0UBryhyG2_9dP3M92GmfSHii97-Kg0DVHCsi0-SHioawiIqElmUpyk4e03gxp1tCVgvNSzfFIUwICvBJX4J4vserWxsNyjn8ZU1-STl0czaTYJjn6oXhfsWU-bX8yoKxkuBCrS8jEzI4v1-LcWXxM/s4032/IMG_5863.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPamNkavtfdDdCbq4Y-0y5S0MmjpyE93PLRtBjAy0UBryhyG2_9dP3M92GmfSHii97-Kg0DVHCsi0-SHioawiIqElmUpyk4e03gxp1tCVgvNSzfFIUwICvBJX4J4vserWxsNyjn8ZU1-STl0czaTYJjn6oXhfsWU-bX8yoKxkuBCrS8jEzI4v1-LcWXxM/w480-h640/IMG_5863.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4itS6zvcfObOp9-x58OQvgy1HC-OAQ5S4SYjJ-5Px1XihvdJCPHLUV3y2PnebtyNqGtsa8mK1YKTEunfL4F_m0IXgJuty32Mwz4eR7pMGvbeiaWafzUfwM7IUxWOJqiyPWW7UHgRaTWCtlxbVjkh59msO0bYQqfe2U4-t7Jzj7FunlpOo9ECLljIg8c/s4032/IMG_5859.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA4XpZ8Rkhrqnl6aY_cJn1am75MLD6FpfgIu2dNRN5zt6hiXjoss3-uSfl1MU78k9HqTeTju3mvp9PMb9DO3Uxd6HFf7_nvhc6ReQWvphc1aAVzro9SxeKk5U7mJlufCxTsTfanClm4u_sWi_EScOS4CLqUw9kiO4EyCQpO5AHXy_GQPTIS1Fw0TfabMM/w480-h640/IMG_5862.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The King and two Queens in waiting...Crown Princess Victoria, and her daughter, Princess Estelle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9tDk2aY7iMF96AHtb_8Wh6dL_IC1NBrXRoBDAWaxVRt_tB9rnlZTtjxhUvQCsuLIwAA7yBwXJ-zUAz4pMN3HKnSuRryH_3goU7EXpXf8teDkCMAQ4ZrKTci-dToXtHD1B0Y5WVZTNfx3a9d5VLlDcltIzsuQVjzVCGveV5IfWTWBJk-SZz_z8JJtwiM/s4032/IMG_5865.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9tDk2aY7iMF96AHtb_8Wh6dL_IC1NBrXRoBDAWaxVRt_tB9rnlZTtjxhUvQCsuLIwAA7yBwXJ-zUAz4pMN3HKnSuRryH_3goU7EXpXf8teDkCMAQ4ZrKTci-dToXtHD1B0Y5WVZTNfx3a9d5VLlDcltIzsuQVjzVCGveV5IfWTWBJk-SZz_z8JJtwiM/w480-h640/IMG_5865.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the jubilee exhibit, I went to see the Royal Palace. I headed up the stairs anxious to see the Royal Apartments...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0dhsXUfOHya0EI1PMrjJc2bKeYNI-AgwpJrRkosiwUhrJe4JBvjOh-TtrmC10E-lwAeTOhPDX7ZoVskQ7eXMO9qPqhnRY5WWi07xC71u_urZofKXeLt24CuFLEn-mP9y8CStSEYZo_dRnnCnaiF0JBwIpaHZpEdQtREQJOu3vFxsW6wEGOTEw3vwLuE/s4032/IMG_5867.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0dhsXUfOHya0EI1PMrjJc2bKeYNI-AgwpJrRkosiwUhrJe4JBvjOh-TtrmC10E-lwAeTOhPDX7ZoVskQ7eXMO9qPqhnRY5WWi07xC71u_urZofKXeLt24CuFLEn-mP9y8CStSEYZo_dRnnCnaiF0JBwIpaHZpEdQtREQJOu3vFxsW6wEGOTEw3vwLuE/w480-h640/IMG_5867.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...but The KING thought he would use them instead!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3wKWrVxmGu0oXQz-AFNRzfp3W3EP-KHeQ7Une7JI_gcVCqudTD0uUlIFAkibpZAUIkKyazh6mHX4TzEQSJP68kB7IQAVh91DG9praxg62QxKjYjxV3o03kR9GHBWHbaowYZ3OETmoOdFvPmmBMQF_0E70xHnE71dH58BFn9nvYzKhaPVwraoH0nHVrQ/s4032/IMG_5882.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3wKWrVxmGu0oXQz-AFNRzfp3W3EP-KHeQ7Une7JI_gcVCqudTD0uUlIFAkibpZAUIkKyazh6mHX4TzEQSJP68kB7IQAVh91DG9praxg62QxKjYjxV3o03kR9GHBWHbaowYZ3OETmoOdFvPmmBMQF_0E70xHnE71dH58BFn9nvYzKhaPVwraoH0nHVrQ/w480-h640/IMG_5882.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to see other things there. There was an orders of chivalry exhibit which I enjoyed seeing. I didn't take a ton of pics, but this is the Order of Seraphim, the most outstanding distinction which is only given to members of the royal family or other heads of state. This is the Queen's...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsji0JOFvCwdMR3jf6B5QJwfgdhlUuhzLQPCiTmWRhfnumasWLKWE9k2KkKRTRIAjcaNUAMTuKWFLTzBwj4cKNRhMXr63pZKxme5fW8sLeqh0G4t2LQZNDM2fB_LSrbPX5Yp66jSzzzJ4AKq_f4Ly2mROO4-c2kVYJmWT6FetFKOLv7p1MRaXdnh_Tr8/s4032/IMG_5868.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsji0JOFvCwdMR3jf6B5QJwfgdhlUuhzLQPCiTmWRhfnumasWLKWE9k2KkKRTRIAjcaNUAMTuKWFLTzBwj4cKNRhMXr63pZKxme5fW8sLeqh0G4t2LQZNDM2fB_LSrbPX5Yp66jSzzzJ4AKq_f4Ly2mROO4-c2kVYJmWT6FetFKOLv7p1MRaXdnh_Tr8/w480-h640/IMG_5868.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5J8rqxdjB5bWrqYsQORsJw2J3DkcGuPm_itXFoGbe1f3u-kD3x6u1HXZbBnoWx6IsqXiy0OYudhawFATnKJA5pBmrP_4MIxoRg7IdMKfo-91QpOj2vaCDwpTPGlwMWh050XQMeaLex65-RapGPdGCWiOGRnA6SLECGdZdNshw7BEeKYr7C2j2Kog4wQ/s4032/IMG_5869.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I next went to another museum within the Palace grounds, the Royal Treasury. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Queens coronation robe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxilJUU1XVgXHHrCRIbwfyDXA5b_O05d-6_B47zmpeYGmB1gMJi0KeQYUbb1qN7QdlhSGFy0u-72QBUB7PZYeh3yayiQUP1qVh_UI9LnrF0CZvDNrvMlMuGmLnEtC9e4tNy0RKRgSvLsvkt3kXtyvbrw6ZA64PRgJyfFr1p_bJS3WrkyRHcQvWEq8AuyE/s4032/IMG_5887.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxilJUU1XVgXHHrCRIbwfyDXA5b_O05d-6_B47zmpeYGmB1gMJi0KeQYUbb1qN7QdlhSGFy0u-72QBUB7PZYeh3yayiQUP1qVh_UI9LnrF0CZvDNrvMlMuGmLnEtC9e4tNy0RKRgSvLsvkt3kXtyvbrw6ZA64PRgJyfFr1p_bJS3WrkyRHcQvWEq8AuyE/w480-h640/IMG_5887.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Now, the Swedish royals have AMAZING jewels, but they belong to the family, not Sweden, and they are sadly not on display.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFODmiAR-tMRNVJj_YUGg6G1POwCqmCTIuQXIGVqPdBEhcAtX5ikf-QCA7vjVefzTIuDKMkioShSGqOqRUO8vNZBs3C4tofAwzC9duzc3f7GTZ2b9Z2XfKCop_kb7clBfLDH2EtMRh8IOZhoOFbfeovrMuN6TXfST9muZcnTSDhlVKJWgItEcBdPbV9Pg/s4032/IMG_5894.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFODmiAR-tMRNVJj_YUGg6G1POwCqmCTIuQXIGVqPdBEhcAtX5ikf-QCA7vjVefzTIuDKMkioShSGqOqRUO8vNZBs3C4tofAwzC9duzc3f7GTZ2b9Z2XfKCop_kb7clBfLDH2EtMRh8IOZhoOFbfeovrMuN6TXfST9muZcnTSDhlVKJWgItEcBdPbV9Pg/w480-h640/IMG_5894.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_XaXbkClccjtogiKaoUaFVXCJiKgLjIYg681PmitprPEyevXruj-P11uSCJin8kCwmiX4A13cXDrMLQhg8cOGWSR-mwyjSr6EKw5bdiN-cUliQ_e6_x98gtfxQ5OTVJFLEamQ61OBjYURnXWB2kPlpZsdhYukazohr2URXr2RMPoUzn9DKtwZgsiwkg/s4032/IMG_5895.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_XaXbkClccjtogiKaoUaFVXCJiKgLjIYg681PmitprPEyevXruj-P11uSCJin8kCwmiX4A13cXDrMLQhg8cOGWSR-mwyjSr6EKw5bdiN-cUliQ_e6_x98gtfxQ5OTVJFLEamQ61OBjYURnXWB2kPlpZsdhYukazohr2URXr2RMPoUzn9DKtwZgsiwkg/w480-h640/IMG_5895.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to another museum at the Palace called Museum of Three Crowns, and they lured me in with false advertising. I thought I was going to see three crowns, but they showed me zero crowns! It shows bits of the palace before a big fire devastated it in the 1600s. There are artifacts, models, etc., but there are NO CROWNS.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked over from Gamla Stan to the Modern City of Stockholm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kly50nOUTtjIzk8dogZdJ8r1vE_v21a-9T8EU_zqqeQ7zKhlWCOBEttK6yfgsTZZPhg85Z4vnAHnCPe4rXzBBX6FMOm93-Iqx7Tv8u0SCnBuuWzAhstOZU54DMrCL3oG23X2VrONBpCCGy7EWG3zo04n1L0yzPdEt_Kogzf0l15mmEGisJCFtmmCjcw/s3088/Facetune_18-12-2023-18-06-22.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kly50nOUTtjIzk8dogZdJ8r1vE_v21a-9T8EU_zqqeQ7zKhlWCOBEttK6yfgsTZZPhg85Z4vnAHnCPe4rXzBBX6FMOm93-Iqx7Tv8u0SCnBuuWzAhstOZU54DMrCL3oG23X2VrONBpCCGy7EWG3zo04n1L0yzPdEt_Kogzf0l15mmEGisJCFtmmCjcw/w480-h640/Facetune_18-12-2023-18-06-22.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tTnhpsx7Zk2xLJbdW0QMneKEGCDG8LZJmh2uzfESn-6Q8L4Limap81axbf6KvfMRQMzwo6YNKsrUoZe4rmZ2Axzko8Wwr4MKndFB053cAWPe_yGD5aYB3I3Z-QTTrhLypdvAWZT9iC3tiRjQJXzE83-TjRFUTn24OcslwfzBtYUXmDXkUCfYktilmwQ/s4928/LDN_4857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tTnhpsx7Zk2xLJbdW0QMneKEGCDG8LZJmh2uzfESn-6Q8L4Limap81axbf6KvfMRQMzwo6YNKsrUoZe4rmZ2Axzko8Wwr4MKndFB053cAWPe_yGD5aYB3I3Z-QTTrhLypdvAWZT9iC3tiRjQJXzE83-TjRFUTn24OcslwfzBtYUXmDXkUCfYktilmwQ/w640-h424/LDN_4857.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Royal Palace</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BzBdNoni5PDg57duxIWbZUAP54lmUlkzWLqFEkl8K2JkRUhsjg0dx6kDmk9w1T-iMN_18WtuCV-DqCifWCpgdVLIrLSSsZpDyMlKdLBMnlXOMy3k5HRoJ4yESoDkH5Ul3b-XWsAAywMdImS-ZtECCLt841sgDHnEEDGux3CtbmKxuemuYDFwUpWhc2o/s4032/IMG_5908.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BzBdNoni5PDg57duxIWbZUAP54lmUlkzWLqFEkl8K2JkRUhsjg0dx6kDmk9w1T-iMN_18WtuCV-DqCifWCpgdVLIrLSSsZpDyMlKdLBMnlXOMy3k5HRoJ4yESoDkH5Ul3b-XWsAAywMdImS-ZtECCLt841sgDHnEEDGux3CtbmKxuemuYDFwUpWhc2o/w480-h640/IMG_5908.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked through the Kungsträdgården (King's Garden) and took zero pics. I stopped in the Galleria Mall and enjoyed their pretty decor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykqvmN0vzkoFZmYUZ8iw_lenoQcsmSRlikdsLt24ih9l-Mbs16CRbzKyo6cua7Pmy1oEw7RWyavGYd3VGMb8_JkkNxCRrxsU7GEmpyyHEJMVtJixpQurihqW-Ma-rEyuZKHhX2e65_wrS6aCSj3jk_ImLs5Gruc1WuvL8pkmumzdOFK9_FuFyx7CHNP0/s4032/IMG_5912.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykqvmN0vzkoFZmYUZ8iw_lenoQcsmSRlikdsLt24ih9l-Mbs16CRbzKyo6cua7Pmy1oEw7RWyavGYd3VGMb8_JkkNxCRrxsU7GEmpyyHEJMVtJixpQurihqW-Ma-rEyuZKHhX2e65_wrS6aCSj3jk_ImLs5Gruc1WuvL8pkmumzdOFK9_FuFyx7CHNP0/w480-h640/IMG_5912.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReWIMvewlHKBDlQKup9P29GsaJvF6oZksB1v-4qYA-o8-p9C-xZhgUjgkPKl14ZEB03N6wT-M0CenB4usYnXpYP6rQZPmTKqYDuxpnH0F-f94lpaODcFgof0NWIPN3YZkfwZW3SotiDnFXQIrgyMKUzjlTJRW8gkj1YSohVuu7akamAN65WT6G3e0I3g/s4032/IMG_5913.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgReWIMvewlHKBDlQKup9P29GsaJvF6oZksB1v-4qYA-o8-p9C-xZhgUjgkPKl14ZEB03N6wT-M0CenB4usYnXpYP6rQZPmTKqYDuxpnH0F-f94lpaODcFgof0NWIPN3YZkfwZW3SotiDnFXQIrgyMKUzjlTJRW8gkj1YSohVuu7akamAN65WT6G3e0I3g/w480-h640/IMG_5913.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked over to the Hötorgshallen, a food hall, to see if anything struck me for lunch. I didn't decide to eat there, but enjoyed looking around the flower market outside of the hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE-Gn1_ljEfDzh1Bgn_iGEfRhVq5zIUvbGTEN6MgA6g1iAIhp3yS6O4UvOrFvue55iEm3TOfa_Ibh9I2nxhN53uDwmYbf4rZIlUAHGv5-S46_Tk3C7u-ont1yHfsLWXbunQxJuBR9-BnqRLDsqQjw9HBJ9DndJADRPjbNHsNFnJJnGNxPzC5M8zn5rnA/s4032/IMG_5915.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeE-Gn1_ljEfDzh1Bgn_iGEfRhVq5zIUvbGTEN6MgA6g1iAIhp3yS6O4UvOrFvue55iEm3TOfa_Ibh9I2nxhN53uDwmYbf4rZIlUAHGv5-S46_Tk3C7u-ont1yHfsLWXbunQxJuBR9-BnqRLDsqQjw9HBJ9DndJADRPjbNHsNFnJJnGNxPzC5M8zn5rnA/w480-h640/IMG_5915.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyBKiCTJNv1IHgyGAXoWpCeXARWV2zuAlA6kfXUOHC5QOengtOyUBc4PR29-vhlmonZmSNiHlNkaNoh5E-sbzZ9n50VfkBVJpuxOQ_E5jVQBYMxiqsOe40DNKR-APcbiR66hq6n3lou-VSGIL8htFrCRSXFXSrT3hE2GjIEVo7vyRoCbVFYfR8OA2D3s/s4032/IMG_5916.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyBKiCTJNv1IHgyGAXoWpCeXARWV2zuAlA6kfXUOHC5QOengtOyUBc4PR29-vhlmonZmSNiHlNkaNoh5E-sbzZ9n50VfkBVJpuxOQ_E5jVQBYMxiqsOe40DNKR-APcbiR66hq6n3lou-VSGIL8htFrCRSXFXSrT3hE2GjIEVo7vyRoCbVFYfR8OA2D3s/w480-h640/IMG_5916.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to walk to another restaurant for lunch and passed St. Jacob's Church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSuAfpmDxxp2vY7Y1tjBrxVKXlDbmqZpqbsglEirVb2F_NMBHwByNWtRRKodSLM5Rinaf72m39pGiqW-ewzU_9wV-KWCaAHUTG6Bn46qCYO516ci1iXP5RAoxuwaxUN_FV63-b7feGVd6q7_kuud090sZ9ImEUcW14pkKZGseK9B4SaAHKYLlEsvEW08/s4032/IMG_5921.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSuAfpmDxxp2vY7Y1tjBrxVKXlDbmqZpqbsglEirVb2F_NMBHwByNWtRRKodSLM5Rinaf72m39pGiqW-ewzU_9wV-KWCaAHUTG6Bn46qCYO516ci1iXP5RAoxuwaxUN_FV63-b7feGVd6q7_kuud090sZ9ImEUcW14pkKZGseK9B4SaAHKYLlEsvEW08/w480-h640/IMG_5921.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bakfickan was a restaurant I wanted to visit while in Stockholm. It's basically the bar for the well known Restaurant Operakällaren located next door. As far as I could tell it was the same menu, same prices, same kitchen, same plates even, just a less fancy setting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJdSwIacHeeKXEq954-RpJXlK__q8wKux5z6LZZ9MfgSegWtSsljKNs6kayDYWAz8M_IwsXog4mXNDRCIce0f7-NwA2HmEsXTmmJ3KE34FpM1mIuIGbB6jQwrfcdgGyrMgs3oDBrPkSkpFUdQ-xtLd0lFo2YHLfmW9g7HQvKubyYYxgBpyoVss7wlEBk/s4032/IMG_5922.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJdSwIacHeeKXEq954-RpJXlK__q8wKux5z6LZZ9MfgSegWtSsljKNs6kayDYWAz8M_IwsXog4mXNDRCIce0f7-NwA2HmEsXTmmJ3KE34FpM1mIuIGbB6jQwrfcdgGyrMgs3oDBrPkSkpFUdQ-xtLd0lFo2YHLfmW9g7HQvKubyYYxgBpyoVss7wlEBk/w480-h640/IMG_5922.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to have meatballs while in Sweden and by this point I was <i>obsessed </i>with lingonberries, so this was win win.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipckKoRa-SkcUHh4wcs29PvNo5Jbadtiqm263VhtNEIv8-8qFTqzo8JtprY9uBFLr5tGWlf5r3F_IIv1q3J6NORgtQHxRtN83UGiu37v2ia3lOinVvNWTsHEavsALKxyXToH40U9rGu0cXQU6ZDfThZy6EYXJEkkggISs11jdW7-_qzdVbEoPYVWQsaFc/w480-h640/IMG_5929.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I crossed back over to Gamla Stan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAN6lqAD5EsBOuU0ghaQ87xCPiNp-1yF2LcH7Ws-u0w_YsJ1x06xpIqVmJ6jK87HRwtfTnOBOG10oC7tZ8EQKF1IhUDUp3C_lpcOgdaGjEqcKFFbBhmRuN7zcjfaC7sO9JBf8_U_Wtn1QmKKAUT2BV6UCKU8Bl3mVxTd6yli2cupzUYmEOm3lbff08eg/s4032/IMG_5931.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAN6lqAD5EsBOuU0ghaQ87xCPiNp-1yF2LcH7Ws-u0w_YsJ1x06xpIqVmJ6jK87HRwtfTnOBOG10oC7tZ8EQKF1IhUDUp3C_lpcOgdaGjEqcKFFbBhmRuN7zcjfaC7sO9JBf8_U_Wtn1QmKKAUT2BV6UCKU8Bl3mVxTd6yli2cupzUYmEOm3lbff08eg/w480-h640/IMG_5931.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hit up some shops</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEPAe-DiD2kb0WcTEc52nstTXPPIK660CxsCqtTNNm49rrpZKoE9jjPBEefGP5v7WgeiRC3DUKrFPc281io1eYjQNQFmZyqJo7e58_tfaSSJcF9nc8_NnspxqLIQYD4N4bDnGyQQajp5jhSlyw9Ic2bXnSZ0_WVZb10BUesywGkhwk_re57j44FNgASA/s4032/IMG_5932.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEPAe-DiD2kb0WcTEc52nstTXPPIK660CxsCqtTNNm49rrpZKoE9jjPBEefGP5v7WgeiRC3DUKrFPc281io1eYjQNQFmZyqJo7e58_tfaSSJcF9nc8_NnspxqLIQYD4N4bDnGyQQajp5jhSlyw9Ic2bXnSZ0_WVZb10BUesywGkhwk_re57j44FNgASA/w480-h640/IMG_5932.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I passed a bar that had a schnauzer painted on the outside that looked like Poppy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvCfT1gmuAsXRAnBYDx9LHXOpvh6Aq0xDD-HUMCtx-DAb9OgSBjQSfFgFS0p1p07lHhyphenhyphenGeoDfI25ra69j2lTF9SQ3rw9hDRhuSH4dtvb7C9KNtFXHcnImnOS4BGn_HjQRps-x6zgciyB1QVhVUNZ6Qa0J5NmjO394j1vI9ClJYigbSOM6Dnjr3YVFbnA/s4032/IMG_5934.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnvCfT1gmuAsXRAnBYDx9LHXOpvh6Aq0xDD-HUMCtx-DAb9OgSBjQSfFgFS0p1p07lHhyphenhyphenGeoDfI25ra69j2lTF9SQ3rw9hDRhuSH4dtvb7C9KNtFXHcnImnOS4BGn_HjQRps-x6zgciyB1QVhVUNZ6Qa0J5NmjO394j1vI9ClJYigbSOM6Dnjr3YVFbnA/w480-h640/IMG_5934.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fabrique was another place I had on my list, so I stopped for a cinnamon bun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSbp60s4sQh0hV9fJVWqdEMEfLtaju9jXev7cY8cpxeXraj8FhKuNcZCsR6qjsR5icWesaS7o9Suf21IkNE1DIXccXysXIgYwc7LZfPKGHmZhePSr1JNJjvusPQkxfApWy8H1ksY7_vYfTwARPjJR7G4NALUrynwpDpzRfD8FpgFV0QdPUxqRk8duxzU/s4032/IMG_5936.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">While shopping around, I stopped in an art gallery and bought this small painting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisT0jtH0QXyZuR_kC8KA1pqT3X_yy3TI3Q_0HpWiwFXIUsF-mKipvEo_He4Dx9b9oHsQd-bo6BSyBHWSGSaJ39vsAXpI2jT6jFk5EWZG2hy4Nz6gQdrGeAnK2ZMnwh56iTv9VzmvlgEOF6sek248tv7s_9vV8kipCT57Eo9yeNw2l3CbnM7fpFDkiBWM/s4032/IMG_5940.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisT0jtH0QXyZuR_kC8KA1pqT3X_yy3TI3Q_0HpWiwFXIUsF-mKipvEo_He4Dx9b9oHsQd-bo6BSyBHWSGSaJ39vsAXpI2jT6jFk5EWZG2hy4Nz6gQdrGeAnK2ZMnwh56iTv9VzmvlgEOF6sek248tv7s_9vV8kipCT57Eo9yeNw2l3CbnM7fpFDkiBWM/w480-h640/IMG_5940.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to go visit another food hall for dinner. I took the subway over to Östermalm to visit the Östermalms Food Hall. Across from the food hall there were booths selling trees, wreaths, and these cute little reindeer made of greenery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxQFXJxTnC4g3NZltjQLioGgIFDBxirAOXVpb8d9wKxZACKRCyrESFl11SuxpOw91UIfDuQFobGdEi0dfsEXo4W64ZgcnXI4u8IuHIaJUyuvtVXs1YpVCvBHAIzOvJu2ZirOh7EI4Ykkol7zDxQtfYl9d6FgheUSR10q4IAA1zf27n-DoFmpXB5K2fFs/s4032/IMG_5943.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxQFXJxTnC4g3NZltjQLioGgIFDBxirAOXVpb8d9wKxZACKRCyrESFl11SuxpOw91UIfDuQFobGdEi0dfsEXo4W64ZgcnXI4u8IuHIaJUyuvtVXs1YpVCvBHAIzOvJu2ZirOh7EI4Ykkol7zDxQtfYl9d6FgheUSR10q4IAA1zf27n-DoFmpXB5K2fFs/w480-h640/IMG_5943.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The food hall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxZCXkelDPAoh-YpPJVcioOYLzu-Xqupwg5VzJXAgQbPwI4AHLqSuThecIH0QF9jnIaOGFb9a5YrolgbR7ZvWgWujrYwYPpo7kjKJGrfuO4fFnC41JYkqmqqh9KgsU6aVEEyTn0vvvuzv_ORSne7j8TVETPcZ9WQC_2h9pswSYlPccSFrrSgARqZvnTo/s4032/IMG_5948.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxZCXkelDPAoh-YpPJVcioOYLzu-Xqupwg5VzJXAgQbPwI4AHLqSuThecIH0QF9jnIaOGFb9a5YrolgbR7ZvWgWujrYwYPpo7kjKJGrfuO4fFnC41JYkqmqqh9KgsU6aVEEyTn0vvvuzv_ORSne7j8TVETPcZ9WQC_2h9pswSYlPccSFrrSgARqZvnTo/w480-h640/IMG_5948.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a gorgeous food hall. I wandered around forever just looking at everything for sale and all of the restaurant menus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvW88C4SoO2VbCd0M9ygo0WaKyKQhPB2B0N3hHKJsSdv0rTdoXYesiFP52vjMGLqri7jAMw2rsvU7Vd9h9o2UViLy4rJbkfwyhS9glJqM9awLZD7ot6O-yAY5wIPVTVA7la_LoX2iE6IRAOOTzTOlG65qBpj4isyFdT_54T8vicf7pY7l6nstlkaT3qU/s4032/IMG_5949.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvW88C4SoO2VbCd0M9ygo0WaKyKQhPB2B0N3hHKJsSdv0rTdoXYesiFP52vjMGLqri7jAMw2rsvU7Vd9h9o2UViLy4rJbkfwyhS9glJqM9awLZD7ot6O-yAY5wIPVTVA7la_LoX2iE6IRAOOTzTOlG65qBpj4isyFdT_54T8vicf7pY7l6nstlkaT3qU/w480-h640/IMG_5949.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, I wasn't very hungry and so nothing was drawing me in. I finally settled on a restaurant and ordered but then after a few minutes they came over and said they didn't have what I ordered that night. I decided to leave and find something else, but again, nothing sounded amazing, so I settled on a slice of cheese pizza.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V48gT70TArTc8wK2uLOue-8TNkt0jhnmk-vdboy4rUUH2_GKfGK_Kap-b_RZJmT1crspha7moxVOgLXWWsT0ygmdRVLZfKr6JkBWCTI1f7PkZrl73ZspFLy53XKGpbJoR4GbpF7hQrtmGyscr7-cHD5HLw3dflmeXCaCHMHJZH-fPrKCC2PDYRB4x6k/s4032/IMG_5950.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-V48gT70TArTc8wK2uLOue-8TNkt0jhnmk-vdboy4rUUH2_GKfGK_Kap-b_RZJmT1crspha7moxVOgLXWWsT0ygmdRVLZfKr6JkBWCTI1f7PkZrl73ZspFLy53XKGpbJoR4GbpF7hQrtmGyscr7-cHD5HLw3dflmeXCaCHMHJZH-fPrKCC2PDYRB4x6k/w480-h640/IMG_5950.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I had already set my eye on dessert from this place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="459" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TXuy5i9UFcI" width="552" youtube-src-id="TXuy5i9UFcI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also got some gingerbread to bring home to my Mom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF_qdL8vndA0DVB6sQeibJYKrBeVORUqaujW6x5Pl1yPO3sQZ1PUUAyEA3vppGW7csBEYfPKZJ5ZAtw6X_y6avqEylr80FDFsxMDcCKU2R7kmQRZFmw2MytXIsUdg1Q2SJICYaTkP-fquSsLZVYiGcN1nBL3RAomwxDHTfbVVe_SYJb78CIG0HyatEpc/s4032/IMG_5954.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF_qdL8vndA0DVB6sQeibJYKrBeVORUqaujW6x5Pl1yPO3sQZ1PUUAyEA3vppGW7csBEYfPKZJ5ZAtw6X_y6avqEylr80FDFsxMDcCKU2R7kmQRZFmw2MytXIsUdg1Q2SJICYaTkP-fquSsLZVYiGcN1nBL3RAomwxDHTfbVVe_SYJb78CIG0HyatEpc/w480-h640/IMG_5954.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pretty view on my way back to the subway station.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ttOrGnYCGHk0cBdoiDEQaoJ7Ug-LuFV1jNLHAuPu_PvK5mY3S_A3Aw1u6CoYYfhfZHR5rcF6qGE1u9Fs6CjFvK1TTUXhftzJbgt7O6ypJ0tXmOdr3B6YSyDilEEkNK8FmIN597T5MxwB2ZmcQ29NLCK_7v5nmHjJvc2ViA-30rJOLaaDKIVTP99GqY/s4032/IMG_5955.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ttOrGnYCGHk0cBdoiDEQaoJ7Ug-LuFV1jNLHAuPu_PvK5mY3S_A3Aw1u6CoYYfhfZHR5rcF6qGE1u9Fs6CjFvK1TTUXhftzJbgt7O6ypJ0tXmOdr3B6YSyDilEEkNK8FmIN597T5MxwB2ZmcQ29NLCK_7v5nmHjJvc2ViA-30rJOLaaDKIVTP99GqY/w480-h640/IMG_5955.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took my dessert (Swedish Princess Cake) to go and enjoyed it from my bed while watching Netflix...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I walked a few blocks to the Nationaltheatret station and took the Flytoget express train to the airport. My flight was very empty as you can see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8roMyOY7eDTQ8kgjuRUlaw_UEKKXc_uUICffvk_4KeOqviADuJnSwU4hPmXBaDd9pDqi5i8YWZyvS7V4EcC6CqwhmfLz6TLEhf5t-6t9PE9UpEateYJ6LfqoP1FTmqH6Zo0yfVz8sR0g-x1Bnbf7XuvyrdPILe28u7JsF5xe7r4I8_WZthB4n1iIvss0/s4032/IMG_5710.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8roMyOY7eDTQ8kgjuRUlaw_UEKKXc_uUICffvk_4KeOqviADuJnSwU4hPmXBaDd9pDqi5i8YWZyvS7V4EcC6CqwhmfLz6TLEhf5t-6t9PE9UpEateYJ6LfqoP1FTmqH6Zo0yfVz8sR0g-x1Bnbf7XuvyrdPILe28u7JsF5xe7r4I8_WZthB4n1iIvss0/w480-h640/IMG_5710.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I arrived in Stockholm by 10:00 a.m. and took the Arlanda Express to the main central station in Stockholm. Since I was unfamiliar with the city at this point, I took a taxi to my hotel. I was lucky again and could check in early. I dropped off my things and headed out. I took the ferry over to Skansen. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Skansen was Europe's first and it's said best, open-air folk museum. It's very similar to the museum I visited in Norway, but it's more elaborate. It's not so much a winter destination, but on the weekends leading up to Christmas they have a Christmas Market and are open, so I needed to hit it up the day I arrived.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The market wasn't particularly pretty, but it was very legit with great things to buy and eat. I grabbed some food first thing. I had the lightly smoked and fried elk meat with crushed potatoes and cloudberry creme fraiche in a flat bread cone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was wonderful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaT2JFl-pbpbzgzI-b6Elamuo5Uf8WQNgdAjTVjHFe7M9luJBtia5W9SWU3FEEDxAVeU4uJOPFz0JQUjdEf12OtA10plezHttlKhyVcg5pIKTiLSijWZ5m2MvRpO2U1FIjGGxQevqgFvYjVAg6Woao_TLIYwd2ughftQO3qF65DaSSkv97vl6e7npQ0lU/s4032/IMG_5714.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaT2JFl-pbpbzgzI-b6Elamuo5Uf8WQNgdAjTVjHFe7M9luJBtia5W9SWU3FEEDxAVeU4uJOPFz0JQUjdEf12OtA10plezHttlKhyVcg5pIKTiLSijWZ5m2MvRpO2U1FIjGGxQevqgFvYjVAg6Woao_TLIYwd2ughftQO3qF65DaSSkv97vl6e7npQ0lU/w480-h640/IMG_5714.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I got two bags of gingerbread flavored muesli (which weighed much more than they looked like they would!), a few cookie cutters, and I got this star ornament because it reminded me of all the stars lit up in the windows across Scandinavia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc8spvpjwK9tUhE1J_nzn1gYvri3fLcS-mgqjm7-g9wTuzCN8lGgfy219voK6ik-T7IrCuJ5u87sPuENyM_R28-cYUsa7YGGcTRpuowtb0vG8BMt4Y9alCFDcNRQzKbyzr0BEZ3ELMpd3Ck6hJ9cUY990vB1xW5BjIGEU-D3bVaoYm3-J0iW_Ph4i4PU/s4032/IMG_5725.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc8spvpjwK9tUhE1J_nzn1gYvri3fLcS-mgqjm7-g9wTuzCN8lGgfy219voK6ik-T7IrCuJ5u87sPuENyM_R28-cYUsa7YGGcTRpuowtb0vG8BMt4Y9alCFDcNRQzKbyzr0BEZ3ELMpd3Ck6hJ9cUY990vB1xW5BjIGEU-D3bVaoYm3-J0iW_Ph4i4PU/w480-h640/IMG_5725.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6nSBVWq1KASe9dO6fXXFAmwP3155afGQhcJMGZBXidOiVW8M2BUA5_BmyJSWQWMbm671QAbQqLZOUlpwsj3AyKELWPCOHGK9_CDYheRLgJSHUASFenjRf41JBJpb8sDTPKq7Ww2ApLI9wmXqMsipnKv-cZSky8rNIJF-FS0kDFop9cil1ai9EDrqPgY/s4032/IMG_5716.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6nSBVWq1KASe9dO6fXXFAmwP3155afGQhcJMGZBXidOiVW8M2BUA5_BmyJSWQWMbm671QAbQqLZOUlpwsj3AyKELWPCOHGK9_CDYheRLgJSHUASFenjRf41JBJpb8sDTPKq7Ww2ApLI9wmXqMsipnKv-cZSky8rNIJF-FS0kDFop9cil1ai9EDrqPgY/w480-h640/IMG_5716.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="497" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Geat4JxYMlM" width="598" youtube-src-id="Geat4JxYMlM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the things that was more elaborate about this folk museum was that they had animals typically found in Sweden. I saw wolverines, seals, etc. The bears were hibernating though, and I couldn't find the otter in his enclosure to save my life. There was a moose!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6Rh__WrA3PVPDvhVzbfETIDaxEyRiQQSwVFw7N1InHSRcdahnD4ah2ILt7o8VlrxlLRnxBWfDoXk_nL6HBzw2th4FimBI-1aEuEgHgfY-N-Z133y0byXc29fNnKk7p8a0dxdIMpzkJWz6Ux5l95zHoYiqpU8H3t5gziCpzwyjK__7eohansEZdheEC8/s1800/A57780B9-E790-4D4D-8BAA-43668B796F9C.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6Rh__WrA3PVPDvhVzbfETIDaxEyRiQQSwVFw7N1InHSRcdahnD4ah2ILt7o8VlrxlLRnxBWfDoXk_nL6HBzw2th4FimBI-1aEuEgHgfY-N-Z133y0byXc29fNnKk7p8a0dxdIMpzkJWz6Ux5l95zHoYiqpU8H3t5gziCpzwyjK__7eohansEZdheEC8/w512-h640/A57780B9-E790-4D4D-8BAA-43668B796F9C.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and reindeer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="522" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_TcmUWHIqlY" width="628" youtube-src-id="_TcmUWHIqlY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The Royal Armory was another place on my list that had to be visited on Sunday because of a Monday closure. The quick description given in guide books is "a fine collection of ceremonial medieval royal armor, historic and modern royal garments, and carriages".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m0F0P8MGm1oZgh5Rak5Hd_-nKUqYNXO3X0-62Ps38FpsyN2gw8sUduTipajAX8qLbnJwKdzcIa4CCTUs544KlhxzkXK9WA6DwDATkF8J8-1ZTdgBvEfpaOndZ-osvswxOUQKkIDXrs2PxhpagSz1KCZuxFSUso82lfkqKvkY0wY_B73WPHSlNuB_UH8/s4032/IMG_5756.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6m0F0P8MGm1oZgh5Rak5Hd_-nKUqYNXO3X0-62Ps38FpsyN2gw8sUduTipajAX8qLbnJwKdzcIa4CCTUs544KlhxzkXK9WA6DwDATkF8J8-1ZTdgBvEfpaOndZ-osvswxOUQKkIDXrs2PxhpagSz1KCZuxFSUso82lfkqKvkY0wY_B73WPHSlNuB_UH8/w480-h640/IMG_5756.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was all of that but also a very informative museum about the history of the Swedish royal history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUbJE46Vjjs055IyAfBYvQ8VYUcG5fWuoH7b33BxiB6FlUk6FbGaW4hCqlNCXfYPdctA97HaKKUJVGBHsr-ncnGZ0GOR-bSlmHdUtMKhP1r8RxAoI04QN_toOJFG2sQuH_TJq_QBU-0BB_zjzNnMfkm8JKYA7A7s6Ktq4TrHRPi2yD1BBq98mYFUqmqU/s1791/1576AEB4-71DF-407E-B1C1-B5A48FBBF335.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUbJE46Vjjs055IyAfBYvQ8VYUcG5fWuoH7b33BxiB6FlUk6FbGaW4hCqlNCXfYPdctA97HaKKUJVGBHsr-ncnGZ0GOR-bSlmHdUtMKhP1r8RxAoI04QN_toOJFG2sQuH_TJq_QBU-0BB_zjzNnMfkm8JKYA7A7s6Ktq4TrHRPi2yD1BBq98mYFUqmqU/w514-h640/1576AEB4-71DF-407E-B1C1-B5A48FBBF335.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it was kind of gory. In large part thanks to Maria Eleonora...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqc1NQRaaJl8nJ6Utux2FN5EhN5ylZufafKNTGJV9poLZsGHhf7UbK1jTHh79XZwPs_fWwtQTMVBMJ3Q_m-da2UeAl__0eeZ0bA_ytyLB1li-LImGwigmqZguWdBtZfioNvlH7aKECen8p-r-G7majy31tJDFZuVpF3vO9Fvyc3uFOS_8XQLR9F8UHpUY/s4032/IMG_5761.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqc1NQRaaJl8nJ6Utux2FN5EhN5ylZufafKNTGJV9poLZsGHhf7UbK1jTHh79XZwPs_fWwtQTMVBMJ3Q_m-da2UeAl__0eeZ0bA_ytyLB1li-LImGwigmqZguWdBtZfioNvlH7aKECen8p-r-G7majy31tJDFZuVpF3vO9Fvyc3uFOS_8XQLR9F8UHpUY/w480-h640/IMG_5761.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cloth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhu43I51RPnln3GM_FcKiH4RS54Btvhw_CcJRccCQli7hNBPNxfm-4rW1JQaPylffprkG6_ENTuDr18NYSu3sc62oEP-jPQy9v1XrncjnKumfwiFDzva4mvZb4O97mcjdeI6b4bbKTnIU79iaX_pGZw7vdwkmzQ7xXELwQjXJ9eaBWxuWz2-HUoN4_6o/s4032/IMG_5762.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhu43I51RPnln3GM_FcKiH4RS54Btvhw_CcJRccCQli7hNBPNxfm-4rW1JQaPylffprkG6_ENTuDr18NYSu3sc62oEP-jPQy9v1XrncjnKumfwiFDzva4mvZb4O97mcjdeI6b4bbKTnIU79iaX_pGZw7vdwkmzQ7xXELwQjXJ9eaBWxuWz2-HUoN4_6o/w480-h640/IMG_5762.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wait! His horse died in battle with her husband and she had the horse taxidermied!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdYmmrITQ2aDHV_hz7H3ODsEpNFASWsaoBTF054lYeDPzjX2rIr9TkwC3CM98hR4nIHxLGDRm0qt5tutV1V0Lg3XHUE7jNMpT67Of5vMrz4fRxpjFpBTuT_uFa26gMoSCmWCUPh4-y-YpIFm9LKA5JXC-2_5YaEern2zNVFJS8le3Rlx2AI447ltyth4/s4032/IMG_5766.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdYmmrITQ2aDHV_hz7H3ODsEpNFASWsaoBTF054lYeDPzjX2rIr9TkwC3CM98hR4nIHxLGDRm0qt5tutV1V0Lg3XHUE7jNMpT67Of5vMrz4fRxpjFpBTuT_uFa26gMoSCmWCUPh4-y-YpIFm9LKA5JXC-2_5YaEern2zNVFJS8le3Rlx2AI447ltyth4/w480-h640/IMG_5766.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYtxdbpx2Kx0XnlTKwQvMbf7wd4BX5za5fQy3kPXexU7tcuTmoJIhZmqGfydoh8HNfS1YjGJxEEacXeFTIz9b5_pDdGxt2M-uur2iLdwZXyDBKfjqCbOQWt5MDM7Ic6cqvZOAtgUF6qG96zqZE6xWDl06C3lJ8T0_23xwVHtYLfbbfD2ndLAQLgIcOqg/s4032/IMG_5764.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">A couple of inches below and over to the left of the gold button on the hat, you can see the bullet hole</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnltA2VJ_r3NTjrNIWbBcy74teAQq2NS25SNSKDqtTrQVhzAF38kUpdsG176dBMCvAU-PBp-LN5Ym1TzoE53flWspCET94qwPpVB-Z4Lq6byODvV33UoXo_wFWjnB4JijtrB7-h4QpFjvmIGXsKySGORCuNwdmFYVGupwnq7l9Ycu7ts9HKfWELi4oJhQ/s4032/IMG_5770.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnltA2VJ_r3NTjrNIWbBcy74teAQq2NS25SNSKDqtTrQVhzAF38kUpdsG176dBMCvAU-PBp-LN5Ym1TzoE53flWspCET94qwPpVB-Z4Lq6byODvV33UoXo_wFWjnB4JijtrB7-h4QpFjvmIGXsKySGORCuNwdmFYVGupwnq7l9Ycu7ts9HKfWELi4oJhQ/w480-h640/IMG_5770.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And his bloody gloves (I told you it's a gory museum)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">But gosh the fabric was divine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XK9mQyuIUwi7oEnfV312HLCAE93XznmLx4bzhaYMd4W0OXWnJDidGTlmmgIdnfueGfn-rZW0R0eZmQfFqPLitrxG5yLNnvfxgm5BnKrhl8JbzJKnpNIvcrm35i9kEPuONEyROq6cIT1qJSIaq3-fSTRgeheQAXu0mwGl84Cp_PwOy-d06U_3tkvTOv8/s4032/IMG_5777.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XK9mQyuIUwi7oEnfV312HLCAE93XznmLx4bzhaYMd4W0OXWnJDidGTlmmgIdnfueGfn-rZW0R0eZmQfFqPLitrxG5yLNnvfxgm5BnKrhl8JbzJKnpNIvcrm35i9kEPuONEyROq6cIT1qJSIaq3-fSTRgeheQAXu0mwGl84Cp_PwOy-d06U_3tkvTOv8/w480-h640/IMG_5777.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Someone's wedding dress (I don't remember who's), but it was pretty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">the details!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ejMvK0RFjQCILzfc3ZIDKPXr8OnuAN71HaK51ZXbiyVVXoSEb167L6EA5WUpe1bVo3jl-60ld3NXfDywLDtZFdIMJoTUwOni3sR0l6Iqav4RirOHeWWc8P6_acoo7urpXujuhHb6wpX1qADzCdl8fz8O_jQVuW95YMQZztvgMRRS-69jgjSlUMd0-BE/s4032/IMG_5784.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ejMvK0RFjQCILzfc3ZIDKPXr8OnuAN71HaK51ZXbiyVVXoSEb167L6EA5WUpe1bVo3jl-60ld3NXfDywLDtZFdIMJoTUwOni3sR0l6Iqav4RirOHeWWc8P6_acoo7urpXujuhHb6wpX1qADzCdl8fz8O_jQVuW95YMQZztvgMRRS-69jgjSlUMd0-BE/w480-h640/IMG_5784.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxtOnP1Yuly9KEcTTgucv5Ayr8D69wwza0gNjgTnEoaDI90R0jJkyzCM-LsdU6zlL7bdvWDirdNfyNMI1Z_y-hsCIrPfW-hqUTbsv-pNWV1PSrMc4AMijCWCfl_qbq6szJaF_yCKvQv-PnF6Sq0gdn4PYZ-mxRvcTyXrZlR2UUI5waElDS5zQbl9MjJc/s1791/96C2AD48-AEE6-4DE2-B381-30CA3FC85D6A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSxtOnP1Yuly9KEcTTgucv5Ayr8D69wwza0gNjgTnEoaDI90R0jJkyzCM-LsdU6zlL7bdvWDirdNfyNMI1Z_y-hsCIrPfW-hqUTbsv-pNWV1PSrMc4AMijCWCfl_qbq6szJaF_yCKvQv-PnF6Sq0gdn4PYZ-mxRvcTyXrZlR2UUI5waElDS5zQbl9MjJc/w514-h640/96C2AD48-AEE6-4DE2-B381-30CA3FC85D6A.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More fabulous fabric</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9wYmgpWUQFFJs2fHZraGAgGK1PJNILXE4vKNwkTIi1HjVvUOSPzKRUpd1DpJKYxuoGdTtBzZDk3w0cfeSR1RpLnAo2UylPc_1VZj8nGjctprGp_4VlIA1zFpnOgNIFJUBoCCazti_WNmv5h6V6q8rvvYktt7pXpGL_r7SwwP0DffdZ8LngSQYVbyK1Y/s4032/IMG_5785.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9wYmgpWUQFFJs2fHZraGAgGK1PJNILXE4vKNwkTIi1HjVvUOSPzKRUpd1DpJKYxuoGdTtBzZDk3w0cfeSR1RpLnAo2UylPc_1VZj8nGjctprGp_4VlIA1zFpnOgNIFJUBoCCazti_WNmv5h6V6q8rvvYktt7pXpGL_r7SwwP0DffdZ8LngSQYVbyK1Y/w480-h640/IMG_5785.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fancy stockings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCoX5i3Qm7X6k2iGT8UXtjURzwJVJLplc5eNtIqzZMIPFxkSa3Q4aoi699bIwJ2iM8v4LSTyyT6qZFXxMHunsjlHgomqvnRd9giru89GUtHc-EQdeE5ungMjtOuo7h8qX4_g8FRUt8Xw1UIbSNa9ZbdWFl3ZwGreYC3XuVrYr0sn95Pa6VXdGAlE8jtE/s4032/IMG_5788.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCoX5i3Qm7X6k2iGT8UXtjURzwJVJLplc5eNtIqzZMIPFxkSa3Q4aoi699bIwJ2iM8v4LSTyyT6qZFXxMHunsjlHgomqvnRd9giru89GUtHc-EQdeE5ungMjtOuo7h8qX4_g8FRUt8Xw1UIbSNa9ZbdWFl3ZwGreYC3XuVrYr0sn95Pa6VXdGAlE8jtE/w480-h640/IMG_5788.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw lots of the royal carriages, but here is just a sampling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrTYz4jzV151vfwD1RH3JuoiJn2IBTP2t30X7lXch2Vx_2wUcjuGrdIXYy_MtBi4o_Hrt3Q2FGTo6QTcHAfGsC3acs3sgmX_lK6PZaaXPzXnRO7P57Mu0wNTixrYuwu-A2EO4Ea2_ZF2d00UBDreWndPDeE2lqRpqzNj1bH11x7h4AbOccUDdVNEp0oI/s4032/IMG_5791.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I walked to the Christmas Market that's located at Stortorget. It's Stockholm's oldest square and in the 1400 was the heart of medieval Stockholm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aQojiCEQrZlA-enFahqSxatiwzVt67oxeiDBqqOk4vM2FQmWi18XkjPV3CgDssiqZpGErnOVd8LaaRBBXn20gU51WOI7KDBuug3YSrFWry1qfWmmMYN3EXbiI0RpXllfccq4WCBEKpf2yUUfYW20zGhZQS0hhnHuSXWjf2m9j7D1k-D_B8lWqUQTqo8/s4032/IMG_5803.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aQojiCEQrZlA-enFahqSxatiwzVt67oxeiDBqqOk4vM2FQmWi18XkjPV3CgDssiqZpGErnOVd8LaaRBBXn20gU51WOI7KDBuug3YSrFWry1qfWmmMYN3EXbiI0RpXllfccq4WCBEKpf2yUUfYW20zGhZQS0hhnHuSXWjf2m9j7D1k-D_B8lWqUQTqo8/w480-h640/IMG_5803.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So very charming and notice the stars in the windows</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I didn't have reservations, so I was there when they opened to snag a table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEEeEREkVYoLtNMPlVxUL0VZFbZ0wab5L9xvzwRsTrAh-eFoIV2g7o6fmD5UwShynPPdiUbkfGpHZXz9qMSdMKTPqw5dTIQqhg_hP5_0T1diFUglPBRToVMmZ_DzmVA_cfkokhCyb8Wm1tHHT0o2IXLqrpJKhax4dGMhaez_uTWLjV_XWl1Tek0KybBc/s4032/IMG_5818.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEEeEREkVYoLtNMPlVxUL0VZFbZ0wab5L9xvzwRsTrAh-eFoIV2g7o6fmD5UwShynPPdiUbkfGpHZXz9qMSdMKTPqw5dTIQqhg_hP5_0T1diFUglPBRToVMmZ_DzmVA_cfkokhCyb8Wm1tHHT0o2IXLqrpJKhax4dGMhaez_uTWLjV_XWl1Tek0KybBc/w480-h640/IMG_5818.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything was very good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For my meal I had Venison roast beef (reindeer), tomato and root vegetable ragu, pickled sea buckthorn in red wine sauce.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9r9sCzs2Yg7EvRLjLxXgNVoSRmCpFcrBl_LbaObvCu0eNef6kJuScaE-va6lDxOv5L56G8bG8sHZVvapxxXOQcJcMYo9oaI1vIV8VxyCllIUM7rHaWRF13czqLaJsYpRhqTXT-4_2cJFsxF4A8uINVENnwJo2JU1QCOtdixNXFmxZi57nwMKsfUFnrHc/s4032/IMG_5823.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9r9sCzs2Yg7EvRLjLxXgNVoSRmCpFcrBl_LbaObvCu0eNef6kJuScaE-va6lDxOv5L56G8bG8sHZVvapxxXOQcJcMYo9oaI1vIV8VxyCllIUM7rHaWRF13czqLaJsYpRhqTXT-4_2cJFsxF4A8uINVENnwJo2JU1QCOtdixNXFmxZi57nwMKsfUFnrHc/w480-h640/IMG_5823.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For dessert I went with the chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and topped with gingerbread.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I was convinced that I had to stay in Gamla Stan, and while I found it convenient, I don't know that it was as imperative as I thought it was.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This hotel provides breakfast, but you have to reserve your time the day before. You also have to request housekeeping the day before as well. I did request it and it got me clean towels, but they didn't bother to make up my bed. Not sure if this was an oversight or if they don't provide this?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQvKtNI8pMupGHfJ2ih6b-4lYlycS2E10dhVRmaMEDJFSF5Q9Fgrr95JP3m3Kon_ojp9x19koUXbBUp2ZR-AeKL-Ainx-kc26AnfuTVFsV-OMtXjZAoXZ_Q1v3D9-mAG8kGvzDma3-E_nSqLdBykgNd6p-FZzbVu1Rt69PL6GWkxGNwUxugn_Kw2UkgU/s4032/IMG_5957.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQvKtNI8pMupGHfJ2ih6b-4lYlycS2E10dhVRmaMEDJFSF5Q9Fgrr95JP3m3Kon_ojp9x19koUXbBUp2ZR-AeKL-Ainx-kc26AnfuTVFsV-OMtXjZAoXZ_Q1v3D9-mAG8kGvzDma3-E_nSqLdBykgNd6p-FZzbVu1Rt69PL6GWkxGNwUxugn_Kw2UkgU/w480-h640/IMG_5957.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It also has a elevator, which every hotel in Gamla Stan doesn't have, although a very small one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was tiny, but had lots of counter space, even though you had to do a weird dip to the side to sit on the toilet and avoid the sink!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0EOSucb-nxSuhVjmQq3G4vKE3TkjT6GWAUu2G8SCC3D7qBVfHVc7gYujxkI0CwfxlB26WlGWFMsowXzEkyCBvo8jF2VGvAqv8KRlWKaOHWc9SssuqJ-Coxx3D9_y8vpG7bzAFJprapkwJkWPhkhUSSQSFHn2Cotb6s0-atJWNNbR_MZwnmpqQJWsjzE/s4928/LDN_4837.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0EOSucb-nxSuhVjmQq3G4vKE3TkjT6GWAUu2G8SCC3D7qBVfHVc7gYujxkI0CwfxlB26WlGWFMsowXzEkyCBvo8jF2VGvAqv8KRlWKaOHWc9SssuqJ-Coxx3D9_y8vpG7bzAFJprapkwJkWPhkhUSSQSFHn2Cotb6s0-atJWNNbR_MZwnmpqQJWsjzE/w424-h640/LDN_4837.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The shower was a decent size compared to some small ones I've seen across Europe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCitIDupt3f9pB1ohBecxvj45ptmGR2IqpKHYuVp03TpW6w7d4DRKSNocSfkUTCgdM_txgIg3kU0f6epaMACRjv1guV6BGZQ7dRy5PLfzJJXuGhstJWCcm7_yYOEsGV-adw8Msx-6_sH2F0an31QKJQIvOz1PvuYsNQRToc0hbierUTWd0M5W_r2rI7C0/s4928/LDN_4838.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCitIDupt3f9pB1ohBecxvj45ptmGR2IqpKHYuVp03TpW6w7d4DRKSNocSfkUTCgdM_txgIg3kU0f6epaMACRjv1guV6BGZQ7dRy5PLfzJJXuGhstJWCcm7_yYOEsGV-adw8Msx-6_sH2F0an31QKJQIvOz1PvuYsNQRToc0hbierUTWd0M5W_r2rI7C0/w424-h640/LDN_4838.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on day one in Stockholm. More to come...</div><br />Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-61424357044691839442024-01-11T05:00:00.001-06:002024-01-11T05:00:00.143-06:00Europe 2023 {Day Six ~ Oslo, Norway}<p> December 16th was another day I didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn and hit the ground running. I had breakfast at the hotel and then walked down to the harbor front to take a boat over to Bygdøy. Bygdøy is the location of several of Oslo's museums. I finally found the correct pier and then saw a sign that said the boat wasn't running until Spring. So I went to my google maps and figured out that I needed to walk back up to where I had just come from and catch a bus. I figured out which bus I needed and had a bit of a wait, so I was able to hit up the 7-11 and get a coke (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had 7-11's all over the place).</p><p style="text-align: center;">Sidewalk in Oslo</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVre12crclwPIraJ5S6_GdJtf-j11Jz-4JXNnxTFOkTVBYuAKfYcspklXxmsbcqY8MBJruNcUOlB-F4kMLm94C4oIDMhA2Jw1ZhTX-xwLa2dHEc6rAEma_A6m72Z1YgW11N6eTYKp4fQSLoPF7qcSF6HyiQvw6kqrLmZGKYVHsXOjbeKSL_U2MVZ7JaU/s4032/IMG_5637.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVre12crclwPIraJ5S6_GdJtf-j11Jz-4JXNnxTFOkTVBYuAKfYcspklXxmsbcqY8MBJruNcUOlB-F4kMLm94C4oIDMhA2Jw1ZhTX-xwLa2dHEc6rAEma_A6m72Z1YgW11N6eTYKp4fQSLoPF7qcSF6HyiQvw6kqrLmZGKYVHsXOjbeKSL_U2MVZ7JaU/w480-h640/IMG_5637.HEIC" width="480" /></a></p><p></p><p>The first museum I visited was the The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. I guess I should have gotten my degree in Anthropology because I'm so interested in how people lived/live, so this museum was right in my area of interest. It has a few indoor exhibits, but is mostly an outdoor museum. I spent several hours here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzcyun3p5lblAIRSeE9WiwfzEpmlNEEXHYi5Jp7NFeC-QsZtX8L5KpeJDbEeOjrQQBEtOQ0qqRAzssHN2KZG1wFUGfF7KnBK_d5YKQyHI3h92PApKScdq6BYNJe7F-ICsOjJRr891RG2Vft-nBClqsreiiXuLNwX3oa_1YFAVBrP3OW8AeOUPQYukvJY/s4032/IMG_5639.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzcyun3p5lblAIRSeE9WiwfzEpmlNEEXHYi5Jp7NFeC-QsZtX8L5KpeJDbEeOjrQQBEtOQ0qqRAzssHN2KZG1wFUGfF7KnBK_d5YKQyHI3h92PApKScdq6BYNJe7F-ICsOjJRr891RG2Vft-nBClqsreiiXuLNwX3oa_1YFAVBrP3OW8AeOUPQYukvJY/w480-h640/IMG_5639.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJoiUfRSL7Met8Bkm_2TxbxL8qy4XZnJQTqkwIGYPPu145-eVmWWf0-p38tezma2UqfPXdPEBLd5vlwsAp-sVsgpq0vp6hFrc1wvyldzk3IItodVxdnAU2RtUVEOcmfzAcCHQKudbofGeQbGYpzt0m7sZa7QgtotHdMZbJi663v61Im0o9sIjsxJhrBY/s4032/IMG_5640.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJoiUfRSL7Met8Bkm_2TxbxL8qy4XZnJQTqkwIGYPPu145-eVmWWf0-p38tezma2UqfPXdPEBLd5vlwsAp-sVsgpq0vp6hFrc1wvyldzk3IItodVxdnAU2RtUVEOcmfzAcCHQKudbofGeQbGYpzt0m7sZa7QgtotHdMZbJi663v61Im0o9sIjsxJhrBY/w480-h640/IMG_5640.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The indoor portion featured several re-created rooms from homes in various parts of Norway, but also clothing, dishes, furniture, and even an explanation of the history of Christmas celebrations in Norway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This sled was very pretty</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3f4MAf8WxEnEKal3nIdw5hQUpA2y9A8YNdgVzspVv5_IUTmK6ZonZxp9ATZUkTMybPxbNsDOkMDHQKqvsrmopV7kR7dU99_YIRZwvaP1PZx5-Ch4k8jG5bFNsmWy1b4PJP7Ew9C3mgfijUz_GEKqn9nvPBBwKlOxbSMmIvEwKDfn_LHtoJVlA_IhuxU/s4032/IMG_5642.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Woman's skiing outfit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JOFJyU8U-JzIk_C5sOZP6uL7kzyp5OnlIIrCuNgoMT2vvS7zIc64dmjOglEhd-TRVhQYv2LKhjyEJFTVDnwOk5x8xnEymctyD9hfIwiC_UEOYJQVJAeQn8655QbOPBgCyaJ_0K6tOyzmSDI6hkNVvV7Z4nMsf0UZKX14BeO5mQeT8ZcuYtJXRYZ6zwU/s4032/IMG_5646.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JOFJyU8U-JzIk_C5sOZP6uL7kzyp5OnlIIrCuNgoMT2vvS7zIc64dmjOglEhd-TRVhQYv2LKhjyEJFTVDnwOk5x8xnEymctyD9hfIwiC_UEOYJQVJAeQn8655QbOPBgCyaJ_0K6tOyzmSDI6hkNVvV7Z4nMsf0UZKX14BeO5mQeT8ZcuYtJXRYZ6zwU/w480-h640/IMG_5646.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a whole room of trunks which was where people kept the most precious possessions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Some of the places you could go inside (some were closed in winter but open in the spring and summer). One of the things I found so interesting is that they had the buildings historically decorated for Christmas with an explanation of how they decorated in that era, celebrated, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There was a grocery here on the end that you could go inside and buy candy, etc. It was from the 1930's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYerBVX2iK5UbN8ivoz_xZZCNZwM0w0xbcBV-HcA2OK-T0uypYy8xwyGtdfjqefTVYyUI_opz_mNhEPygHThLse4acK50XKdouHIi6ORTKR1Zk9ja4W_MSTx_ObmK3GotnbKGOCCMLzzfKCc3htAgkz3WU2IS6yW0SrtEEwTs-kQSN2d9pIYco4Tp-7qc/s4032/IMG_5649.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYerBVX2iK5UbN8ivoz_xZZCNZwM0w0xbcBV-HcA2OK-T0uypYy8xwyGtdfjqefTVYyUI_opz_mNhEPygHThLse4acK50XKdouHIi6ORTKR1Zk9ja4W_MSTx_ObmK3GotnbKGOCCMLzzfKCc3htAgkz3WU2IS6yW0SrtEEwTs-kQSN2d9pIYco4Tp-7qc/w480-h640/IMG_5649.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You couldn't go inside the Chrystie house, but you could read about how they were celebrating</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOd3qcB_o-pe0VmQeDvrJc6vyJIk5RYJgMRIcK2oiPyO54VcEkRRQHtnhjPMpcBiusnZJptLYEsezSZQAn4eVmoP8C4nMALPCoi7rtU_SP0zwHN36Rw2cb3DLezTHy2IcWU7DVDVRlHqW8rX6uPKMy1mHYIghXWX-cGUKIB_KpSAhWBjkX0i1TS9lDg40/s4032/IMG_5650.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOd3qcB_o-pe0VmQeDvrJc6vyJIk5RYJgMRIcK2oiPyO54VcEkRRQHtnhjPMpcBiusnZJptLYEsezSZQAn4eVmoP8C4nMALPCoi7rtU_SP0zwHN36Rw2cb3DLezTHy2IcWU7DVDVRlHqW8rX6uPKMy1mHYIghXWX-cGUKIB_KpSAhWBjkX0i1TS9lDg40/w480-h640/IMG_5650.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Loved the pink house</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fJ73TPzf_7vtFAV99pRNZ1Z6et3aEfU4F-MZKhAHrgmulCaC4A2rgcrxN9o4e8IJSHEWMbg3nPj18N6K4hwCH017dwvHQRESP-qcD_5-WpuxBij9SEJC7OHS83MIzdgPTtcLf3-Cv4Z2TSmqM4fqrkZaopSpH0svo1m-fKKyEo2szlBH2qzzfVAINec/s4032/IMG_5686.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fJ73TPzf_7vtFAV99pRNZ1Z6et3aEfU4F-MZKhAHrgmulCaC4A2rgcrxN9o4e8IJSHEWMbg3nPj18N6K4hwCH017dwvHQRESP-qcD_5-WpuxBij9SEJC7OHS83MIzdgPTtcLf3-Cv4Z2TSmqM4fqrkZaopSpH0svo1m-fKKyEo2szlBH2qzzfVAINec/w480-h640/IMG_5686.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next, I took the bus to the Kon-Tiki Museum. I had never heard of the Kon-Tiki before planning my trip to Norway, and don't know if I would have visited but for the Viking Museum which is also on <span style="text-align: left;">Bygdøy is closed for renovations, I was already over there, and the entrance fee was included in my Oslo Pass I purchased.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98ILOxK23ulIlh5uuXI3babbYlWvXsGcdrsSOOxJl1g44eWC4RLTzcaRcr9fp4QTd-zJoAxb-2qBBM85GUH1ed-KtmcBiAu_ywzfi72acJdY2DLFj4qzS3pdD02RNCmRPbuHmXPDvoTPixMrJwQpHHimffUujzsJF0vJJlEr2YuvUfRzrqwV6-cGE42s/s4032/IMG_5687.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98ILOxK23ulIlh5uuXI3babbYlWvXsGcdrsSOOxJl1g44eWC4RLTzcaRcr9fp4QTd-zJoAxb-2qBBM85GUH1ed-KtmcBiAu_ywzfi72acJdY2DLFj4qzS3pdD02RNCmRPbuHmXPDvoTPixMrJwQpHHimffUujzsJF0vJJlEr2YuvUfRzrqwV6-cGE42s/w480-h640/IMG_5687.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRr7fgAV2TNECsVk_XHkG1PRIrQLhfnu9HrO7hR2ZlYXygMryY28MMQBHXUIgNvGiVfQnHxbgMY-AafqJ2pNxpdloRP8VUb0C8GxNSUOVsXFMg8WRpQaBIU24tAnX7yCaEgKq8j2rhCwS8vpwQa4yRkba5-ikB_7cbQBVixkAcnAlmVJYf6Byb4A34Hs4/s4032/IMG_5688.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRr7fgAV2TNECsVk_XHkG1PRIrQLhfnu9HrO7hR2ZlYXygMryY28MMQBHXUIgNvGiVfQnHxbgMY-AafqJ2pNxpdloRP8VUb0C8GxNSUOVsXFMg8WRpQaBIU24tAnX7yCaEgKq8j2rhCwS8vpwQa4yRkba5-ikB_7cbQBVixkAcnAlmVJYf6Byb4A34Hs4/w480-h640/IMG_5688.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Completely bonkers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAxZrTkCRXTwHlit5rDMF4yqVl_JySiXMrky3L0KYcJcpGykkEZFvsGsk6M8pIZYroa8tHtF_thQ6V1IChFslaDKy7vG4qYiEXChclRxD0T0zhPNyeV2hmWXfqsRuaBm_x38V3ORh6VDU4OHTgxEXaNgtuip_cLsNFKz-Chdb3VywREayFQDZO9w6GLE/s4032/IMG_5689.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAxZrTkCRXTwHlit5rDMF4yqVl_JySiXMrky3L0KYcJcpGykkEZFvsGsk6M8pIZYroa8tHtF_thQ6V1IChFslaDKy7vG4qYiEXChclRxD0T0zhPNyeV2hmWXfqsRuaBm_x38V3ORh6VDU4OHTgxEXaNgtuip_cLsNFKz-Chdb3VywREayFQDZO9w6GLE/w480-h640/IMG_5689.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw7XnpdBpoershtEtjEdVpgr_yqhQXJc73lHGK1ZTW9rcznlRR6tEN5eEtgmyuWB6Ce5N8UpLQ5iG_kG6zLjESoF_fGCxwZJ-UePhavPIU4T6x3Po2UMXoSYcUG8JlzpBPn_lJMr2fKC0HMp-5ymRSkCHFtm1r2g9LsD6eQxPrashiNokFiE4jmHNAsA/s4032/IMG_5691.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAw7XnpdBpoershtEtjEdVpgr_yqhQXJc73lHGK1ZTW9rcznlRR6tEN5eEtgmyuWB6Ce5N8UpLQ5iG_kG6zLjESoF_fGCxwZJ-UePhavPIU4T6x3Po2UMXoSYcUG8JlzpBPn_lJMr2fKC0HMp-5ymRSkCHFtm1r2g9LsD6eQxPrashiNokFiE4jmHNAsA/w480-h640/IMG_5691.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_vQXE6sn8z08_GK0dUz6ktOBCAqbCTuu0Hwq3OPbMiNhvlVgFKGu1UvsDGTRO53apouhmAif4rzstuq30LLuG6W4Zi5HfGg5zYufLFWcrOrXQuqgv_WY_nyvS0_vhoTzjC-SaqA4qdQP_ILx1eD7KeR5Yiz035C1hjKdSOLNnfOUbYSbCZ57xxediCM/s4032/IMG_5690.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_vQXE6sn8z08_GK0dUz6ktOBCAqbCTuu0Hwq3OPbMiNhvlVgFKGu1UvsDGTRO53apouhmAif4rzstuq30LLuG6W4Zi5HfGg5zYufLFWcrOrXQuqgv_WY_nyvS0_vhoTzjC-SaqA4qdQP_ILx1eD7KeR5Yiz035C1hjKdSOLNnfOUbYSbCZ57xxediCM/w480-h640/IMG_5690.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took the bus back to Oslo, which requires 2 busses, and it ended up being a fiasco. The busses were all running late, and then they flashed messages saying they were late because of "the demonstration". Then the bus didn't stop at the stop I wanted because of "the demonstration" and drove for a while before they stopped, so I had to walk back to my location. It seemed to be a demonstration related to Gaza and Palestine. I finally made it, but not with much time to spare before closing, to the Norwegian Resistance Museum (yes, first the Danish Resistance Museum, now this...it's another area of interest for me).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTCp6YhyIh6hD9MOph_KRqLRA0uCFkime1fDkiyo09BIObXu2darw_QgVMm-NtD4BjGuc8izJKpY8CEeYl6P0wVFRc-jarWQY00CRlkvAgdNeT0ObQFbdJlIPqC9AfXEQ9sDTF77maSEVQJYzc6tc0iAH1AEH_25o4fSdfHdUsXP-MJ1s8qqD-MxDSWo/s4032/IMG_5698.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTCp6YhyIh6hD9MOph_KRqLRA0uCFkime1fDkiyo09BIObXu2darw_QgVMm-NtD4BjGuc8izJKpY8CEeYl6P0wVFRc-jarWQY00CRlkvAgdNeT0ObQFbdJlIPqC9AfXEQ9sDTF77maSEVQJYzc6tc0iAH1AEH_25o4fSdfHdUsXP-MJ1s8qqD-MxDSWo/w480-h640/IMG_5698.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">King Haakon VII was King when the Nazi invasion of Norway occurred. He and his son Olav fled to London for the duration of the war and ran things from there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AflEtbvJ6XAvDSpfBmuVb3IFnxSHeKDK23TbzNiHYevEatLeMIeLM_Cj1o_B1At7yYldvRVyD-M7JfDAMTqYHK6EgS9UZvxG17y0XMv7gOKd-44bAGRXaGLaAx7F_F_ITxKAVGczdQg88HdiP6QR0vLsM6xejeG_QjtN2upHXNoCM-UoJIZfWzVokKw/s4032/IMG_5696.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AflEtbvJ6XAvDSpfBmuVb3IFnxSHeKDK23TbzNiHYevEatLeMIeLM_Cj1o_B1At7yYldvRVyD-M7JfDAMTqYHK6EgS9UZvxG17y0XMv7gOKd-44bAGRXaGLaAx7F_F_ITxKAVGczdQg88HdiP6QR0vLsM6xejeG_QjtN2upHXNoCM-UoJIZfWzVokKw/w480-h640/IMG_5696.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is King Olav V, the only chid of Queen Maud and King Haakon. He was Crown Prince during the war and his wife was Princess Märtha. She actually went to the United States during the war and took her children, including the current Norwegian king as a child.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXVr16Z7El6UcXhUs-HUECj_Je1CINpqeqDpI0E6MjV9ZIkNWh8v5CaBU_ySGLUEGcjUSOVEC7fYTauCVtFuBQY_ZXdJ8N2gm0R4z7jm0X-QXyPbpeF7l3jBajV4S1w2D0RU8epuLonGay8FuYv5_OunShZqakJ6dMtub4Wtq_TzeZdEFOF7-dVtNEN4/s4032/IMG_5695.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXVr16Z7El6UcXhUs-HUECj_Je1CINpqeqDpI0E6MjV9ZIkNWh8v5CaBU_ySGLUEGcjUSOVEC7fYTauCVtFuBQY_ZXdJ8N2gm0R4z7jm0X-QXyPbpeF7l3jBajV4S1w2D0RU8epuLonGay8FuYv5_OunShZqakJ6dMtub4Wtq_TzeZdEFOF7-dVtNEN4/w480-h640/IMG_5695.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">King Harald V of Norway who has been King since 1991.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ75N5hIak7FuELRy5s7kYilXzxPGampGnUkeIHqAuMw2KNl7XcOUV4KIylkTS5jP6nhuIUMPu5PENUjAK91Stdv2UggKUfE4taNpX3o949lXSKxI9Ks_rhUF7WVPWf2mkPx9kcTUnH9GBS2kkIdQOiEr1h41oxgSg4TPzgAgCzTkxqKp1F_BD-jc_Qd8/s4032/IMG_5697.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ75N5hIak7FuELRy5s7kYilXzxPGampGnUkeIHqAuMw2KNl7XcOUV4KIylkTS5jP6nhuIUMPu5PENUjAK91Stdv2UggKUfE4taNpX3o949lXSKxI9Ks_rhUF7WVPWf2mkPx9kcTUnH9GBS2kkIdQOiEr1h41oxgSg4TPzgAgCzTkxqKp1F_BD-jc_Qd8/w480-h640/IMG_5697.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the museum closed, I walked to the tram stop and was able to catch one to near-ish the food hall I had visited the day before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A park I walked through on the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM3w9cZVP0i-LMfrD3ASQLAAMOlWAtC-7HP83SLpZ0DNEqHGBBP21S5V3J_KNc7VO7gZTQhTntz7EiZH3pDSEiqIETagI0xMYXp49jshQ_sbdCSF8gdcC1-BchY83li4oEGxuQtiJPAnFyUbg4Fbnbuqel6BqtPK_wJUBBrqkpFc9wDeH5-eCH_P_gDc/s4032/IMG_5701.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM3w9cZVP0i-LMfrD3ASQLAAMOlWAtC-7HP83SLpZ0DNEqHGBBP21S5V3J_KNc7VO7gZTQhTntz7EiZH3pDSEiqIETagI0xMYXp49jshQ_sbdCSF8gdcC1-BchY83li4oEGxuQtiJPAnFyUbg4Fbnbuqel6BqtPK_wJUBBrqkpFc9wDeH5-eCH_P_gDc/w480-h640/IMG_5701.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to visit a little restaurant that is located not too far from the food hall. It's called the Focacceria</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMYqwVWzJpKiplQhkXI8KD0N4hsNM8vnYKQLKektBlgVQvCJI_T_TnqseSPSh4i23-ggg60TdXqi85uMVbiZGcqJBHKntoavE-_4xlmc5Y0_KC57PU8TpNkywxTNISuIuuxflrw8ZpNTcRF-AjCtZQYP5g5nl5hztuA8hBC6Fp6qDNBZK8dnqW1oV3u4/s4032/IMG_5702.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMYqwVWzJpKiplQhkXI8KD0N4hsNM8vnYKQLKektBlgVQvCJI_T_TnqseSPSh4i23-ggg60TdXqi85uMVbiZGcqJBHKntoavE-_4xlmc5Y0_KC57PU8TpNkywxTNISuIuuxflrw8ZpNTcRF-AjCtZQYP5g5nl5hztuA8hBC6Fp6qDNBZK8dnqW1oV3u4/w480-h640/IMG_5702.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lABleejdsPxc1ucGFXC-hvQkptoatJ0S7rg81kqflrUy-pAOyyOoW-MhWmjAMkWTB1DaklrWOwmhJHa74pzK3fp8bRAJgPnwi1EFfRn6qCjUb3A8nad3gSZFbb-t8QXyZSVF1nhbL_xg5r0galI9I3T_eBW-vrP44vA7XdqhZqOBHB31J4Dvg6tEN2k/s4032/IMG_5703.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lABleejdsPxc1ucGFXC-hvQkptoatJ0S7rg81kqflrUy-pAOyyOoW-MhWmjAMkWTB1DaklrWOwmhJHa74pzK3fp8bRAJgPnwi1EFfRn6qCjUb3A8nad3gSZFbb-t8QXyZSVF1nhbL_xg5r0galI9I3T_eBW-vrP44vA7XdqhZqOBHB31J4Dvg6tEN2k/w480-h640/IMG_5703.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After, I went to the food hall for another cookie and cupcake (they were that good), and then I walked around the shopping district and Christmas market again before heading to the hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nBvexzhlKriREaBHCMPNtzL8bJV9Nyv-LuVEsFMXFxSq7VaQDwB-lyFR-alrxJNNNKF_GATwVeHUkxJgtAFHteMkmqqrVdqRmVDG9RPCNH12PSW2pK9mgtlTfO-aMHVhSgTyyrLoV9QBuYMm3OiaS4_eiVmbwUa_wptLGlJWS-uW8jCbWjMwZ6nOfBs/s4032/IMG_5704.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nBvexzhlKriREaBHCMPNtzL8bJV9Nyv-LuVEsFMXFxSq7VaQDwB-lyFR-alrxJNNNKF_GATwVeHUkxJgtAFHteMkmqqrVdqRmVDG9RPCNH12PSW2pK9mgtlTfO-aMHVhSgTyyrLoV9QBuYMm3OiaS4_eiVmbwUa_wptLGlJWS-uW8jCbWjMwZ6nOfBs/w480-h640/IMG_5704.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on Oslo. I was on to the next location early the next morning so stay tuned...</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-52991546618076939332024-01-09T05:00:00.001-06:002024-01-09T05:00:00.137-06:00Europe 2023 {Day Five ~ Oslo, Norway}<p> December 15th was finally a day when I didn't have to wake up super early, but I did have to go down for breakfast before they stopped serving (it was a weekday so they stopped serving earlier than I'd have liked). I went down for the breakfast and then went back up and got ready to head out for the day. </p><p>When I left the hotel I was very pleased with the location. It was right near the Parliament Building, the Christmas market, the Grand Hotel, etc. Great location. First I walked to the Parliament Building.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhiFS8a88I2RbKTjD-9IgwA3z56VFWtxax0czksn1Cr1aLCJ9gmgx9oJoeR98FfOj4ckinLqGykhyphenhyphenFr7NLsXs96R2MisOGgUDDnxAhVLp0pxw4R9_RawO4QHjdvU1xtEux2P_Cc9DHFxauVyY8Z8sT3v7ixGhh3TExQlB8orVZzlRFkkXxSPpXcXELPE/s4928/LDN_4815.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhiFS8a88I2RbKTjD-9IgwA3z56VFWtxax0czksn1Cr1aLCJ9gmgx9oJoeR98FfOj4ckinLqGykhyphenhyphenFr7NLsXs96R2MisOGgUDDnxAhVLp0pxw4R9_RawO4QHjdvU1xtEux2P_Cc9DHFxauVyY8Z8sT3v7ixGhh3TExQlB8orVZzlRFkkXxSPpXcXELPE/w640-h424/LDN_4815.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"The Storting" is what it is actually called. It opened in 1866 and the architect wanted it to represent openness so he made the main chamber visible from the outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufTImXmlzzfvnOieLQffGc_azqY_MCCLXDrP0EOuo_sqbIR5ePUBlcYze6dHI8yxTQWiXDLBN1mB6lb2NekjEitXl7o21l3Skx9V_1sifmVNC5L_UJ18FMJJx-PAiDnpTlLdTD5KnJjUVpCe02XyMEg6pvDNu7t5KyWWT8RNN5xCbs8olJ38MFtGPI6o/s4928/LDN_4816.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufTImXmlzzfvnOieLQffGc_azqY_MCCLXDrP0EOuo_sqbIR5ePUBlcYze6dHI8yxTQWiXDLBN1mB6lb2NekjEitXl7o21l3Skx9V_1sifmVNC5L_UJ18FMJJx-PAiDnpTlLdTD5KnJjUVpCe02XyMEg6pvDNu7t5KyWWT8RNN5xCbs8olJ38MFtGPI6o/w640-h424/LDN_4816.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two wings were to represent arms inviting people to participate in democracy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJXyUVgYPoJjOwMSTj03du1SDkwmoPgzYQEmfiedWq2mUkjTzi79TNS8LT2Ys1QKn_FeT2yFsTTkKbyx2QqtPBbgV38C30zbzqR6Fm5YWhe7Obua7cZaFvZ3ppEiVnVZxv9HyJrtHrkazwRMlMFj8XCR-vJObeXqrkgNBcP7tETWPd5WwOQyu5F6c-yY/s4032/IMG_5542.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJXyUVgYPoJjOwMSTj03du1SDkwmoPgzYQEmfiedWq2mUkjTzi79TNS8LT2Ys1QKn_FeT2yFsTTkKbyx2QqtPBbgV38C30zbzqR6Fm5YWhe7Obua7cZaFvZ3ppEiVnVZxv9HyJrtHrkazwRMlMFj8XCR-vJObeXqrkgNBcP7tETWPd5WwOQyu5F6c-yY/w480-h640/IMG_5542.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got sucked into a situation at the Grand Hotel for a bit. They had barricades set up, didn't let any cars go down the street and there were lots of police, but also professional photographers staking out the scene. I hoped there was a royal visit of some kind, but after I while I asked a professional photographer and he said it was some high level talks involving Israel and Gaza. No royals = I moved on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked by the Royal Palace, which unfortunately is only open to visitors in the summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L0gsK6Or9GgiYz1XZrgSj-UPNXxQI854cyYNdhyphenhyphennro2poW_acGHd6I71ZUHzjraMjW9f144GqNCTMKBr9NXcYXRUd3D1oUk5ABBJDfXNjbpRHwJ8vhxO1Er9F9DIv-5SSKkkzOuw32GtClT0gPr8Zf5o5C4WPyNQY_CBEyuxyGNmIQFRxzVCIPnbcow/s4928/LDN_4817.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L0gsK6Or9GgiYz1XZrgSj-UPNXxQI854cyYNdhyphenhyphennro2poW_acGHd6I71ZUHzjraMjW9f144GqNCTMKBr9NXcYXRUd3D1oUk5ABBJDfXNjbpRHwJ8vhxO1Er9F9DIv-5SSKkkzOuw32GtClT0gPr8Zf5o5C4WPyNQY_CBEyuxyGNmIQFRxzVCIPnbcow/w640-h424/LDN_4817.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqM7aFVkCfNsddiCrwK594mgXnnvYKU8KD8kNaErWmnr2rdgIvAj5czYzddT981lTc_cQWCYmN7wSmfxqs0_CZp-b5JeVsm9RtuUgX7CLbB39F6gEiOsY2w4JKE21uPzP0FfFSfZc5fZMaCc8zRb7OHu3L4OkNyJWKE8ttwKcPauyB19cHst64m2RNRLc/s4928/LDN_4818.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqM7aFVkCfNsddiCrwK594mgXnnvYKU8KD8kNaErWmnr2rdgIvAj5czYzddT981lTc_cQWCYmN7wSmfxqs0_CZp-b5JeVsm9RtuUgX7CLbB39F6gEiOsY2w4JKE21uPzP0FfFSfZc5fZMaCc8zRb7OHu3L4OkNyJWKE8ttwKcPauyB19cHst64m2RNRLc/w640-h424/LDN_4818.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Viking museum in Oslo is probably one of the top attractions, so I was super bummed when they closed it for renovation (until 2027). They recommended a visit to the Norwegian Historical Museum to see some of their Viking artifacts, so that was my next stop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have torn down many stave churches around Norway, but preserved a few of the entrances at this museum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdeLKmVCB4dlwOx7LaeUWptfTntWpH58PC5VcRhDVsa7gKjDYs2IC99zgPHj7keHYM3VuPOvRaWy5oLj6nK9XnKqtXKhTHgGHoCj-XRk9H2Sx8BuTXgk2GQUQVnRkiC13z5MhUxvrcaQ9di4U5LaPhJ9P2OnLWG2Tr0823kO-eQBAeHC3A_jssHPejGE/s4032/IMG_5545.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdeLKmVCB4dlwOx7LaeUWptfTntWpH58PC5VcRhDVsa7gKjDYs2IC99zgPHj7keHYM3VuPOvRaWy5oLj6nK9XnKqtXKhTHgGHoCj-XRk9H2Sx8BuTXgk2GQUQVnRkiC13z5MhUxvrcaQ9di4U5LaPhJ9P2OnLWG2Tr0823kO-eQBAeHC3A_jssHPejGE/w480-h640/IMG_5545.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvO62Qv3G6Q9nmOUY1NEAQR2fb50tYeX0nzNzCpdH20B7BC14NTXaO7qaoLwer8ehfdRvh6qHYNtVDoMlc8zQ3IvyzEZiNk8TLa_Xkqt8WSofzfe3XhWlcDH0CUh739HZgt6LEK5pJHznBGT1v5FY3lBwKHTf_krrQeXyVK6Kz6AO2oQ_3SecMqq_fMA/s4032/IMG_5546.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvO62Qv3G6Q9nmOUY1NEAQR2fb50tYeX0nzNzCpdH20B7BC14NTXaO7qaoLwer8ehfdRvh6qHYNtVDoMlc8zQ3IvyzEZiNk8TLa_Xkqt8WSofzfe3XhWlcDH0CUh739HZgt6LEK5pJHznBGT1v5FY3lBwKHTf_krrQeXyVK6Kz6AO2oQ_3SecMqq_fMA/w480-h640/IMG_5546.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much carved detail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEbEeuNwJbh4eTKlgjLcRNnom2301bofaN9ycUVsJv3tKOy62ATHRYPQFflm-fOb0HAB5cDLgjA3b487Qj-8RGpp14sP4JBuI7R0ujd0go4tcZjd-EKRBBqQ6d2qrwCJouY_DNT7XWg5TehrQCnVvamP3x3XLMe030V_2pbZJt1pWE82t3_9SEXcjpfY/s4032/IMG_5547.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEbEeuNwJbh4eTKlgjLcRNnom2301bofaN9ycUVsJv3tKOy62ATHRYPQFflm-fOb0HAB5cDLgjA3b487Qj-8RGpp14sP4JBuI7R0ujd0go4tcZjd-EKRBBqQ6d2qrwCJouY_DNT7XWg5TehrQCnVvamP3x3XLMe030V_2pbZJt1pWE82t3_9SEXcjpfY/w480-h640/IMG_5547.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of the best preserved Viking helmets anywhere</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVst_PpuM6dYXAqRrlPgIVWPkNhKy-2oStSsYfn5NpWQO1Zr5NgHaKwdBcX9SGrAagyVkRkcMv1nXvru2BT6J8n5U2P2HjFmQDwsmpsNc1_RCV0IwdKnOBnc3WfWX782HrbCR9bnGXsU0VmnHpCus5IkzhlE9L8gR1sgdYaXkY3iO3uWJcXw_Ieyeyy_I/s1791/A189B227-8853-47AD-B097-00BDC35901AE.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVst_PpuM6dYXAqRrlPgIVWPkNhKy-2oStSsYfn5NpWQO1Zr5NgHaKwdBcX9SGrAagyVkRkcMv1nXvru2BT6J8n5U2P2HjFmQDwsmpsNc1_RCV0IwdKnOBnc3WfWX782HrbCR9bnGXsU0VmnHpCus5IkzhlE9L8gR1sgdYaXkY3iO3uWJcXw_Ieyeyy_I/w514-h640/A189B227-8853-47AD-B097-00BDC35901AE.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Viking Swords</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1jHg_s0Rk7nhzr_k_Zn3QT4OyS43fj5OeK5zYndAq8lT9eMd9N4uvLuPl-PlQOOtUn_EJ-SHog124AI9tatbyfzv_yXEPwAG_BrSZaI173KlxJ6l_OefsAxjBsnf8rQqCDTSG3jV8NfvxKO9CTAtPvLXpgV2J99KY4DEzyi22eAqJO7icy9itPAnpRQ/s4032/IMG_5550.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1jHg_s0Rk7nhzr_k_Zn3QT4OyS43fj5OeK5zYndAq8lT9eMd9N4uvLuPl-PlQOOtUn_EJ-SHog124AI9tatbyfzv_yXEPwAG_BrSZaI173KlxJ6l_OefsAxjBsnf8rQqCDTSG3jV8NfvxKO9CTAtPvLXpgV2J99KY4DEzyi22eAqJO7icy9itPAnpRQ/w480-h640/IMG_5550.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQVxIBTnV-7rExom3LrqojtrKBlnH7UsNGAy-c7LR8ZoQ16ZzfjFlh-sF-yUNHH7XaST3Cxiiw-7Q44s6jWSAxceTzzfalnXfaJmmwlH1IEKHNJUqAMhKYNR-c-CXr0TJ5CjG9RDA43k5hSm96_u-_rIwfWeVAF_aKaT6LBxXWwTOfGg75GwvDooJqcc/s4032/IMG_5551.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQVxIBTnV-7rExom3LrqojtrKBlnH7UsNGAy-c7LR8ZoQ16ZzfjFlh-sF-yUNHH7XaST3Cxiiw-7Q44s6jWSAxceTzzfalnXfaJmmwlH1IEKHNJUqAMhKYNR-c-CXr0TJ5CjG9RDA43k5hSm96_u-_rIwfWeVAF_aKaT6LBxXWwTOfGg75GwvDooJqcc/w480-h640/IMG_5551.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is from a Viking ship</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAs6M559onlk4hEtWpK680KxCal4xpXFatF9qRGYO4xfedSWufF9iUuya-8n1Ym3WX5P097EkeKp37W27ROqEUIjTD_KicWg06aCaPCi45uSYweSQ0DG24TcBcY-Ii_cqhRnKTjIFNtGCyLZNLAcSF9FABv-nYX1pa7DluKW21pMTak3MeJyziSqgUWU/s4032/IMG_5552.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAs6M559onlk4hEtWpK680KxCal4xpXFatF9qRGYO4xfedSWufF9iUuya-8n1Ym3WX5P097EkeKp37W27ROqEUIjTD_KicWg06aCaPCi45uSYweSQ0DG24TcBcY-Ii_cqhRnKTjIFNtGCyLZNLAcSF9FABv-nYX1pa7DluKW21pMTak3MeJyziSqgUWU/w480-h640/IMG_5552.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Viking Spurs which are a very rare find</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3sCc-n6yhLukxz94qV2rXX10w-PCXj4LE-fS8owsqeUantWneihoMWNthyphenhyphen_33lU9CTXDdgV6UypYCc1kEIBC-2LmXQJKezM1A_A-4Z-RMTB03VQ8hmXrgKFxtW1JRDHY9NuCIm1AZuIWs88mBMTqZAoTp3ngADbSSgPecSZwrMgVxVWQKD9yhO8swls/s4032/IMG_5553.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3sCc-n6yhLukxz94qV2rXX10w-PCXj4LE-fS8owsqeUantWneihoMWNthyphenhyphen_33lU9CTXDdgV6UypYCc1kEIBC-2LmXQJKezM1A_A-4Z-RMTB03VQ8hmXrgKFxtW1JRDHY9NuCIm1AZuIWs88mBMTqZAoTp3ngADbSSgPecSZwrMgVxVWQKD9yhO8swls/w480-h640/IMG_5553.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZXVqJfeBHS1IgvlBCvWcjUMHir6co465-z8cV34fC9W82b8dLVlyhaEknM6vt1Z9M-vy5sT7_S-8b0Cq3HMK9dGsh_yDqDjnVPcBds2sRSbtc8Ea8NQYD5gY9YNLda1nIyj185NE2iwgPuz03v6eraAr8P3Tw9qYt0I3h-Uha37dFSS0jI5MUzL3f_Y/s4032/IMG_5556.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZXVqJfeBHS1IgvlBCvWcjUMHir6co465-z8cV34fC9W82b8dLVlyhaEknM6vt1Z9M-vy5sT7_S-8b0Cq3HMK9dGsh_yDqDjnVPcBds2sRSbtc8Ea8NQYD5gY9YNLda1nIyj185NE2iwgPuz03v6eraAr8P3Tw9qYt0I3h-Uha37dFSS0jI5MUzL3f_Y/w480-h640/IMG_5556.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the museum, I ventured over to the intersection of Damstredet and Tethusbakken. It's an often photographed street that has some traditional Norwegian homes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcJNK0rXvINK_Va7Dts9VkRyE5ef6xlGy-HHlFBGkxvmAmkZQlO-jduoY4tDIIu6QSKZtmdu7UVarY9sTZYOdfA3xMmd6-eVTyayiprbgoOyx_8Urg7ZpbLDtDPtNoivL83dJhM6DqQ_uhA7W6kClnLO5yGViHKQHBuanxF2xIu0wmAciVEEMko61Dh8/s4032/IMG_5559.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcJNK0rXvINK_Va7Dts9VkRyE5ef6xlGy-HHlFBGkxvmAmkZQlO-jduoY4tDIIu6QSKZtmdu7UVarY9sTZYOdfA3xMmd6-eVTyayiprbgoOyx_8Urg7ZpbLDtDPtNoivL83dJhM6DqQ_uhA7W6kClnLO5yGViHKQHBuanxF2xIu0wmAciVEEMko61Dh8/w480-h640/IMG_5559.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIf4oK8sFSogC50q0HjQXKBFlg5vi-M3oqOW07QKCOjWzrCROeCodBzq_BBHvrdWzV6Mm4zACIEU-RgJNxRM-cRNKhwmdkuLjOq_8TTA7ZKzf2eVZw6bxT4UKiyjLALblMIAx8cb3k9QShCde3PIsMC_-1IHc8RDRKzGoviqPtxfCmRhho8TdEHxqFOw/s4928/LDN_4819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I walked around and of course I had to stop here. I bought a couple of cupcakes and cookies to-go from The Cupcake and Pie Co. I ate them later and they were phenomenal!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFYybdJNWGb45d6Emht43Nzum7XBXn0Zwtre0pQWwzS-38deFN_LWUeH8aFBh73XcBVJno2Sal5RVANt9qR_4TcdcqmjCP914xxWsIfXeoOU_xeK43i2J3Kkaqql3UKdcJoD_KEhhLjybXVME2P62OEzORowxP-ksGQMffvKB3AxbvtDj1Ui0sTlsw-U/s4032/IMG_5563.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFYybdJNWGb45d6Emht43Nzum7XBXn0Zwtre0pQWwzS-38deFN_LWUeH8aFBh73XcBVJno2Sal5RVANt9qR_4TcdcqmjCP914xxWsIfXeoOU_xeK43i2J3Kkaqql3UKdcJoD_KEhhLjybXVME2P62OEzORowxP-ksGQMffvKB3AxbvtDj1Ui0sTlsw-U/w480-h640/IMG_5563.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For my meal, I settled on Vulkanfisk Seafoodbar and ordered the fish & chips</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekhfK9TIVlef5rqJMmzdAFQo_gU7zY_YGIIL2kVrtR5jwz4g37KsRdI3NR9dA2yetnMiilRl3azCzotfecLWHPlyoI5nXqpcRv5ojgFT6F_D5lcPsH41O49lrEfwiIgmhaqgid25wFQs4WkeB1L2aP4GXq3LHzpgZYpRzwWRTQOK5rZy267K79KsK9aA/s4032/IMG_5564.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekhfK9TIVlef5rqJMmzdAFQo_gU7zY_YGIIL2kVrtR5jwz4g37KsRdI3NR9dA2yetnMiilRl3azCzotfecLWHPlyoI5nXqpcRv5ojgFT6F_D5lcPsH41O49lrEfwiIgmhaqgid25wFQs4WkeB1L2aP4GXq3LHzpgZYpRzwWRTQOK5rZy267K79KsK9aA/w480-h640/IMG_5564.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked back to the Christmas market and looked at all the stalls to see what they had to offer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOVnH4ZjwN3QblrGUpHOBR8sARqasOGayIKskwXmJoc4KtjmQjB5bfTSvJsji1O4Qd4PnFH5uoQo-0RvJcX_ES0imXqXuhBSXfOXtaVSQ_QZFon5GqVXFe7lYvWyB9bMrresXA2stjSF_NzjVhctB0D4mb8S7RhHj-IxEIwPNK3Y2hKGnNpqH3Vgj3uY/s4032/IMG_5568.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnOVnH4ZjwN3QblrGUpHOBR8sARqasOGayIKskwXmJoc4KtjmQjB5bfTSvJsji1O4Qd4PnFH5uoQo-0RvJcX_ES0imXqXuhBSXfOXtaVSQ_QZFon5GqVXFe7lYvWyB9bMrresXA2stjSF_NzjVhctB0D4mb8S7RhHj-IxEIwPNK3Y2hKGnNpqH3Vgj3uY/w480-h640/IMG_5568.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALcb3NbK0OOdXTAm290lkCAJkYlRuR-7dqN9oi_mH7yNCqmFgHXKYiEfK691-9roW-n955RZnf_JJhTQMqWR0k7BGwdxg8wY2NYJf_mX6I5FbBsITcL4sEe_IQ6srLD5xjGJfcKx5qvAjL4xfR1_NS-iSiliqfIJJd7lnq9QwewIqVVrqKpcyZOd5Lo8/s4032/IMG_5567.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALcb3NbK0OOdXTAm290lkCAJkYlRuR-7dqN9oi_mH7yNCqmFgHXKYiEfK691-9roW-n955RZnf_JJhTQMqWR0k7BGwdxg8wY2NYJf_mX6I5FbBsITcL4sEe_IQ6srLD5xjGJfcKx5qvAjL4xfR1_NS-iSiliqfIJJd7lnq9QwewIqVVrqKpcyZOd5Lo8/w480-h640/IMG_5567.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had a talking/singing moose...actually two! I'm not kidding when I say I LOVE when a market has a singing moose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="477" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l2WAOfi9aXs" width="574" youtube-src-id="l2WAOfi9aXs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went back up to the hotel room to drop off my cupcake and cookies. Then I headed down to the Harborfront area. There are several museums down there including the Nobel Peace Center (which I didn't visit)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KGYMekcb_bsOQ4K5m-L-xcmPdrRSPVvo7Y6MIHY9IMF6ZSvfGpKw21yQsnM1QRWilsijy3lD9CBBVnEGEwMeD6nYn0nyuMGMt4q-esurBlAX4uw1x1OaoMIcGOpsi_0XndRdpi-bp2nogWKJ-N1hqam34HcrRR5RygjdWZezfWm_SsO8MxoOVMEEjpY/s4032/IMG_5575.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KGYMekcb_bsOQ4K5m-L-xcmPdrRSPVvo7Y6MIHY9IMF6ZSvfGpKw21yQsnM1QRWilsijy3lD9CBBVnEGEwMeD6nYn0nyuMGMt4q-esurBlAX4uw1x1OaoMIcGOpsi_0XndRdpi-bp2nogWKJ-N1hqam34HcrRR5RygjdWZezfWm_SsO8MxoOVMEEjpY/w480-h640/IMG_5575.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did go to the National Museum. I read it had an amazing view from the roof terrace, but it was closed. I greatly enjoyed a display of Queens' clothing. Norway went from 1938 to 1991 without a Queen. This featured clothing from Queen Maud (she was Queen from 1905 until 1938 when she died) and Queen Sonja (who has been Queen since 1991).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Queen Maud's coronation gown from 1905</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWoIxHxGOz4fi_ii-yP_NIb1OxMwRV9IWaBKHWlAebpWLJTUeDAcyqgyH-xafw_JUmbTJKytgHdD5dZ3Iw_-AxeQR3dg7_YH9kbsVnwg85Vjt1OMrrIYFPvRvvlqlsKTcYCmh-0ZE68s-JoJ9ZbBvdszutNoYD9_pB-2yUtYMMNnxHwTsaK0uPoDlAkI/s4032/IMG_5577.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWoIxHxGOz4fi_ii-yP_NIb1OxMwRV9IWaBKHWlAebpWLJTUeDAcyqgyH-xafw_JUmbTJKytgHdD5dZ3Iw_-AxeQR3dg7_YH9kbsVnwg85Vjt1OMrrIYFPvRvvlqlsKTcYCmh-0ZE68s-JoJ9ZbBvdszutNoYD9_pB-2yUtYMMNnxHwTsaK0uPoDlAkI/w480-h640/IMG_5577.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">A few more of Sonja's dresses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyE5wVXuuVhFT50XtIPn_7Ix_OE7ACPesepeVeTrp3ysTofQbEQCilIo-Ng8RFPqdt4Cw_CjY6_gd46_o6q-bGTNRtv5QP8mbBIIBPfELK9tXdREuHbitxa5c84jbXJNwCtUfgoUtJEt6LIhUM0PdezwQDAnsizVa33YQjtn7-IZgRJBFn-nebrgvIT6A/s4032/IMG_5587.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyE5wVXuuVhFT50XtIPn_7Ix_OE7ACPesepeVeTrp3ysTofQbEQCilIo-Ng8RFPqdt4Cw_CjY6_gd46_o6q-bGTNRtv5QP8mbBIIBPfELK9tXdREuHbitxa5c84jbXJNwCtUfgoUtJEt6LIhUM0PdezwQDAnsizVa33YQjtn7-IZgRJBFn-nebrgvIT6A/w480-h640/IMG_5587.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few of Maud's dresses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCidgYk0gBJ7-SdIfC_sMwl5eV56LBMUa1VxOdAb6TGcbWXxMs-qJD50z_hLBABFGuOaA4qKPiH7PeIn8MdbxDCedhovq7LtgQ0_w3MA60n264WoI14zh-Cqif2xmxM9EZtTwRS1L2ezgfF2xrO6eaZpdouoDxP-pZqiwlzGqBSKSOoMJHr7vA_bn16s/s4032/IMG_5594.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCidgYk0gBJ7-SdIfC_sMwl5eV56LBMUa1VxOdAb6TGcbWXxMs-qJD50z_hLBABFGuOaA4qKPiH7PeIn8MdbxDCedhovq7LtgQ0_w3MA60n264WoI14zh-Cqif2xmxM9EZtTwRS1L2ezgfF2xrO6eaZpdouoDxP-pZqiwlzGqBSKSOoMJHr7vA_bn16s/w480-h640/IMG_5594.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Would you look at how tiny her waist was?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYieTYyUg_wCpAvz4CE0wyya7CiZK-2y0k2P4bJIw9MxLAtAawp8lVFWqkb-bn3C1aNS0Ht1q1r5K-rDAy1T3I37JzoWX2AEote1JwjxZeUI6onfAUkR9c6EOpdbC1p5lzL_tQ_kLi17vxnEDoHOa_bDQPEUlknsxWCkRd5U2HVyxt_MSrnz0WzLJfxcM/s4032/IMG_5595.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYieTYyUg_wCpAvz4CE0wyya7CiZK-2y0k2P4bJIw9MxLAtAawp8lVFWqkb-bn3C1aNS0Ht1q1r5K-rDAy1T3I37JzoWX2AEote1JwjxZeUI6onfAUkR9c6EOpdbC1p5lzL_tQ_kLi17vxnEDoHOa_bDQPEUlknsxWCkRd5U2HVyxt_MSrnz0WzLJfxcM/w480-h640/IMG_5595.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was another clothing exhibit with all sorts of different items. This was a traditional Norwegian dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmPMDrt2CFynINIVjbBgTFCragd_JloBeUxqE6eImC33LEnODfjK0ew96SsUquZKsUXagfsGhlXwvAwKNdt8LSvztW2uPFNAAgeZEj9tPIaHf-nItBHUzqrBZ-6w02kKRA5QO21Tkl3uIDGs6K0vxW4xcOjx-l86RWKITZTe7IEyNbppx7A6TQgJv92c/s4032/IMG_5590.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmPMDrt2CFynINIVjbBgTFCragd_JloBeUxqE6eImC33LEnODfjK0ew96SsUquZKsUXagfsGhlXwvAwKNdt8LSvztW2uPFNAAgeZEj9tPIaHf-nItBHUzqrBZ-6w02kKRA5QO21Tkl3uIDGs6K0vxW4xcOjx-l86RWKITZTe7IEyNbppx7A6TQgJv92c/w480-h640/IMG_5590.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is "Pile o' Sapmi" by Maret Anne Sara. It is made up of 400 Reindeer Skulls with bullet holes in their skulls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0qB0qkjnLSOgz0X7-XVQNAaF6ZZHLzjoD9sVXHb7Mh8bj0wVnhx7PwYf_U8t2cwTcfDHrYwpD3i5pj-AvorBBQzLPawpFMTISgBIuLbhnvsJ7PJYyC1a8ZlThH4hg7U55idqv3i2Sqt-uHMoAezgndQPBbPiw-1vHOQvn0fL5lKQzKlIhA1m2gU2Tx4/s4032/IMG_5596.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0qB0qkjnLSOgz0X7-XVQNAaF6ZZHLzjoD9sVXHb7Mh8bj0wVnhx7PwYf_U8t2cwTcfDHrYwpD3i5pj-AvorBBQzLPawpFMTISgBIuLbhnvsJ7PJYyC1a8ZlThH4hg7U55idqv3i2Sqt-uHMoAezgndQPBbPiw-1vHOQvn0fL5lKQzKlIhA1m2gU2Tx4/w480-h640/IMG_5596.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FzbBqvTl5yVBtrzM_LIFYM4ZV1E7V80EL6UUBPstwz3P_xqMOWMvlGnjM84rkXsqWJHRE1CeSczkqj6tziB3MrohuXi_gz1_ctLtTkLOm7eXW8At86qi54Ht4-Ynmt1pCb4f6c4_-fgubUeTITtjMwHdB3KOveckOE72R45aRqk6adO-hL4FKwVcB6c/s4032/IMG_5597.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="558" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nxn5vsfcrjs" width="671" youtube-src-id="Nxn5vsfcrjs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked back over toward the Christmas market which is located right by the National Theater (and my hotel).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzF6jG2Q4LgyDC3pp70FU3YnG6bhXkPtnOFpMvWPpy60lR_3BMqGWYLmuuk14xo4mWxBwz_ELork__Fddv02kHQxPBFGXTr39l5srYB-5EY-LX9QXgnM1WpA_j1iZ0InMouoeUHJuaTf4O-6-TkOuueCQrao7tqX3aTpCVLRGkXNCam2qBCwOm5Ued6LU/s4032/IMG_5606.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzF6jG2Q4LgyDC3pp70FU3YnG6bhXkPtnOFpMvWPpy60lR_3BMqGWYLmuuk14xo4mWxBwz_ELork__Fddv02kHQxPBFGXTr39l5srYB-5EY-LX9QXgnM1WpA_j1iZ0InMouoeUHJuaTf4O-6-TkOuueCQrao7tqX3aTpCVLRGkXNCam2qBCwOm5Ued6LU/w480-h640/IMG_5606.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I eventually grabbed some dinner to-go from a food hall located in a nice department store and went to the hotel to eat and watch some more of The Crown. I remember thinking at the time that I had a pretty lazy day, but when I checked my fitbit, I had walked 18,000 steps!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-85798366362191686782024-01-08T05:00:00.017-06:002024-01-08T05:00:00.134-06:00Europe 2023 {Day Four ~ Norway in a Nutshell}<div class="separator">On December 14th, I did what is called "Norway in a Nutshell". I took a train from Bergen to Voss. Then a bus from Voss to Gudvangen. A boat through a couple of fjords (Nærøyfjorden & Aurlandsfjorden) to Flåm. Then the Flåm railway to Myrdal. And finally another train from Myrdal to Oslo. Here is a map where you can see the locations beginning in Voss up to Myrdal...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYOV08jqLLFE1ps4wO4Q-y7K7hBhtkG_7QppRkGq9YjlyihdD4h0l_c95hlyNLPTqHfXAMQq_DsSTlyIST8JmQj4oXlZc6aHjpvHiXGuN7Wq7ka3HzgSQhGmwgWbAyWvLcbe48SDkUftrWrXtQVyFeHcEBxJfyc0Y9kq6Me1BV5CsYJouwya3Ey_2Wdc/s4032/IMG_5490.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYOV08jqLLFE1ps4wO4Q-y7K7hBhtkG_7QppRkGq9YjlyihdD4h0l_c95hlyNLPTqHfXAMQq_DsSTlyIST8JmQj4oXlZc6aHjpvHiXGuN7Wq7ka3HzgSQhGmwgWbAyWvLcbe48SDkUftrWrXtQVyFeHcEBxJfyc0Y9kq6Me1BV5CsYJouwya3Ey_2Wdc/w480-h640/IMG_5490.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>This wasn't a guided tour, but I bought everything through <a href="https://www.fjordtours.com" target="_blank">Fjord Tours</a> because it was easier than booking everything myself. I also booked a luggage porter service through them that picked up my luggage at the hotel in Bergen and delivered it to my hotel in Oslo and that was 100% worth the money.</p><p>Now let's start at the beginning... I was required to have my luggage at the hotel reception by 6:30 a.m. and then I had breakfast at the hotel. Hotels in Norway apparently have a competition for best breakfast awards, so they are pretty darn legit. I went back up to the hotel room to put on makeup and finish getting ready. I noticed my luggage was still there so I went and put my makeup and some other things in my suitcase to lighten my load for the day.</p><p>I walked to the train station (about 15 min. walk) and got on the train that was headed to Voss. The train was filled with people heading to Voss to ski and snowboard. The train left at 8:30 and arrived in Voss about 9:45. I think it's a pretty route, but I was only able to see the last 30 min. or so of the journey because it was still dark. </p><p>I caught a bus that left Voss at 10:10 and arrived in Gudvangen at 11:05. Voss looked like a cute town, but I only got a few pics from the bus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaAbqkzsdVdg_dKm2hAWo-XK3PhpK59Y4a1jW5yBUhxt7Irt2E7qTSmHnbXbC5p4Yo7FM79n3MOjDPPCfnG9YZawlYRHdmAgGIA1K6eLrSqyjX4wVzaTw608fEFYp4PE-2LTteEpO8YjQ8bLiNu1xeVLXpQr6UTdOJVChqvwxcGmm6UNV0-ORu5vcqwk/s4032/IMG_5426.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaAbqkzsdVdg_dKm2hAWo-XK3PhpK59Y4a1jW5yBUhxt7Irt2E7qTSmHnbXbC5p4Yo7FM79n3MOjDPPCfnG9YZawlYRHdmAgGIA1K6eLrSqyjX4wVzaTw608fEFYp4PE-2LTteEpO8YjQ8bLiNu1xeVLXpQr6UTdOJVChqvwxcGmm6UNV0-ORu5vcqwk/w480-h640/IMG_5426.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Once I arrived in Gudvangen, I had a bite to eat before boarding the boat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgHb1vrQFb1QNh9ygLfUMDV54VS6Guyb4ZfYHXcfZmkIXJ4XJmkMDmNHAlF4IoblUNRZBRx4016DofnOSpLclTYWfq1r5hPBZo-G1k1PVLhLIniPIo23gDKgMIT1MiuSpi1dTAAruobCm1iJ3i2EU6BjsCp8IgPAejChGY12GHHYe4kDMLXFDX2cQV3g/s4032/IMG_5440.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgHb1vrQFb1QNh9ygLfUMDV54VS6Guyb4ZfYHXcfZmkIXJ4XJmkMDmNHAlF4IoblUNRZBRx4016DofnOSpLclTYWfq1r5hPBZo-G1k1PVLhLIniPIo23gDKgMIT1MiuSpi1dTAAruobCm1iJ3i2EU6BjsCp8IgPAejChGY12GHHYe4kDMLXFDX2cQV3g/w480-h640/IMG_5440.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had windows in front of me and to the side so I had great views, and the door to the deck was right there too. I'm sure in the summer the boat is super crowded, but it wasn't full for my trip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_pYEEWgvCj-xKRUXIjMnJJNcN1iDOEzCwRcXsDrdi8o3VIULEgDMCCnNF-Fzr-14L0UKoYnJWA-HzJWr1GDjzNXXAxViYMI7dplmbN9dmBRm9k0oywCzXjhyiWdVkrAFMXJOH72W_YT3Uq2t2pae_L6Jq9yMyiW9MPATiegPETvSfvB9Xhz5_wsTGTc/s4928/LDN_4776.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_pYEEWgvCj-xKRUXIjMnJJNcN1iDOEzCwRcXsDrdi8o3VIULEgDMCCnNF-Fzr-14L0UKoYnJWA-HzJWr1GDjzNXXAxViYMI7dplmbN9dmBRm9k0oywCzXjhyiWdVkrAFMXJOH72W_YT3Uq2t2pae_L6Jq9yMyiW9MPATiegPETvSfvB9Xhz5_wsTGTc/w640-h424/LDN_4776.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vHmciGt9EMEIZLAw8qUEvIL4VR0BNXOvrW33J7AL-0rPefzc1BhgUzfkybLEKVffuyKyg5lKg9cPJHDK1NwcOzNONgalNa55CIh7g5WjlDYgi-7_hjyMh50Kzal5EuBHsloGZbGfsKlmbCXPhky7O4vkrj-e7cgUa4UCNSyo8tRPX4ZrQa-npO9bvCg/s2282/15241111-459E-47C5-9B83-55C78C41DF47.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I took a million of videos during the 2 hour boat ride, but here are just a few...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="504" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fHElGLN452w" width="606" youtube-src-id="fHElGLN452w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="515" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7EWf2oQvJp8" width="620" youtube-src-id="7EWf2oQvJp8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this last video is where the one fjord fed into another and we made the turn to Flåm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="528" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a-WOOOmZbzQ" width="636" youtube-src-id="a-WOOOmZbzQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boat arrived in Flåm and I had 30 minutes before the train left, so I hit up some shops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7_FULsGvN64wG8kzxSE3v_WfOirNMneeFfHhIc41o6BrO3csaT0A5ar0jZvUL6mBWcui0UciPgYOtKS4bXeWFAb_uq11g3qugvcNqTdtZ26rnORjA7hiDR3hwK6xr9wGwTwt_aXB26SNZWnoGbmxPIXNu0oSbxO3Zap9G-aUK-NO_L8FsbtDf0NxjSU/s4032/IMG_5483.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7_FULsGvN64wG8kzxSE3v_WfOirNMneeFfHhIc41o6BrO3csaT0A5ar0jZvUL6mBWcui0UciPgYOtKS4bXeWFAb_uq11g3qugvcNqTdtZ26rnORjA7hiDR3hwK6xr9wGwTwt_aXB26SNZWnoGbmxPIXNu0oSbxO3Zap9G-aUK-NO_L8FsbtDf0NxjSU/w480-h640/IMG_5483.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have huge regret for not buying this coat. If I'd had longer than 30 minutes total in Fläm, I'd probably own it, but I was in too much of a rush to make a major-ish purchase.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn6cqEiLhOjQCpg-HhbN13HonKu-vAwvO6AR49QH2VodwRkP7uDCkf6bPbwdY2vEmOETTVWTKdGbhtlNBeRBI_D7qnXo0o6dvMkuqPdN4OSWlU49lnoX0HOJJEZ80ZmbZ52j3UMKGXJZ9Mkk3_hI64jUzbhaG9hS4D4K96CYYVKGoh9mAKJMVXiiUhGg/s4032/IMG_5485.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn6cqEiLhOjQCpg-HhbN13HonKu-vAwvO6AR49QH2VodwRkP7uDCkf6bPbwdY2vEmOETTVWTKdGbhtlNBeRBI_D7qnXo0o6dvMkuqPdN4OSWlU49lnoX0HOJJEZ80ZmbZ52j3UMKGXJZ9Mkk3_hI64jUzbhaG9hS4D4K96CYYVKGoh9mAKJMVXiiUhGg/w480-h640/IMG_5485.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_bjCNiitsQogWQKAXYUb7FHbbwYloaoidb_Sf4SB3CjQ1jzgaEXBVFOvyWQwAtMSX3nYtiSe9w2aRRr7PCcGRQC5Y8X0tb4qkdJyYWR2JkIvPUdaB8iTD7Y-TAHrmwW73HNMMBsa4m_IekzTsojSdq9mlv-FFocazIKkXDGITvBuJMzt1zQ3Xz6K310/s4032/IMG_5489.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The Flåm church was built in 1670</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz4kOXpSwHU8oyB7Enea3YL1p3615dX-Je0kLWV0uQDn8ZY1j-U3gcVpL0OCSd4qWicPGPJtqSMWzp1Au9oVYEkDrJ9y0sCtFaUlDAdRajIUGIhGsCg35n2mVuHB14_GxF-P4OGnQMpzAvrGZ9tEQ5hJ_Yj4orM7N5whE_wv7KbEoRMN2J_D6w-SVMpw/s4032/IMG_5493.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz4kOXpSwHU8oyB7Enea3YL1p3615dX-Je0kLWV0uQDn8ZY1j-U3gcVpL0OCSd4qWicPGPJtqSMWzp1Au9oVYEkDrJ9y0sCtFaUlDAdRajIUGIhGsCg35n2mVuHB14_GxF-P4OGnQMpzAvrGZ9tEQ5hJ_Yj4orM7N5whE_wv7KbEoRMN2J_D6w-SVMpw/w480-h640/IMG_5493.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy56TQHiYXqwUd3ZGcCl7Ul7asqQ74AQvlnG7EQUY5mUg3MTJUUBa970UAx0Jl-X_wwU1vyVtMf9z6TbKEFXCbh4OnLbUJn1oTOJDJOsnQtqaZ9dZwyPCyBQ0HmJ76zBYAFmcIZVvqp8v7Dr5gsji_2oSrHRGAPLckTbo1omlUhLKk8n4sIIbDRIYXoRs/s4032/IMG_5499.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The train stopped at the Kjosfossen Waterfall for pics</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqbGeKxr_JSG5s7zU4FO6pNEkpE0oVQygIf3mEwNklBBMfYM8K8XQrHU4edv1JTPNmqb_WXV_IGGpnDKylCMtHEovTRS7N-DbzzR53NHx_RjdmYA58V0z51nYZvoBjU4Ye3nUoDi1Hyv1yE42yRAaqAYEjmZXyf-xSnx-fc7apt7H64Mr1yBX36J0EOs/s4928/LDN_4805.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqbGeKxr_JSG5s7zU4FO6pNEkpE0oVQygIf3mEwNklBBMfYM8K8XQrHU4edv1JTPNmqb_WXV_IGGpnDKylCMtHEovTRS7N-DbzzR53NHx_RjdmYA58V0z51nYZvoBjU4Ye3nUoDi1Hyv1yE42yRAaqAYEjmZXyf-xSnx-fc7apt7H64Mr1yBX36J0EOs/w424-h640/LDN_4805.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHTTP7JQfWR6rid8JZJjJqA0PJdnYI69FhXHMwE9rQLmfIjshr0jHbivsBNZP3Bo3d0BMfvwG1xkgU_ViUfCpzgQCahO4Qr7APmyYj4JAx2BwvWQ-cvjnC_NSTiF6t-jnhyphenhyphenZvSmnNu17qNZ_j9Dprbe462QMw0EN-djlprxP1G52nDUDL6SkLpyyZ-mR0/s4928/LDN_4807.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I had chosen to go all the way to Oslo, which is just short of a 5 hour train journey. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little bit of info about "Nutshell": This day looked very different than if I had done Nutshell in the summer with loads of daylight available. I would have stopped in Voss and ridden the gondola, I might have gone to a Viking thing in Gudvanger, but I for sure would have killed two hours in Flåm and taken the later train. But since I was racing daylight all day, I had to take the early train out of Flåm to be able to see the famous journey, and that meant 2 1/2 hours at the Myrdal train station. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't believe it when every single person but me got on the train to Bergen and I was left in an empty train station up on the mountain for 2 hours!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="519" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5e2V7YwslFk" width="624" youtube-src-id="5e2V7YwslFk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so happy when the train to Oslo finally arrived and I was on my way. I was wishing I had grabbed some food back in Flåm to eat during my solo train station experience, but I hadn't so I walked to the dining car and saw this fellow passenger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLiJM2thdt2jPNPzpxDsATo7Vea5r4fOJxMn_P3T0tnp_ofswmD1B3Gi8Gy9dPeOSkybN8ow2l0rvABPd7CjnzQzz7RqreIpffR8h63QGNDLAlqNmzokdG_VTqcXKXctrXR-WwxXTPlhjXMPDuUfplUExxU5eaj4fmHWiZaCQMiUahEHOBtSj_9JvcLQ/s4032/IMG_5524.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLiJM2thdt2jPNPzpxDsATo7Vea5r4fOJxMn_P3T0tnp_ofswmD1B3Gi8Gy9dPeOSkybN8ow2l0rvABPd7CjnzQzz7RqreIpffR8h63QGNDLAlqNmzokdG_VTqcXKXctrXR-WwxXTPlhjXMPDuUfplUExxU5eaj4fmHWiZaCQMiUahEHOBtSj_9JvcLQ/w480-h640/IMG_5524.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfGEj0MB0CldNqanr7oAmQzzYeHXWf5j1LRCudABD4i6hVRtRNirA0DQXifEhPYoOwzTx75w1C0n2df-iCl8matOqIIi5QUkK6vUM_HpnAMTwhgM8OvzjTRjrLrcvYa3zdBxBafQ_0r9xLOeqXLozKADz2c4l6z3kwbsPxXxGxJxrPm67dfsNMogQo-k/s2156/IMG_6377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfGEj0MB0CldNqanr7oAmQzzYeHXWf5j1LRCudABD4i6hVRtRNirA0DQXifEhPYoOwzTx75w1C0n2df-iCl8matOqIIi5QUkK6vUM_HpnAMTwhgM8OvzjTRjrLrcvYa3zdBxBafQ_0r9xLOeqXLozKADz2c4l6z3kwbsPxXxGxJxrPm67dfsNMogQo-k/w382-h640/IMG_6377.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was about 10:30 p.m. when I arrived at the train station in Oslo, so I bit the bullet and paid for a too expensive taxi again to my hotel. I was again staying at a Thon hotel, but this time it was Thon Hotel Cecil. The outside was on a side street and really nothing remarkable, so no picture, but this is my Standard Queen room. It was fine, but I didn't love sloped ceiling/window situation and there wasn't enough room to leave my bag open.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkFKXltD0qqj__KPPhI9qJ6RpCuQ7aKSoqlc-u7KhQ02LESOrbPbAJvl2NVKosEq7gVMbCxaxLW-KhL-HGIB6UIUdFlqImFglCZSksGU9vBjBUAJ90fzRYmObLHlBnFiuwflGirVfm9VryE2tzERB1bV9QQnygrnvT7szcrXJE02iHctrnJgni5JR22k/s4928/LDN_4809.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkFKXltD0qqj__KPPhI9qJ6RpCuQ7aKSoqlc-u7KhQ02LESOrbPbAJvl2NVKosEq7gVMbCxaxLW-KhL-HGIB6UIUdFlqImFglCZSksGU9vBjBUAJ90fzRYmObLHlBnFiuwflGirVfm9VryE2tzERB1bV9QQnygrnvT7szcrXJE02iHctrnJgni5JR22k/w424-h640/LDN_4809.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2GJ-w6_Uz3gO8k49ZEjlCazLoXSL47SynsFC9mz2Z5UJAFuPJVW0AN-J0UzB5qF6dokDdyrwzgsaFTFWucwhk8D4wxRNGy4WnFzpdZMo_fNaUaGEzNPk9RI5iNL-C8YqwGfr5AfZuZT4rQ9O1CxJc3nUA8u2MY9e4atCZxZgBFT_a0MRPR-ehRMUYpQ/s4928/LDN_4811.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2GJ-w6_Uz3gO8k49ZEjlCazLoXSL47SynsFC9mz2Z5UJAFuPJVW0AN-J0UzB5qF6dokDdyrwzgsaFTFWucwhk8D4wxRNGy4WnFzpdZMo_fNaUaGEzNPk9RI5iNL-C8YqwGfr5AfZuZT4rQ9O1CxJc3nUA8u2MY9e4atCZxZgBFT_a0MRPR-ehRMUYpQ/w640-h424/LDN_4811.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89v5X_wlkCb-C9xjrHY3Mh6caMgcFTXxvySl0axcI-jXukheqKyYKntpHgjT3ATTfR8a6PkZbuRqW6Lz1aS4M9wjVkTgqLtLjpXfVIVgGGls3se1bumdvc0cF-x4w50ZhRqg5mDM8bRTO-ee1-tx-FwUqxEkfvSd4YXjmS9bpNkq8g77s9loO1kmSlM0/s4928/LDN_4812.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89v5X_wlkCb-C9xjrHY3Mh6caMgcFTXxvySl0axcI-jXukheqKyYKntpHgjT3ATTfR8a6PkZbuRqW6Lz1aS4M9wjVkTgqLtLjpXfVIVgGGls3se1bumdvc0cF-x4w50ZhRqg5mDM8bRTO-ee1-tx-FwUqxEkfvSd4YXjmS9bpNkq8g77s9loO1kmSlM0/w424-h640/LDN_4812.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjExE4FgqIvuQb0qOZbZ5MYgYnRf9dOUKdRCbVQXRoGDMOnOeCzvE9BsQPhopBaoUkgD8Swr5QOBVbfj1qpY35jV4lKY9rYi0qbi8EXgLxrhJDdIy_1jYibjAbiRi-NR7SXDC-zXU6V8hrLsGxSIhnUIAx2y2KUXr8ZVzqAz7qM4_AHkDmHir4TEVbE5g/s4928/LDN_4813.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjExE4FgqIvuQb0qOZbZ5MYgYnRf9dOUKdRCbVQXRoGDMOnOeCzvE9BsQPhopBaoUkgD8Swr5QOBVbfj1qpY35jV4lKY9rYi0qbi8EXgLxrhJDdIy_1jYibjAbiRi-NR7SXDC-zXU6V8hrLsGxSIhnUIAx2y2KUXr8ZVzqAz7qM4_AHkDmHir4TEVbE5g/w424-h640/LDN_4813.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTEjvl_WCMZrIrKfJCSmqFOJorzbTBKM5hzibioYW1XLXtvUciF8lY2dX8zPDog9tf73Gy4U0W-HjtgU3JkLMLzcx6g4mgyTfW8t-Xx720yPid8uDq9WnM8vHSRqr1s5Hi-pXAYCWBxcFvSAg3-BKBmUFbbBtEb6CorcIhNxUSVyiIX4mCzhV38TkmZ8/s4928/LDN_4814.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTEjvl_WCMZrIrKfJCSmqFOJorzbTBKM5hzibioYW1XLXtvUciF8lY2dX8zPDog9tf73Gy4U0W-HjtgU3JkLMLzcx6g4mgyTfW8t-Xx720yPid8uDq9WnM8vHSRqr1s5Hi-pXAYCWBxcFvSAg3-BKBmUFbbBtEb6CorcIhNxUSVyiIX4mCzhV38TkmZ8/w424-h640/LDN_4814.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was an incredibly long day, but what an experience! I loved it and was so happy I did it. Stay tuned for Oslo...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-4769639656270088382024-01-05T05:00:00.001-06:002024-01-05T05:00:00.135-06:00Europe 2023 {Day Three ~ Bergen, Norway}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Wednesday, December 13th, I had an early flight that left Copenhagen and arrived in Bergen, Norway at 9:30. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somewhere over Norway</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk6i43O0sqG7Gaq1Hh8PYRd5gnniMt3HeYugPG56pTAFSqhFtwVQMiDLm3pvwqjaki2R3liPtCc1E1XUcHEUfjLHN4m9J7P3tg2MihvyM9WBSP183PHdyW2t7mFKaqqSYuuRSxHFJuJ4Flk_Q5AwVvpeC12K3QICiof9ltx3iJaCfMY7Hvw-FNMnUa0c/s4032/IMG_5343.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk6i43O0sqG7Gaq1Hh8PYRd5gnniMt3HeYugPG56pTAFSqhFtwVQMiDLm3pvwqjaki2R3liPtCc1E1XUcHEUfjLHN4m9J7P3tg2MihvyM9WBSP183PHdyW2t7mFKaqqSYuuRSxHFJuJ4Flk_Q5AwVvpeC12K3QICiof9ltx3iJaCfMY7Hvw-FNMnUa0c/w480-h640/IMG_5343.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hoped I had landed in Bergen at least. Bergen's sign at the airport seems less than confident!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcUBCkTBF9RF2DorMQSFGh0WOlFSfMpCrn75tjuZYFXV2-MgFZBmOPpI5_0sb4XGKuczjVJ3vAJ4SBcH5Se8KQnVuTd6obxwZo87eu5N0rzAgBQSnSXVy6ck3iT3wM12I_qX5E14cgshhGSUE-P3UvapAP-nFOrpVjt_Np82VsUd8JUHeRoWZlb7Y7r4/s4032/IMG_5345.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcUBCkTBF9RF2DorMQSFGh0WOlFSfMpCrn75tjuZYFXV2-MgFZBmOPpI5_0sb4XGKuczjVJ3vAJ4SBcH5Se8KQnVuTd6obxwZo87eu5N0rzAgBQSnSXVy6ck3iT3wM12I_qX5E14cgshhGSUE-P3UvapAP-nFOrpVjt_Np82VsUd8JUHeRoWZlb7Y7r4/w480-h640/IMG_5345.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took a taxi to the hotel, which I knew I shouldn't do, but I did anyway. And well, I shouldn't have done it. Taxis in Norway are ridiculously expensive. STUPID EXPENSIVE. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I lucked out again and was able to check into my room early. After putting my stuff in the room, I headed out to explore. My hotel was right in Bryggen, which is the historic Hanseatic district. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUTUuM3FylIxxNLP6JUOtSyqZUeoUEt2m9iBjeLQu1QpmYBLzbAhSpmMiK7dcoDZDT6BHWAVhgrO-nJMni6-nfW8E1XgpRCal-Lk7BnrU_FSiCibAMvy_5LAPUsV2AvpY-_ca55Y2fdSx3pOa2mHFEFjVez_TsDPVY5H7k8SoyNYASv393XCCCwxakCE/s4928/LDN_4752.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUTUuM3FylIxxNLP6JUOtSyqZUeoUEt2m9iBjeLQu1QpmYBLzbAhSpmMiK7dcoDZDT6BHWAVhgrO-nJMni6-nfW8E1XgpRCal-Lk7BnrU_FSiCibAMvy_5LAPUsV2AvpY-_ca55Y2fdSx3pOa2mHFEFjVez_TsDPVY5H7k8SoyNYASv393XCCCwxakCE/w640-h424/LDN_4752.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These buildings are shops, restaurants, etc. and I went in and out of every shop at least once.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4zouf35oAEk9HtAvN26N0VuO3ccC3sNqxX8BdsEjeIsppiuvCJrBDrQUMlP6866j3mnAjs0UmtJmmliohvjMHBsF68kJ5zfXK6DyyMif0RR1awo6HD0s6P5zJBBti85fGzjkul1GQyZ74sEHMpWAOBlw2B88QOhQ0jgIj8uUyM-OCIpz9KTcQEqhLs8/s4928/LDN_4753.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4zouf35oAEk9HtAvN26N0VuO3ccC3sNqxX8BdsEjeIsppiuvCJrBDrQUMlP6866j3mnAjs0UmtJmmliohvjMHBsF68kJ5zfXK6DyyMif0RR1awo6HD0s6P5zJBBti85fGzjkul1GQyZ74sEHMpWAOBlw2B88QOhQ0jgIj8uUyM-OCIpz9KTcQEqhLs8/w640-h424/LDN_4753.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Within 20 minutes of arriving, I had fallen for these $500 sweaters. I didn't get one, but I saw them all over Norway and sure wanted one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnPSigEVIwXWwpA-8LYSl2k3rjg7BSOoizDpUFBXVNI05K8hNnuow3llGZBD3iJ4NnJZLXkvTgvMmczpllAJeJkc1echk2Z2qLWhIev2C2Wi9MMLVzMSA2R_dLA2AsDYdoSy5JEXQVcybizr9ZHBlccFMizwKd3YXyhMcnRhciwOnjG_Z8GtrfkORsGI/s4032/IMG_5346.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnPSigEVIwXWwpA-8LYSl2k3rjg7BSOoizDpUFBXVNI05K8hNnuow3llGZBD3iJ4NnJZLXkvTgvMmczpllAJeJkc1echk2Z2qLWhIev2C2Wi9MMLVzMSA2R_dLA2AsDYdoSy5JEXQVcybizr9ZHBlccFMizwKd3YXyhMcnRhciwOnjG_Z8GtrfkORsGI/w480-h640/IMG_5346.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were snow flurries all day, which I LOVED.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirRm6TtL2dlzDUc0BMnZrJQ3UdznpFIwvvU730xD9Yyq8a917yncH6MJ2KJr38_BdhQIu_Pc4YhUPJ84U9ZRldQEA426r2O10aGVISP-YdzXrNUScJZvLXYr8zob5Ru202EaFLLiO0tkmNr_zvLduW7rFPNY9ZN74AOw22KCJhnGWBg_9x38TTyXToFg/s3088/Facetune_04-01-2024-15-58-46.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirRm6TtL2dlzDUc0BMnZrJQ3UdznpFIwvvU730xD9Yyq8a917yncH6MJ2KJr38_BdhQIu_Pc4YhUPJ84U9ZRldQEA426r2O10aGVISP-YdzXrNUScJZvLXYr8zob5Ru202EaFLLiO0tkmNr_zvLduW7rFPNY9ZN74AOw22KCJhnGWBg_9x38TTyXToFg/w480-h640/Facetune_04-01-2024-15-58-46.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="471" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kkN2IhAWAUw" width="567" youtube-src-id="kkN2IhAWAUw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjONM7XzjBdWPyL5vCLx5BKcgy2sT4moa7J3rLF4jdH9v1jLoT8qQq5KfmRkTvkWlAQhjKMye-xkcr00USkfefFH-VzJCONzQJ-eT2yTuilh95s8HeeEqv5hvnTuee1_6PPoWdephOynRjp5HxmqjEQYsf65zNummYAhXVfFiTvzF2DRQLZA4whj8N5c/s4032/IMG_5355.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjONM7XzjBdWPyL5vCLx5BKcgy2sT4moa7J3rLF4jdH9v1jLoT8qQq5KfmRkTvkWlAQhjKMye-xkcr00USkfefFH-VzJCONzQJ-eT2yTuilh95s8HeeEqv5hvnTuee1_6PPoWdephOynRjp5HxmqjEQYsf65zNummYAhXVfFiTvzF2DRQLZA4whj8N5c/w480-h640/IMG_5355.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked over to their Christmas market, but it wasn't open yet. I grabbed a sandwich for lunch at Baker Brun and then went back to the market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-WH3UjaXpgasS7YNz5PL78qBWXXi9zNN5slb_UW4wCcQ3F6XLmQUVYmLRQvE4W2f5vk44u6WbvvO_M1nt95y26olVyi47Yofk7COGtdLbQOs5l3YW2bvE5riBhASBiFhjudLZL4YjHoBK5d-J_h7C9cvCO4Hr2Vz28yaIO4APDaxWLFSYfnIQGK3sGY/s4928/LDN_4754.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-WH3UjaXpgasS7YNz5PL78qBWXXi9zNN5slb_UW4wCcQ3F6XLmQUVYmLRQvE4W2f5vk44u6WbvvO_M1nt95y26olVyi47Yofk7COGtdLbQOs5l3YW2bvE5riBhASBiFhjudLZL4YjHoBK5d-J_h7C9cvCO4Hr2Vz28yaIO4APDaxWLFSYfnIQGK3sGY/w640-h424/LDN_4754.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-U3YVZaz-0UjfagCm3xQQaS9LECVkDUjU8eOCykx8RtTFIMMXpI-YFp3dwN_-cFJuPwcHVd_Jrj3T7J1KNtInthyphenhyphenehDqxPcGdDNhWSpXm9csvQXdyjoyaGKE0nDHjbmk53MjGxyrkiq9oLJ9IJTJ4gdToRcQiTHIsGJHC8MH9JeGBsAwckWIq-H0-7Y/s4928/LDN_4756.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-U3YVZaz-0UjfagCm3xQQaS9LECVkDUjU8eOCykx8RtTFIMMXpI-YFp3dwN_-cFJuPwcHVd_Jrj3T7J1KNtInthyphenhyphenehDqxPcGdDNhWSpXm9csvQXdyjoyaGKE0nDHjbmk53MjGxyrkiq9oLJ9IJTJ4gdToRcQiTHIsGJHC8MH9JeGBsAwckWIq-H0-7Y/w640-h424/LDN_4756.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The market was fine. 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I knew my wrist and hand hurt, but when I got back to the room I realized there was a reason it was hurting! So thankful I just bruised myself and didn't break something on day 3!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmf5VfY6Xyhko6lQupq4TuPNz9NjFWEvz8133jA4lkWwhpc-1mgyZCx4qg4DP4ezxMBfUxLykltHXUVf_QPUXRjd-NWSTK7GAh1ExSDcS0AkFPczXo1Jn4EZiSHDsJ6nF3G_UZgSm1LScWxFPvdyoOXyLGGo618-xQfCZPr92uwe2yj6E5EMZzMNnGHc/s4032/IMG_5418.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmf5VfY6Xyhko6lQupq4TuPNz9NjFWEvz8133jA4lkWwhpc-1mgyZCx4qg4DP4ezxMBfUxLykltHXUVf_QPUXRjd-NWSTK7GAh1ExSDcS0AkFPczXo1Jn4EZiSHDsJ6nF3G_UZgSm1LScWxFPvdyoOXyLGGo618-xQfCZPr92uwe2yj6E5EMZzMNnGHc/w480-h640/IMG_5418.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked around Bergen some more. I stopped in a different Baker Brun for a sweet treat, and then once I was done wandering, I went back to the room to rest and formulate a dinner plan. This was the view from my room of the historic buildings in Bryggen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFjECrhmm9HkiHPePRa7y0Jbhi-eYnqowlrSF4clKQCxxuFhQ2N4QDHkPeljLl3V_ReEiv_1BER7pHd6eAQirJ-fG4uuKIEBjz7K7ECZm9SRxlTBqO-OvQZNrFebDLV8XumRpcub4lsrI4dkXzrj9NfmPQh-fbkm-qzDhfkdGNxtXcUAfE2ADS51Gy34/s4928/LDN_4774.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFjECrhmm9HkiHPePRa7y0Jbhi-eYnqowlrSF4clKQCxxuFhQ2N4QDHkPeljLl3V_ReEiv_1BER7pHd6eAQirJ-fG4uuKIEBjz7K7ECZm9SRxlTBqO-OvQZNrFebDLV8XumRpcub4lsrI4dkXzrj9NfmPQh-fbkm-qzDhfkdGNxtXcUAfE2ADS51Gy34/w640-h424/LDN_4774.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided where I wanted to go for dinner and headed out. McDonalds wasn't my destination, but isn't it a charming little McDonalds?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLLLHyo9A6noHpFb1OcBWremSnXxZZmvUI0dIA_2WF0NdZ-nI5Luo4XuleeFTqzWpJjVgAQmfiUT6iyEAmcp0N6Wf7EupVedv3X9G4keczi23z4ZZ8nbD1F6IecwgIx6uWD7G6AYTzyYEbkVFj2EbaVRHB-zPvHqGO7Wa2sLYA1kxuE9LOx3tnvIfKsY/s4032/IMG_5402.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLLLHyo9A6noHpFb1OcBWremSnXxZZmvUI0dIA_2WF0NdZ-nI5Luo4XuleeFTqzWpJjVgAQmfiUT6iyEAmcp0N6Wf7EupVedv3X9G4keczi23z4ZZ8nbD1F6IecwgIx6uWD7G6AYTzyYEbkVFj2EbaVRHB-zPvHqGO7Wa2sLYA1kxuE9LOx3tnvIfKsY/w480-h640/IMG_5402.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went back to the Fish Market and ate dinner at this restaurant...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7A8zLy0QS9iSpOgkk-9FK2I5wPI8EZmlWWB-iarob0r8qdXS8lhhKg92WoAR0qWRxOSX9E2bitBWO_GwgscvKVoCRXhZ9y2QJeI6003DG_dSAzsT98IH_hEpaSkM1_0bSMrfofpKUMhLmCmHUvARD3wnVrz7sN4wpnlcYj6ql9Deyc6NLAOut8699Ro/s4032/IMG_5409.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7A8zLy0QS9iSpOgkk-9FK2I5wPI8EZmlWWB-iarob0r8qdXS8lhhKg92WoAR0qWRxOSX9E2bitBWO_GwgscvKVoCRXhZ9y2QJeI6003DG_dSAzsT98IH_hEpaSkM1_0bSMrfofpKUMhLmCmHUvARD3wnVrz7sN4wpnlcYj6ql9Deyc6NLAOut8699Ro/w480-h640/IMG_5409.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was pretty expensive, but you can't beat the view and it started snowing during dinner and it was like being in a snow globe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl11hA-eLBU1SNeRBvlDdYVYClPD_ENgkhBWxG0sNJWJp_umBxcmmogbQV3ZXguRM4Jr44GIlkTrw_K0EIGlPrTgULi7q_XXAWS0LogPXkXOXsjn3fccTjeF3ln85NiF9sKDc0hMcFgyVr04M3gzL987PYgW8tGqZgJI6XXtmawOHufV5h1QVLfDfolvg/s4032/IMG_5407.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl11hA-eLBU1SNeRBvlDdYVYClPD_ENgkhBWxG0sNJWJp_umBxcmmogbQV3ZXguRM4Jr44GIlkTrw_K0EIGlPrTgULi7q_XXAWS0LogPXkXOXsjn3fccTjeF3ln85NiF9sKDc0hMcFgyVr04M3gzL987PYgW8tGqZgJI6XXtmawOHufV5h1QVLfDfolvg/w480-h640/IMG_5407.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The food was wonderful. I read they had amazing fish soup, but I went with a bowl of the shellfish soup instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9FkEpPJ8cZ0y1S72BA-L7-ZUl475ThEPu2c2t4HO3SklS-ZiOvWE7Z0teIxry9xlc0ga0yqUcBVW3MkOCIkUnrGi3RTtzZHoI7K7n-_zgR8_5fcxEQzONYNjM_QdktFOYbUZ5TuN0bQuEfNYfxsCShdtjWsJ3DpJSpIYTIaUKzpkIwec4WB2mqoCJlc/s4032/IMG_5405.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9FkEpPJ8cZ0y1S72BA-L7-ZUl475ThEPu2c2t4HO3SklS-ZiOvWE7Z0teIxry9xlc0ga0yqUcBVW3MkOCIkUnrGi3RTtzZHoI7K7n-_zgR8_5fcxEQzONYNjM_QdktFOYbUZ5TuN0bQuEfNYfxsCShdtjWsJ3DpJSpIYTIaUKzpkIwec4WB2mqoCJlc/w480-h640/IMG_5405.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You have to see the video... it is FULL of crab and shrimp!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="503" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DVgUPx8aR6I" width="606" youtube-src-id="DVgUPx8aR6I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ordered a salad and 2 scallops (originally I ordered 3, but I changed my order after that soup).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y67ChX7OxOZWXCWrotAvlXqXSgnrGuvxNfDx4HSLYI5KXDc50c7Kek7ydEoZA1ckganAgvw-6cY_jtFbpDC-8J2cCdpZY63mOlF_-k4ceKbIpFXlxn7PCZ3d7HmJRf5sh67N9yYq73N54AA9vM3aFgJUcZtRNDXsmFqWZK9jGalWZHij_a8PsZGojlY/s4032/IMG_5408.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Y67ChX7OxOZWXCWrotAvlXqXSgnrGuvxNfDx4HSLYI5KXDc50c7Kek7ydEoZA1ckganAgvw-6cY_jtFbpDC-8J2cCdpZY63mOlF_-k4ceKbIpFXlxn7PCZ3d7HmJRf5sh67N9yYq73N54AA9vM3aFgJUcZtRNDXsmFqWZK9jGalWZHij_a8PsZGojlY/w480-h640/IMG_5408.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy36tMsDuR-uLihxqFOcp8PyUKKyfrLtmpU_VuPAaIf6oRPy2noHtOODJ8RJJKmEy0LqKJUR1pwkdtshi5-QCOvHLzdoYwrEIpC2Z8RHPIQ-6h49TkJj9LhHrmCevHT2KPlCd-aRwDCtr20K3WcxPAGZjgyRRaTtYFhuKaJIh_4cUBdecBjhkyqjYLjk/s4032/IMG_5410.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy36tMsDuR-uLihxqFOcp8PyUKKyfrLtmpU_VuPAaIf6oRPy2noHtOODJ8RJJKmEy0LqKJUR1pwkdtshi5-QCOvHLzdoYwrEIpC2Z8RHPIQ-6h49TkJj9LhHrmCevHT2KPlCd-aRwDCtr20K3WcxPAGZjgyRRaTtYFhuKaJIh_4cUBdecBjhkyqjYLjk/w480-h640/IMG_5410.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After dinner snowy views...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="493" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZSv4DA5OSoA" width="593" youtube-src-id="ZSv4DA5OSoA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cold. Snow. Yummy Food.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was happy as could be!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitb9LwwdqP-w2KVVVSh_B_yfd_cFVCuNoXJ-7s0yhLx69ScQ4zgo-ImIL4Vp03l1GdZr9hX1onItZoEr8lIJ1CEr17ofFsPBCFpDRPvkoYUuuoRRfoyM-4x0qtuLR0QmPWJQpu0YHVOgQQF802sgLi_VFOst3uvnaEr9oKF0U85RswKT5huV6qxcN6Kw0/s3088/IMG_5414.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitb9LwwdqP-w2KVVVSh_B_yfd_cFVCuNoXJ-7s0yhLx69ScQ4zgo-ImIL4Vp03l1GdZr9hX1onItZoEr8lIJ1CEr17ofFsPBCFpDRPvkoYUuuoRRfoyM-4x0qtuLR0QmPWJQpu0YHVOgQQF802sgLi_VFOst3uvnaEr9oKF0U85RswKT5huV6qxcN6Kw0/w480-h640/IMG_5414.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking back to the hotel, I passed a Starbucks that was in an awesome building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZv9yhKGXu36436B88Y_Kurf-c7gOY0_AgPiJyepd3Cl3W7EkFES5r-wNQCgoUYqEZBXc0ixmi-15R5-7C2q2P-u_jOYh1wNEzDZ1ZuK39UU5MQY4jkGsXf3_4eaROWKJW9ccg9oIgqnndvPgvoZCJayZrg9ivHBuhaDS-4MaXuBet4vcOcXi9DVYvDE/s4032/IMG_5416.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZv9yhKGXu36436B88Y_Kurf-c7gOY0_AgPiJyepd3Cl3W7EkFES5r-wNQCgoUYqEZBXc0ixmi-15R5-7C2q2P-u_jOYh1wNEzDZ1ZuK39UU5MQY4jkGsXf3_4eaROWKJW9ccg9oIgqnndvPgvoZCJayZrg9ivHBuhaDS-4MaXuBet4vcOcXi9DVYvDE/w480-h640/IMG_5416.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It tempted me to stop for tea to drink back in the room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMYaMwqXHD_SwovxnleDWARPMFJgncdprBHfKwRGV64Xfjtp7qPX7jsbAoL_21ubiimItNToXaYn1sYqaOV59ubrBI6hqvSqLNqlnYwxWqPmgHQDBAlN92NTxGG0Z5_wJAVwWuOV29Xi2PK_6vjBWN_t-Rw4ncxuUr2gE7KO1TKRYiNeBcyowvlsu-DQ/s4032/IMG_5419.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMYaMwqXHD_SwovxnleDWARPMFJgncdprBHfKwRGV64Xfjtp7qPX7jsbAoL_21ubiimItNToXaYn1sYqaOV59ubrBI6hqvSqLNqlnYwxWqPmgHQDBAlN92NTxGG0Z5_wJAVwWuOV29Xi2PK_6vjBWN_t-Rw4ncxuUr2gE7KO1TKRYiNeBcyowvlsu-DQ/w480-h640/IMG_5419.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stayed at Thon Hotel Rosenkrantz Bergen. Thon is a hotel chain and there are different varieties of them throughout Norway. I didn't remember to take pics of the hotel, so I borrowed from them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My room was one of those corner rooms so that's why I had views of the water and Bryggen. I imagine most rooms in the hotel do not have great views.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FEoK4qBG9swC0xu94sCamOv3-LBI4zgdyBH2qxB2KHOvcexBTgDiQG7HU82qKuWiyGGvMNcwAq1kIqsvqm6BvvrecNUdPWToAxZTONHA2TohTf_y8-O9PPQpHWP0tfAtZN7jbpfVE6FlyACM0lDSDVF7eP2ifyo0kiuP79rHS13NWZCPohs6y3UI8TI/s1284/IMG_6344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1284" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FEoK4qBG9swC0xu94sCamOv3-LBI4zgdyBH2qxB2KHOvcexBTgDiQG7HU82qKuWiyGGvMNcwAq1kIqsvqm6BvvrecNUdPWToAxZTONHA2TohTf_y8-O9PPQpHWP0tfAtZN7jbpfVE6FlyACM0lDSDVF7eP2ifyo0kiuP79rHS13NWZCPohs6y3UI8TI/w640-h612/IMG_6344.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqx5Xvs-QWKW5VbUjFuS5jvFNzS6wO73l2131v1TND5s11KM5oy9kHqVM7ebGVyPMZHwCoCxQ7m-z891062sPsReqDO4FfPhdELTP_s-C3dOxQcrdThq1u4ju7cnT5eXmHCtkfZJA-jbRPH-B2BRdIDCIAez6iOg6uY9Iyabs9C0tC-Jz5qvuVBBBkVU/s1284/IMG_6345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1284" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqx5Xvs-QWKW5VbUjFuS5jvFNzS6wO73l2131v1TND5s11KM5oy9kHqVM7ebGVyPMZHwCoCxQ7m-z891062sPsReqDO4FfPhdELTP_s-C3dOxQcrdThq1u4ju7cnT5eXmHCtkfZJA-jbRPH-B2BRdIDCIAez6iOg6uY9Iyabs9C0tC-Jz5qvuVBBBkVU/w640-h380/IMG_6345.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this room. I might have been my favorite of the trip (and of course it was the one I was only in for one night!). It had great views and was so spacious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViy6Og7TNoJ-DbEnwV24RS5dkuH_EAXQxsS9cJu0t7VZ7Tbyy-drFdTVqpFbBlr_-1iCphIgkkR2w3UmqjT7EPlahShwgUh6woGMaQaklLcjT4vx3HEtv95a0gQn3i5-I_SCXLIaoXhMP6AFJ81tkoSk6onOwZ09rioMeINtyjCvZUzYU3FfYZOYfZBA/s4928/LDN_4749.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViy6Og7TNoJ-DbEnwV24RS5dkuH_EAXQxsS9cJu0t7VZ7Tbyy-drFdTVqpFbBlr_-1iCphIgkkR2w3UmqjT7EPlahShwgUh6woGMaQaklLcjT4vx3HEtv95a0gQn3i5-I_SCXLIaoXhMP6AFJ81tkoSk6onOwZ09rioMeINtyjCvZUzYU3FfYZOYfZBA/w640-h424/LDN_4749.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gNAXqhnVBe7N8_vLNDk7AHFtIJGLRSZE1VHTTr09Ndrh7yMLBBkl1SrMpccMOsLjzKBYbpz8O_v4cVash596oUSZraZtleCcUJcc5t6h7m51c8R0LiM_EFhW_XTakh7PmgCRqkemcteMBKs2PyBSVOmHDFYsVBwI3DvJg9_U0IOODEjpgCSiTa2eSBA/s4928/LDN_4748.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I watched an episode of The Crown and went to bed. I had been up since 5:00 and I had another early morning the next day.</div><p></p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-16234046109104081702024-01-04T05:00:00.002-06:002024-01-05T16:32:09.596-06:00Europe 2023 {Day Two ~ Copenhagen, Denmark}<p>Whew... buckle up! Day Two was BUSY! I'm tired all over again just thinking about it, but that means picture overload here in this post (I did leave a ton out, I promise).</p><p> I arrived on a Monday and many of the places I wanted to visit were closed on Monday, so that means that Tuesday, December 12th was chocked full of activities. I literally slept for 12 hours and woke up ready to hit the ground running. First order of business was to walk to a food hall, Torvehallen, for breakfast. I found a place called Grød that served porridge, and I thought that sounded like the perfect breakfast. They had a lot of options, but I went with their Oat Porridge Number 1: whole rolled oats cooked with oat milk and water topped with caramel sauce, fresh apples, and roasted almonds. It was yummy and warm and a perfect start to the day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrlZBWZdATFlR70-I1k6eSf7m1Dxu6z8xgbigj8xabK1aTLHSTlWhI5RmPVy78JsT2-uSDYGznQnGD6n55RPWa1aBcAOyjCZc4oT_VJh1fUCVfX8CgWlxbRecWQa4b1nJK-jECi1vnYsbDOczSXQ2sKzqxWuhRgdLJlCBOIb9Xfa1NjCZdQlToWoTQ50/s4032/IMG_5153.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrlZBWZdATFlR70-I1k6eSf7m1Dxu6z8xgbigj8xabK1aTLHSTlWhI5RmPVy78JsT2-uSDYGznQnGD6n55RPWa1aBcAOyjCZc4oT_VJh1fUCVfX8CgWlxbRecWQa4b1nJK-jECi1vnYsbDOczSXQ2sKzqxWuhRgdLJlCBOIb9Xfa1NjCZdQlToWoTQ50/w480-h640/IMG_5153.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up, I walked to Rosenborg Castle where I had a 10:00 timed entry slot right when they opened.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The Great Hall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga5KpZ9qmVjVlAvjl3WQ1aj77ZV4khzwiN3h3GUwr65YWlKyr6cftW5P1zbip4een60ltMNsX08zjgJpH6BXrVzu7AFOUwTy4-K-mkOpO1I-4VcrBrh3u7hsFEUksSrb2_SYcOD_L-Le6rSfyU-MzW8erHzX0O75BOs07Lb6aB50WmF9b8kyyVqRauXI/s4032/IMG_5174.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga5KpZ9qmVjVlAvjl3WQ1aj77ZV4khzwiN3h3GUwr65YWlKyr6cftW5P1zbip4een60ltMNsX08zjgJpH6BXrVzu7AFOUwTy4-K-mkOpO1I-4VcrBrh3u7hsFEUksSrb2_SYcOD_L-Le6rSfyU-MzW8erHzX0O75BOs07Lb6aB50WmF9b8kyyVqRauXI/w480-h640/IMG_5174.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three silver lions from 1670 guard the king's and queen's thrones (which are made of silver and narwhal tusks).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-c-n5CfO6KFHdeOHw2Y8ftQRhJswgRCVjGhsEupd9Bms1tut6-Yw5H6Ys-JQIIRAgnzGEASLPZlxE3vnUkaM62uIHQ6sPTFz46UsS4w8y6UfdqCjQ0gTRwIWHRux3RofOTqQ_Lf4QxtBYuBPCcN4AasK3ShBW9ADGgvsBEsgbNthKkAJBOA2N0KyhKvE/w480-h640/IMG_5178.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The national coat of arms in the ceiling of the Great Hall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPrQ7aWsss3IK3uWrIufByj2ER5vLbXWl1yjCTsB1CKwDulRk_pCDX7l54T-gMm3JxBLJzlAxkkys17CBGEvPyVDhLlhWKJyrQSrIkHNdWwJccMdpzzsn3TAwZzKvw8V2ZDmf5UlWe2_pWLK25k6_PCHg4K97q8GSH1-y71HYKyW_0JnE7ag157_uho4/s4032/IMG_5179.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPrQ7aWsss3IK3uWrIufByj2ER5vLbXWl1yjCTsB1CKwDulRk_pCDX7l54T-gMm3JxBLJzlAxkkys17CBGEvPyVDhLlhWKJyrQSrIkHNdWwJccMdpzzsn3TAwZzKvw8V2ZDmf5UlWe2_pWLK25k6_PCHg4K97q8GSH1-y71HYKyW_0JnE7ag157_uho4/w480-h640/IMG_5179.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I went down to the basement where there are weapons and wine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAwIrHsQVHtCjgeO_7YpaQz_J0VNksW04kFt9joe3ZI6ZmCSgQ5GX7w1tFMgmEptxH2lLxA9zZ7-AtZ6CMivfvaZ5s-fDuQ66Z9jH_Gh5DoV44TvOMYghNEqw0rI9TR3CjqPJp-1tdPKB8CEIngAnpJR9q8GKeSg8SVVlOr2K-RvBu6IXKz0v8v1hW8g/s4032/IMG_5182.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAwIrHsQVHtCjgeO_7YpaQz_J0VNksW04kFt9joe3ZI6ZmCSgQ5GX7w1tFMgmEptxH2lLxA9zZ7-AtZ6CMivfvaZ5s-fDuQ66Z9jH_Gh5DoV44TvOMYghNEqw0rI9TR3CjqPJp-1tdPKB8CEIngAnpJR9q8GKeSg8SVVlOr2K-RvBu6IXKz0v8v1hW8g/w480-h640/IMG_5182.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saddle from Christian IV's coronation in 1596</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWt7t-WgixlknUhlcTo-M70_vMeERWCxFsjvF7V_Mjkl2L851pcjyJLIysOBY3WBm0bObdodirKf-jD4R_UhIGHl5hsBEVSImYSuQ-VLZxlrEcRUFafLMdH6GBKaUPaiO3QHmYR306M5qf2Inzoy2YQtBOuwEqSEYGPZINe44QexYLaH3pBYsMmkBj9SE/s4032/IMG_5185.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWt7t-WgixlknUhlcTo-M70_vMeERWCxFsjvF7V_Mjkl2L851pcjyJLIysOBY3WBm0bObdodirKf-jD4R_UhIGHl5hsBEVSImYSuQ-VLZxlrEcRUFafLMdH6GBKaUPaiO3QHmYR306M5qf2Inzoy2YQtBOuwEqSEYGPZINe44QexYLaH3pBYsMmkBj9SE/w480-h640/IMG_5185.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then on to the treasury...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sword of State (1551)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXeeXAelhgqplVD0mTNb_Ny-cgMeZ4ZuCuQx9Cv9NnbEXSJdZxRu60xn2vaFksuuJRrRJqC0Fj58U7vlBBQj5KuMJnlToKI9Fn9tpO__qByvwgVBkFf-FYvAPTxfeqbDb55ALY9jSdJNXXKEZU_di6zC5IQ_w8kXpcfpFRxRDT80wACVMUjk2cVnU08c/s4032/IMG_5188.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXeeXAelhgqplVD0mTNb_Ny-cgMeZ4ZuCuQx9Cv9NnbEXSJdZxRu60xn2vaFksuuJRrRJqC0Fj58U7vlBBQj5KuMJnlToKI9Fn9tpO__qByvwgVBkFf-FYvAPTxfeqbDb55ALY9jSdJNXXKEZU_di6zC5IQ_w8kXpcfpFRxRDT80wACVMUjk2cVnU08c/w480-h640/IMG_5188.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christian IV's crown (1596)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbx8b2i5-T7wD-KRKsPD1V7sI3-6MBZca2zZfSHBhuG4SZ2wYrVNZXQqY0KxX1TjwZ0mnmhacCXfcLUUvVyAa_ur6hFrbDp7TlcrQ_z5l37huyCMFsbVzdZmVeWRTl-qE3sXPPaQrCpcaEniOJhCMjK2wGQnxXrsrZkGcIli_Ly5JNH3_TqY7ZThejQPk/s4032/IMG_5194.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbx8b2i5-T7wD-KRKsPD1V7sI3-6MBZca2zZfSHBhuG4SZ2wYrVNZXQqY0KxX1TjwZ0mnmhacCXfcLUUvVyAa_ur6hFrbDp7TlcrQ_z5l37huyCMFsbVzdZmVeWRTl-qE3sXPPaQrCpcaEniOJhCMjK2wGQnxXrsrZkGcIli_Ly5JNH3_TqY7ZThejQPk/w480-h640/IMG_5194.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just part of the collection of rings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VFN46oeEVZ4gJgZNUNWHzNMVc0gk0lkj47pS3GZxjOA4S-DOapOVvPeFi5eKgqmLS2FPd49HiLIiOksffLvly6k4fG85XL1iX9Ts9nKrPKHW0B2J-2daGGQrg8q3Qt7_8ymRD5uXth-f9NC06JQ26-8gy_poHIVM1zmJoNvDpvD_H5n36m69Z_92__8/s4032/IMG_5195.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VFN46oeEVZ4gJgZNUNWHzNMVc0gk0lkj47pS3GZxjOA4S-DOapOVvPeFi5eKgqmLS2FPd49HiLIiOksffLvly6k4fG85XL1iX9Ts9nKrPKHW0B2J-2daGGQrg8q3Qt7_8ymRD5uXth-f9NC06JQ26-8gy_poHIVM1zmJoNvDpvD_H5n36m69Z_92__8/w480-h640/IMG_5195.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These next few pics are of Queen Sophie Magdalene's jewels who's will in 1796 decreed that her jewelry be always "with the Crown". There are 4 sets of jewels that are part of this collection. They can only be used by the Queen and only within Denmark. They are used a couple of times a year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ruby and pearls...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQqmjPsH1UhXbd6XLEvQtZUqjMRBHvfMT18Ki0lWmOmCE4g-PhMhB4-0Vnid8O_MFe149fUtbvqyOyCdUPD4OWdMttuTvIxLaN7LUpQPu45v3imQW_yIVu-J05uAjqS-PjcBLWG3p5ftc5RxR3wkb_HJAzeGc1TtH00tHEwyWVJ7XxxhgvrhXIlgnyas/s4032/IMG_5197.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQqmjPsH1UhXbd6XLEvQtZUqjMRBHvfMT18Ki0lWmOmCE4g-PhMhB4-0Vnid8O_MFe149fUtbvqyOyCdUPD4OWdMttuTvIxLaN7LUpQPu45v3imQW_yIVu-J05uAjqS-PjcBLWG3p5ftc5RxR3wkb_HJAzeGc1TtH00tHEwyWVJ7XxxhgvrhXIlgnyas/w480-h640/IMG_5197.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Emeralds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBudkzMhONmeypMTx1GeMLqCxQwHegkCSCAcLXFEHmYkxSUWGog8J-DLhtObDNS3Km6rtAjb2KNL7_iBfQ0RfGfmh5wqvbTZ3XOzPFYAdQa6XhHyp5bnnHv5B4Yas6eIL6GJtxwAgGB4PNvq85THJn23yfp5Zv0vi_Ui30LsbhQIGlt_HvsvHKjFwoNHg/s4032/IMG_5198.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBudkzMhONmeypMTx1GeMLqCxQwHegkCSCAcLXFEHmYkxSUWGog8J-DLhtObDNS3Km6rtAjb2KNL7_iBfQ0RfGfmh5wqvbTZ3XOzPFYAdQa6XhHyp5bnnHv5B4Yas6eIL6GJtxwAgGB4PNvq85THJn23yfp5Zv0vi_Ui30LsbhQIGlt_HvsvHKjFwoNHg/w480-h640/IMG_5198.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Regalia including the scepter, the orb, and the ointment jar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTM9Y1HTKa765p_M1JeFO-w058gyZAxa6qSgXUddXvrC7i7a3GH2xYWhOSh1bioTFC03QEIyWKPvLAKFoaBvKvwjxuee6tFkFvXu18Rbp-aRBB2BvQIL4XF7AfRdxiFy4BWNocKnHOessqzLU9ki6rxn1xPrY95nvY7N4BQvf7MHZ6wVXRUHu3SpMDMk/s4032/IMG_5199.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The Order of the Elephant is Denmark's highest-ranked honor, so you see it in jewels and other places</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgMU9SzS7YVFqTOaH_sambMj64jn_ekel9H16Cy2QVETeFsB8WMQcuevYStGZi_LO4XiJmlDWoJhhz4-ltDDqpTojxb0oO-C7Ggy7AUbCfXFiGOzpQN5N85HHjK26O6mDwY-m-kge7haciV_yJi9Bcc89tYJu6GbZuUnqUZ-7vDY6sfx5bSUKLmsBWNI/s4032/IMG_5201.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgMU9SzS7YVFqTOaH_sambMj64jn_ekel9H16Cy2QVETeFsB8WMQcuevYStGZi_LO4XiJmlDWoJhhz4-ltDDqpTojxb0oO-C7Ggy7AUbCfXFiGOzpQN5N85HHjK26O6mDwY-m-kge7haciV_yJi9Bcc89tYJu6GbZuUnqUZ-7vDY6sfx5bSUKLmsBWNI/w480-h640/IMG_5201.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few more of Queen Sophie's jewels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I got a Rosenborg ornament, but snapped a pic of this book about Queen Margrethe II who is known as Daisy. (She's since really shocked everyone by announcing she will abdicate on January 14, 2024)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1H-i2Zz9aCF3hnZ75jetPgssZpF-8QyIRk6bNbpzTFi2SzaVrXGuyIl74WBKgCOod4bo7UNuovkV1Xk2DLGuxifCAstBVdbxAugics1wNEzzCF5J-7vaS4tdYziKjqKX9KGb5ZPDBzyPcysLHITnkF-MqqYcqw2pWFbWJWOm1iNhyZo5H02-L0fw2jE/s4032/IMG_5219.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1H-i2Zz9aCF3hnZ75jetPgssZpF-8QyIRk6bNbpzTFi2SzaVrXGuyIl74WBKgCOod4bo7UNuovkV1Xk2DLGuxifCAstBVdbxAugics1wNEzzCF5J-7vaS4tdYziKjqKX9KGb5ZPDBzyPcysLHITnkF-MqqYcqw2pWFbWJWOm1iNhyZo5H02-L0fw2jE/w480-h640/IMG_5219.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVXLYkjFCLCIZGYrDiIoVMiqID6ldKBx3deXwQhHR6kcKco-stYwHOjRSf2GCFCsgRUWjCGWmoWjtutwbsC3JxdkQP15m2AvtYrIPtXCeChXlGCtcJPGdCJQm9FtXJgmZSZyUNhIHnUDJdaVwae9T4G05QmBrTkTX5bkHgB_RP-q6LRYOuOegF1Jyr8Q/s4032/IMG_5222.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I walked down to see The Little Mermaid. I had read it was underwhelming, and it is, but I'm not going to Copenhagen and skip seeing it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1WPqq8zfxySIXhZdM3A92Sqn5ko4t-waAGVi8z0CotE8kyhUROpxIYMg7aZCLfjwe0kSFWN3TjbmFwBceRSie-_8aynFLOrON6UcM9TU8pDpXmYrhR3LttVu1ov0ax3cEssDij0CJiJE5bzdw897PtqAItyo-0CdJjm23PS3ye6_C2XQ0ddrOc4avDo/s4928/LDN_4728.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1WPqq8zfxySIXhZdM3A92Sqn5ko4t-waAGVi8z0CotE8kyhUROpxIYMg7aZCLfjwe0kSFWN3TjbmFwBceRSie-_8aynFLOrON6UcM9TU8pDpXmYrhR3LttVu1ov0ax3cEssDij0CJiJE5bzdw897PtqAItyo-0CdJjm23PS3ye6_C2XQ0ddrOc4avDo/w640-h424/LDN_4728.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E2UH9XFDRuGHwPaz6wdtwLwGWodpbIQvr7vyXIgUdMC2GFV2VXeux5_8AZKnABJdc2JElA2lBYgTBOhhfkYqwldC1TseoiYhqSXyA3QiWgBtidWrEPQ5ENIlbqaE0y46_FOOZB3upVAqvLtI2dhf4hB8UlUFCiKm6N0q9aJ389VsduWgVIyTLn81WJw/s4928/LDN_4731.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E2UH9XFDRuGHwPaz6wdtwLwGWodpbIQvr7vyXIgUdMC2GFV2VXeux5_8AZKnABJdc2JElA2lBYgTBOhhfkYqwldC1TseoiYhqSXyA3QiWgBtidWrEPQ5ENIlbqaE0y46_FOOZB3upVAqvLtI2dhf4hB8UlUFCiKm6N0q9aJ389VsduWgVIyTLn81WJw/w424-h640/LDN_4731.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJIya5krSHnuZOihQ35Ge47TnqpriZyTc2QmS0mN-y7e0dTE9tD-e8XoOm4lGbCpXBzzp_VVgto0ILylYJHxkCgr2Xqr-3Hl1mBvfz58us9ViWiPj9hO8H4H7OhVOKapbVsyZh0G2WWXXk1VK-1ABtWrzx_CYcXGvmMQZP7hOqPojrFSUfWac_prGmA4/s4928/LDN_4733.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJIya5krSHnuZOihQ35Ge47TnqpriZyTc2QmS0mN-y7e0dTE9tD-e8XoOm4lGbCpXBzzp_VVgto0ILylYJHxkCgr2Xqr-3Hl1mBvfz58us9ViWiPj9hO8H4H7OhVOKapbVsyZh0G2WWXXk1VK-1ABtWrzx_CYcXGvmMQZP7hOqPojrFSUfWac_prGmA4/w424-h640/LDN_4733.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs7M7MndHkK4dJkB0t3On8TwXT8c_YsSAiOjKhINd-ySXWO6n-4Ni498Erfr1oNTd4CM0_iyf-7DUp44yDRTauyWkOidtrVUV6DJGZvuVjmE9xH4BsweLkEZ_M2TINcy1FTqWRMc30a-_pDfSBtyZPDDV6yJXQWhtdOMj362sgiAKmCCuiSE-mXpsSGA/s4032/IMG_5236.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs7M7MndHkK4dJkB0t3On8TwXT8c_YsSAiOjKhINd-ySXWO6n-4Ni498Erfr1oNTd4CM0_iyf-7DUp44yDRTauyWkOidtrVUV6DJGZvuVjmE9xH4BsweLkEZ_M2TINcy1FTqWRMc30a-_pDfSBtyZPDDV6yJXQWhtdOMj362sgiAKmCCuiSE-mXpsSGA/w480-h640/IMG_5236.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Frederick's Church or The Marble Church as it is known.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JjP9QsxXSdk10YPyqQ5MwbezYlBdr7hNyitCI-Lfo4nfHamz5Pi6-XoURuxKho0PEAVZHVLks6zQjX4aKsFtEDITHR4eVHVHN51pzZ_RhPGTKwbMOkB7FdYYcBlRibJzVb7SRf3ynxTGDN27YEjsFYTwW9F531HDcZVRqA2-Y1HENHt3H64H-vJ8Prs/s4928/LDN_4736.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JjP9QsxXSdk10YPyqQ5MwbezYlBdr7hNyitCI-Lfo4nfHamz5Pi6-XoURuxKho0PEAVZHVLks6zQjX4aKsFtEDITHR4eVHVHN51pzZ_RhPGTKwbMOkB7FdYYcBlRibJzVb7SRf3ynxTGDN27YEjsFYTwW9F531HDcZVRqA2-Y1HENHt3H64H-vJ8Prs/w424-h640/LDN_4736.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I next had a timed ticket for Amalienborg Museum at the Amalienborg Palace, but one entry was blocked off, so I walked around to another entry and the police told me they weren't letting anyone in and the changing of the guards had been cancelled because "something happened". He told me to come back the next day, but unfortunately I was moving on to my next location and wouldn't be able to visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started walking to my next location which meant I walked through one of the Christmas market's I had visited the day before. I purchased an ornament I had seen and liked, and then decided I was hungry and the Greek booth smelled yummy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV5PCyCdXXkei7ILrtQKXaJhpg4RtltWhOUdUCJZcbT1QIzdBoD58YjITPFwfF9PZh9kWCvI9_FCMsqakwP8UGbBTjuHAzuZADAEAqc3z2IMXdwjcugRM6HO4xhvhu2suatGGhw_sYyWvg9a878jB08RiKC2hC5eYB4nfQHBWM9AAEoCZpGVwsTGR1Js/s4032/IMG_5240.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV5PCyCdXXkei7ILrtQKXaJhpg4RtltWhOUdUCJZcbT1QIzdBoD58YjITPFwfF9PZh9kWCvI9_FCMsqakwP8UGbBTjuHAzuZADAEAqc3z2IMXdwjcugRM6HO4xhvhu2suatGGhw_sYyWvg9a878jB08RiKC2hC5eYB4nfQHBWM9AAEoCZpGVwsTGR1Js/w480-h640/IMG_5240.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f-MbfYrAjBkNsY-Jk6fOL0psEbQTTIJOrgXrYgrtBQvaD_F1POaRAQd4-mQxbHjgVFkKk8niITw8s3E4Z74iHa-h7MPMM0pXpEe1Ue-TQu8CxakOZw-icSbizHP8_Fez4i4Duao2qlguqsHAIlNfPRec5GWz7rPgFH1yrZ2L2jfyw6ltVphnU6IYx3w/s4032/IMG_5241.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f-MbfYrAjBkNsY-Jk6fOL0psEbQTTIJOrgXrYgrtBQvaD_F1POaRAQd4-mQxbHjgVFkKk8niITw8s3E4Z74iHa-h7MPMM0pXpEe1Ue-TQu8CxakOZw-icSbizHP8_Fez4i4Duao2qlguqsHAIlNfPRec5GWz7rPgFH1yrZ2L2jfyw6ltVphnU6IYx3w/w480-h640/IMG_5241.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aarhus Cathedral. The Danish royals attend Christmas Eve services here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q-5IvzTyB_gbn0vGzjGL4Xmz8-4bo8un0gp3p-LpCdQhdP8qOxb38sVCgdX6NhL9JcqS4RsWM_8n_IebT6Dl9w3HTOdflWynS6OX1DpZ3YvKf1pFM4Bu57WAzkEZrcmZZen-8i5TLZny_tEhyphenhyphenC9FkSCT1J5nHBJcxuZUNmdqiJ1MRW4n_sd9UFNeDc8/s4032/IMG_5242.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5q-5IvzTyB_gbn0vGzjGL4Xmz8-4bo8un0gp3p-LpCdQhdP8qOxb38sVCgdX6NhL9JcqS4RsWM_8n_IebT6Dl9w3HTOdflWynS6OX1DpZ3YvKf1pFM4Bu57WAzkEZrcmZZen-8i5TLZny_tEhyphenhyphenC9FkSCT1J5nHBJcxuZUNmdqiJ1MRW4n_sd9UFNeDc8/w480-h640/IMG_5242.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbw_YQ9gZuSXpRpOeoaxWLI-y6RU8CsH1J6vFhEU8-FJJKt0clwLEl1BtgfB5Ey4zoXCmNfqttQ34zcWP9Siyb-UCflI1vM8Otbo_EzanvO0-wVvEk4DtPSmh2zluUssusAoJH1G5I5c08v7yuab5NOQR8Uu96cYi3qZmmOVV-zQ1Y-FDNcFHBTFS_m6A/s4032/IMG_5244.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">They don't have big coronations anymore. When there is a new Queen or King, the Prime Minister goes out on that balcony with the new monarch and declares there is a new Queen or King. This balcony was last used for such events in 1972 and will again be used on January 14, 2024 when Crown Prince Frederik is declared the new King.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1vDF-UuHkKSfQGCPgycTD4rCpqEOQElprE-fLWSQ9ZTyfpsxlKcnlg_ul_xZHG2UOhgdRAVhMlaPTGa9LdNi49lRv9Ujp9DCR-GvnucB9eWZ-C2J3qovy-8wnaQiUk6OxN0I-qF0spe81O6tD6H1U3aF1F1Kys9RvjLZCMZVb7hcL0q6SJyv2MT0moc/s4032/IMG_5278.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1vDF-UuHkKSfQGCPgycTD4rCpqEOQElprE-fLWSQ9ZTyfpsxlKcnlg_ul_xZHG2UOhgdRAVhMlaPTGa9LdNi49lRv9Ujp9DCR-GvnucB9eWZ-C2J3qovy-8wnaQiUk6OxN0I-qF0spe81O6tD6H1U3aF1F1Kys9RvjLZCMZVb7hcL0q6SJyv2MT0moc/w480-h640/IMG_5278.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0HWYeaWz-m4AP3AjxsPreVWgPlv6CCHdrWv4fytMYYNzB4fVFLC9mRInr5F73KXiW_1Q_dt_EeD5OaZ-8PElb4A4uySvuDQNKqdOMKQbz1hCsj_S_Hw0JIhQGSTzlPo3CNPgMgzjVFHtuClb0pnvXuryb0XiYGPAoKsE0WYhB9nFCU4NTT0M4Usr2eY/s4032/IMG_5279.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0HWYeaWz-m4AP3AjxsPreVWgPlv6CCHdrWv4fytMYYNzB4fVFLC9mRInr5F73KXiW_1Q_dt_EeD5OaZ-8PElb4A4uySvuDQNKqdOMKQbz1hCsj_S_Hw0JIhQGSTzlPo3CNPgMgzjVFHtuClb0pnvXuryb0XiYGPAoKsE0WYhB9nFCU4NTT0M4Usr2eY/w480-h640/IMG_5279.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The start of my visit to the Royal Reception Rooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The King's Staircase</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2N6YpuaK3LJ5066fhr-mrUl09mDZXTVnvQeoUw35sGy286uBFcI-6N7pGPhtG1apQeV7rjQiiKMuf4kthqZ2Nw_PZORtL9OmL1IVY5rUKK_uC7w1M4K7iMJRWU07ipPLBP_QL3zzLGonFUQBP295XYbfs3a9ljfj_gfonoUDit_s7cQZjnPp3pKlbdA/s4032/IMG_5248.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2N6YpuaK3LJ5066fhr-mrUl09mDZXTVnvQeoUw35sGy286uBFcI-6N7pGPhtG1apQeV7rjQiiKMuf4kthqZ2Nw_PZORtL9OmL1IVY5rUKK_uC7w1M4K7iMJRWU07ipPLBP_QL3zzLGonFUQBP295XYbfs3a9ljfj_gfonoUDit_s7cQZjnPp3pKlbdA/w480-h640/IMG_5248.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Throne Room</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4i74u-yt03aFhVxBOzty8GYCAgCuJHQ1QcVwqdLMJevTVMq4xkPO0qgVsNMrlAz1g-KE0J1XfOqzWRIsZ_JJILmRH2gq7Buqu4gA_BuVd6P2flhfSNk_VoECDAcbBxK59PDDVxg9Vpf4hhYFQ-q6WRiTEm9bJgrLaIZlqVUMBWPfdZ7KgH6Qh6BGm7Xg/s4928/LDN_4739.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4i74u-yt03aFhVxBOzty8GYCAgCuJHQ1QcVwqdLMJevTVMq4xkPO0qgVsNMrlAz1g-KE0J1XfOqzWRIsZ_JJILmRH2gq7Buqu4gA_BuVd6P2flhfSNk_VoECDAcbBxK59PDDVxg9Vpf4hhYFQ-q6WRiTEm9bJgrLaIZlqVUMBWPfdZ7KgH6Qh6BGm7Xg/w424-h640/LDN_4739.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the inside walking out to the balcony I mentioned earlier</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSkd7bsjKS3hKbrf-zCovDytHH74v0ATyUFYdCLEwEbDViP-tKx-V5j2Xg-cuHy1WcZ5XYaKW6TUEsBxrbFVJgRxVBdFuzXhZMSpJ5WfDHEjPaEpUj3xZQPVNf9WgiJLHTZLs2lpFlPcLi-HhgLhpeUoDP3dde2Xzy4LsUpy50AyWSkFPXwbJSf41Hg8/s4032/IMG_5251.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSkd7bsjKS3hKbrf-zCovDytHH74v0ATyUFYdCLEwEbDViP-tKx-V5j2Xg-cuHy1WcZ5XYaKW6TUEsBxrbFVJgRxVBdFuzXhZMSpJ5WfDHEjPaEpUj3xZQPVNf9WgiJLHTZLs2lpFlPcLi-HhgLhpeUoDP3dde2Xzy4LsUpy50AyWSkFPXwbJSf41Hg8/w480-h640/IMG_5251.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This ceiling painting depicts the legend of "Dannebrog". The Danish national flag is falling from the heavens and turning defeat into victory. This is said to have happened in Estonia in 1219.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C-IHqQ7oSutv2qYz1QTK7998AFwbxcqx_xXfarlSNzZ44SPT4CYGRtn3igL-07E25XI2zUwcmpnXzVxY3BtRhNj6Y1mNAyTKbXLtvk4mWfflX4ogloJ12wX99OPHg7w_LWckFke0zIGFNi5tZVBcSY6Twm6z1UrxblTt9PB-Mw0u1-arC4Ghlza2trU/s4032/IMG_5253.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C-IHqQ7oSutv2qYz1QTK7998AFwbxcqx_xXfarlSNzZ44SPT4CYGRtn3igL-07E25XI2zUwcmpnXzVxY3BtRhNj6Y1mNAyTKbXLtvk4mWfflX4ogloJ12wX99OPHg7w_LWckFke0zIGFNi5tZVBcSY6Twm6z1UrxblTt9PB-Mw0u1-arC4Ghlza2trU/w480-h640/IMG_5253.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Danish coat of arms consists of 3 lions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNadYGFueTA8pcZA-Jjxc04dKRq2inJe-YABs9WkUo-miG8KN4-wwBp12U8511lLgwAUd7jVemutskn2gheSmRX-xkp7axrkluzS7_djD-6AFgnmg2cIKS3VCkJPeSWrLT5gtyw1e8dMJg9M8vpCkc6qzy9NWC37ygCb0Np96-Bx4XxMJXTOmEXRYFHI/s4032/IMG_5255.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The Alexander Hall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEBDHCDYKRpUHbcOwp2YObILMWcARn1eQvCWqkVy0jvhxV-MV5eUz8T1ZCJjFaj9oj_ND5xwkcRwytK6eTOI939Z4YJarlPXmN6GTUuwzyxromHuLVUdrAu5pcO9K76HVJZm8FJ1xO74SxJdzd5z7eqSOMG971XQqRbc1ZsLdG55cJwS7lj8gqBiyOnI/s4032/IMG_5267.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEBDHCDYKRpUHbcOwp2YObILMWcARn1eQvCWqkVy0jvhxV-MV5eUz8T1ZCJjFaj9oj_ND5xwkcRwytK6eTOI939Z4YJarlPXmN6GTUuwzyxromHuLVUdrAu5pcO9K76HVJZm8FJ1xO74SxJdzd5z7eqSOMG971XQqRbc1ZsLdG55cJwS7lj8gqBiyOnI/w480-h640/IMG_5267.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Flora Danica Cabinet houses the Flora Danica china which has been used since the early 19th century by the royal family for special occasions. It has flora from the Danish countryside and was manufactured by Royal Copenhagen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eD1TXFDxxBwVuDg6W_xbSfOAq9W8_c9gjCcXQkvK8IKByujZkc4U5w5ZKMYLhrwkHDWBN9CIUP7YYZ8_6mBANG1WeXU26ha83pqFQ4C7ElsmT88hQ5H4E8Zj5zv1RIm8wtL3P5ZSupBM4oppFG9GeAj_cH9BNRezbYIXI0rkgVrwMdGi1NZOnntNBpY/s4032/IMG_5268.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eD1TXFDxxBwVuDg6W_xbSfOAq9W8_c9gjCcXQkvK8IKByujZkc4U5w5ZKMYLhrwkHDWBN9CIUP7YYZ8_6mBANG1WeXU26ha83pqFQ4C7ElsmT88hQ5H4E8Zj5zv1RIm8wtL3P5ZSupBM4oppFG9GeAj_cH9BNRezbYIXI0rkgVrwMdGi1NZOnntNBpY/w480-h640/IMG_5268.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRV9q1NdvK6z9VVErtrurxT21eEDZpEu_bZDr9vNL8OjrRtE64I2IoHpHCBZJa0BpQ4byJ4kgsPXSnIKBChAJu3-Z-fyusc3er2PB5Ka-bEH9HShL-pvTgQzwgGosoIIzPE_A6g-XRV_JgwZmhL15kLRLvf6I3bAYGGYcfqiaKpnQTg0OkcbRozbIkfg/s4032/IMG_5270.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRV9q1NdvK6z9VVErtrurxT21eEDZpEu_bZDr9vNL8OjrRtE64I2IoHpHCBZJa0BpQ4byJ4kgsPXSnIKBChAJu3-Z-fyusc3er2PB5Ka-bEH9HShL-pvTgQzwgGosoIIzPE_A6g-XRV_JgwZmhL15kLRLvf6I3bAYGGYcfqiaKpnQTg0OkcbRozbIkfg/w480-h640/IMG_5270.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I visited the Royal Kitchen next. It is located beneath the palace and has one of Europe's largest collections of copper kitchenware. It is set up as it was on May 15, 1937 when Christian X celebrated his Silver Jubilee. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini_IYPtd02bFG_uQTYtvADYGnyIdgOoKeIF8S_iPwLdo4YHw-PcRlVJrX0-KwRKGWJWe5DlVxK6PTG_VQRg8qkSRM3btwyS723AKBGtnfp-CzcNn-Tw14hePLJCSSJyKh3j0Sr4ZsA49OoCbr-12R2cJ4mxwvD2sVfHiZ1Sv8rlIymx5By3tGsexq3Ow/s4032/IMG_5271.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini_IYPtd02bFG_uQTYtvADYGnyIdgOoKeIF8S_iPwLdo4YHw-PcRlVJrX0-KwRKGWJWe5DlVxK6PTG_VQRg8qkSRM3btwyS723AKBGtnfp-CzcNn-Tw14hePLJCSSJyKh3j0Sr4ZsA49OoCbr-12R2cJ4mxwvD2sVfHiZ1Sv8rlIymx5By3tGsexq3Ow/w480-h640/IMG_5271.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pqRG_YyZLouLICekOCDhZlnnkpk1UqndPK5zUCj70jqXYUof9wFXgw6rnfu1BGjfVGgKHIHUp9vywFuYOt1wnbRMlctSewgUqm5Mby_1BU9DDOtGVPalzV0XkXVIh-FySiqHDG1NaUcw3xkKfqvEDWHbh3mJy8yGBugVQyRdQQYh757IgFvnNvem2Js/s4032/IMG_5272.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pqRG_YyZLouLICekOCDhZlnnkpk1UqndPK5zUCj70jqXYUof9wFXgw6rnfu1BGjfVGgKHIHUp9vywFuYOt1wnbRMlctSewgUqm5Mby_1BU9DDOtGVPalzV0XkXVIh-FySiqHDG1NaUcw3xkKfqvEDWHbh3mJy8yGBugVQyRdQQYh757IgFvnNvem2Js/w480-h640/IMG_5272.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0M6WxOyJmLHA9JZbmADmY0HDMg7Bn_CDUGtP_LzQXBSRqjUaSFqWSFV93VIf6NrKP92qUZf_X86XGolTIuR3P9j-ubg9RllGJ8OQYQBw5GgGt8iwepdenlyD9flJtKJp88XARLaF9nAKvGIu7NXRDvNc2uATSJ4hkE3cQE3Gw8nJcsV1JFZjcDZFwV04/s4032/IMG_5273.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0M6WxOyJmLHA9JZbmADmY0HDMg7Bn_CDUGtP_LzQXBSRqjUaSFqWSFV93VIf6NrKP92qUZf_X86XGolTIuR3P9j-ubg9RllGJ8OQYQBw5GgGt8iwepdenlyD9flJtKJp88XARLaF9nAKvGIu7NXRDvNc2uATSJ4hkE3cQE3Gw8nJcsV1JFZjcDZFwV04/w480-h640/IMG_5273.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The size of everything was crazy. This wasn't even the biggest pot but you can see the handle is as long as my arm!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFrfsF9ARyHvF8fcoeyDqiGnTmwtETD0ti8tPs338q3xEpT_k6Dq52U96B03dP8weXfmUKSHbLGzJGn9KtsfQ4hqlDxHTeokM62c3YzINJezdX1B4nvk25cClnSnwLlytlzWhmov-8BAwMzAB8dxGkom3w68bSQNyHx1Im9cn42cf56Ouy58SOHO_c7M/s4032/IMG_5274.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFrfsF9ARyHvF8fcoeyDqiGnTmwtETD0ti8tPs338q3xEpT_k6Dq52U96B03dP8weXfmUKSHbLGzJGn9KtsfQ4hqlDxHTeokM62c3YzINJezdX1B4nvk25cClnSnwLlytlzWhmov-8BAwMzAB8dxGkom3w68bSQNyHx1Im9cn42cf56Ouy58SOHO_c7M/w480-h640/IMG_5274.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tea kettles were huge and would easily hold at least a gallon of water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ItKPemSPfjS13dBqrqf2QR4AkpzTJPyXRvKVt0cxhk7JHe4wwrf3laOFmMEJEk2S55cgTvsaBXn4fTeSp0awagAHFREBzYCoChY22OLEAyhd_DGkXc4_cRw_xB6nuB66nWH7FkrgUVZgwj30fBkG-8Qni8R_0wKPfnQYxCJ7NxuH9w4f5a3KNw9qBPE/s4032/IMG_5275.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ItKPemSPfjS13dBqrqf2QR4AkpzTJPyXRvKVt0cxhk7JHe4wwrf3laOFmMEJEk2S55cgTvsaBXn4fTeSp0awagAHFREBzYCoChY22OLEAyhd_DGkXc4_cRw_xB6nuB66nWH7FkrgUVZgwj30fBkG-8Qni8R_0wKPfnQYxCJ7NxuH9w4f5a3KNw9qBPE/w480-h640/IMG_5275.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeuusOr-oIRY8ED-tgy835k-jEgq5m5uPWnN0kfUymt2nRachQNL72cTiMPX6S4JyPesQ8TCCL4J8fte04HTvnoJQj5zL8XtudpR3EFC0hYWeUKx4zFs6xQ7JT-lJGPjxJgAVHXU9Aes-bhk-xuKZLVMwT7F3q7c8yRgFuGw9xEoyB66Pahj0rl-zUVg/s4032/IMG_5276.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeuusOr-oIRY8ED-tgy835k-jEgq5m5uPWnN0kfUymt2nRachQNL72cTiMPX6S4JyPesQ8TCCL4J8fte04HTvnoJQj5zL8XtudpR3EFC0hYWeUKx4zFs6xQ7JT-lJGPjxJgAVHXU9Aes-bhk-xuKZLVMwT7F3q7c8yRgFuGw9xEoyB66Pahj0rl-zUVg/w480-h640/IMG_5276.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the palace, I decided to walk to Christianshavn. I stopped at a Lagkagehuset for a cinnamon scroll and just to sit down for a few minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqov9nC1lr-cPQJzSRcQah4aObWQCUxja9lHsQYgeoveIzAjmrImb0T05QMcUe-tPWUGKB7T5z_I8asBynqXs8EgscaR4P1asd9Ef-Se-UNPcCEPqnCYZIwYw7XVGDhuuzpIH9kFFqW8hpy0Y4gr3nY97wXQ1zHlA0732ay-DegxPIqqcNuTgYuLIAbs/s4032/IMG_5280.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqov9nC1lr-cPQJzSRcQah4aObWQCUxja9lHsQYgeoveIzAjmrImb0T05QMcUe-tPWUGKB7T5z_I8asBynqXs8EgscaR4P1asd9Ef-Se-UNPcCEPqnCYZIwYw7XVGDhuuzpIH9kFFqW8hpy0Y4gr3nY97wXQ1zHlA0732ay-DegxPIqqcNuTgYuLIAbs/w480-h640/IMG_5280.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Chrstianshavn, I stopped at Our Savior's Church. It was inaugurated in 1696.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyA7ioBpUzjtFzs0lmK96BV7Y2LxH06lahGZKGqM1_LHjf4SNcyngkvMwFyKikTnNV_kJRTPfN3uQ4s7y95IQWIJmLj6BYMRonOPhnWKm7IYC4OE5BZPN0sFdLJ4RGJQq395QcrRfazjJXmoMap4n3REYvKkBLXLKBtHyJKyUjX7qcagQ2EmMkpO9EKqc/s4032/IMG_5282.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyA7ioBpUzjtFzs0lmK96BV7Y2LxH06lahGZKGqM1_LHjf4SNcyngkvMwFyKikTnNV_kJRTPfN3uQ4s7y95IQWIJmLj6BYMRonOPhnWKm7IYC4OE5BZPN0sFdLJ4RGJQq395QcrRfazjJXmoMap4n3REYvKkBLXLKBtHyJKyUjX7qcagQ2EmMkpO9EKqc/w480-h640/IMG_5282.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-8WPWDu9h3Mpp-MZTBkxFlcmGQdGI9_WoJG4LgrjUf8AJgWHepoPFb1xfHmKad7EfXZJHs-8zvRLeg9nJZ0Cm3R-g9-e4_FLiwwi-UUiZzkyeCu3K0QSx1XwfyU5l0BZvndk9JryiZ9SZIJjOS4BR6xAAdy9u8XR05B8sLEpHHCLbsW2_ka9p9-UoZd0/s4928/LDN_4745.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">5 of the 6 angels at the front altar are archangels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJmUDH43e4DxxBghytXAyPzM5EDA4q1vaBZbei6y8baEQV5dLEffieA2g4K0NApzNlFTeWH53r-ZdCBfp3wgwymZaXUGqWv-5mxmhd5wxSeFZh6ScQU8w5vhvAsow0xZukuWbAGGRk0dehulMnuKl8nrued55u0FqWnTc-icw9j0QvW3O1z4OVH0ycN8/s4032/IMG_5285.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJmUDH43e4DxxBghytXAyPzM5EDA4q1vaBZbei6y8baEQV5dLEffieA2g4K0NApzNlFTeWH53r-ZdCBfp3wgwymZaXUGqWv-5mxmhd5wxSeFZh6ScQU8w5vhvAsow0xZukuWbAGGRk0dehulMnuKl8nrued55u0FqWnTc-icw9j0QvW3O1z4OVH0ycN8/w480-h640/IMG_5285.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The elephants again... a symbol of absolute monarchy and the Order of the Elephant (there are 40 elephants in the church).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Photos aren't allowed so I snapped this one from a block away. In 1971, 700 Christianians established squatters' rights in an abandoned military barracks. This "free city" still stands. It's very bohemian and hippie dippie. I visited a Christmas market there with hand-made goods, but nothing really my style. The main drag is called "pusher street" but I didn't see any drug sales (which are illegal). 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLuCVfnLQhYniHuT8-3eCr-eT4SRsIoPFfVPWA5U3rmM0zDP8BHoaK5AlOt5mQeJIeuvvYdxyURWr3yvkIKbWhyrg575kqIeNuLJjSDUjj88uLJ7CztjJ73mA_VuF4wGi_ENidhSoP8qgW0pti6bJu9HIqfH21mTFe8lWpBZoVtoH0kxEj_z5u-PIN7I/s4032/IMG_5329.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLuCVfnLQhYniHuT8-3eCr-eT4SRsIoPFfVPWA5U3rmM0zDP8BHoaK5AlOt5mQeJIeuvvYdxyURWr3yvkIKbWhyrg575kqIeNuLJjSDUjj88uLJ7CztjJ73mA_VuF4wGi_ENidhSoP8qgW0pti6bJu9HIqfH21mTFe8lWpBZoVtoH0kxEj_z5u-PIN7I/w480-h640/IMG_5329.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I planned to eat at the Tivoli Food Hall, but it was beyond crowded, so after I left the park I walked around until I decided on a burger place called Dandelion Burger. It is rated the #1 burger place in Copenhagen and it was excellent. I got a combo to-go and took it back to the room to eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZt4OiA_A9zl8LHrJYsqte9LAP80wQy4a8wPNPo6ghyv69Ti-LXcIP2t6ycgWpoT2NvSfmbhSz-_ioqQDey-HFEq7EQdlgh25lpaPZoDGqxQubBJMMBxzbJEroiKJIGy8w6c2ZM5UGRAN0iM-6E4qgW9dJp12R9gx-Oh4g0W0ER6UKX6BcJZZ7EKWFH4/s4032/IMG_5337.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZt4OiA_A9zl8LHrJYsqte9LAP80wQy4a8wPNPo6ghyv69Ti-LXcIP2t6ycgWpoT2NvSfmbhSz-_ioqQDey-HFEq7EQdlgh25lpaPZoDGqxQubBJMMBxzbJEroiKJIGy8w6c2ZM5UGRAN0iM-6E4qgW9dJp12R9gx-Oh4g0W0ER6UKX6BcJZZ7EKWFH4/w480-h640/IMG_5337.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think you can call that a full day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbbg3tieK_0fTLD49DizwGryYHGYg7f5DWLmzXYksnzJrgQMEsi21jdDLCJzQZNud1jmsCNN3cy_V1RtXxj9cTxeR1F03i34YHYyqmEQG9bX_8QxM697nXF0Wxn18NO9zVMdGWlBlwP7-wpTgkAbzaT39ub_6c8dnBuNssp9xavzCDJmpGQswO-d9Dp0/s1797/IMG_5339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1797" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbbg3tieK_0fTLD49DizwGryYHGYg7f5DWLmzXYksnzJrgQMEsi21jdDLCJzQZNud1jmsCNN3cy_V1RtXxj9cTxeR1F03i34YHYyqmEQG9bX_8QxM697nXF0Wxn18NO9zVMdGWlBlwP7-wpTgkAbzaT39ub_6c8dnBuNssp9xavzCDJmpGQswO-d9Dp0/w458-h640/IMG_5339.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I packed up and went to bed because I had an early wake up time to fly to the next destination...stay tuned.</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-22398065423887619712024-01-03T05:00:00.003-06:002024-01-03T11:37:58.882-06:00Europe 2023 {Day One ~ Copenhagen, Denmark}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I had another wonderful trip to Europe in December. This year felt like an especially ambitious itinerary that involved 7 planes, 3 trains (if you only count the train rides that lasted over 30 minutes), 3 boats, and 1 bus! I went to 5 new-to-me countries, and I began in Copenhagen, Denmark.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysO_XJjcaiiO9J72XKr_PSHiSsi8GSOL_MPvRscxPjFNIBmH1fkgtF8ZdljOUZM8-Hb7wyHq8_4VcS03CU15hxFwyfgH804AwO5199XEPZy0w1gejAjvzSUHS2vDlZ1-KVs8JrA01k8RhmSkJ5lPY2_J-Qy1okEPnIt9Ues5TaQ-Qr5lTsyAlYnX5APs/s1750/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-03%20at%2011.36.57%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1750" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysO_XJjcaiiO9J72XKr_PSHiSsi8GSOL_MPvRscxPjFNIBmH1fkgtF8ZdljOUZM8-Hb7wyHq8_4VcS03CU15hxFwyfgH804AwO5199XEPZy0w1gejAjvzSUHS2vDlZ1-KVs8JrA01k8RhmSkJ5lPY2_J-Qy1okEPnIt9Ues5TaQ-Qr5lTsyAlYnX5APs/w640-h402/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-03%20at%2011.36.57%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On December 10th, I left DFW on a flight to London. I paid extra for the front row of economy and was pleased with the leg room. Less pleased that the guy next to me tried to turn our overnight (sleeping!) flight into his man-cave for the Dallas Cowboys game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialbVEOQOB6KzepgFB0WAODSG7m3VTK1jyNaH1h6G7L3nRH21qxsOZGC12EF-PgPtXuzYgOcsf1QZhb-aaTtqzEPnJS2ddI2X-6HJ5ZsPWtVi4JkQDEj-YN0GIH19GW9Iqqh2-aV79WRzSjr2smbj_Ne4F3HFGkpELMdXFm5IbW7Xt5GiRSE6HC_mZnlU/s4032/IMG_5084.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialbVEOQOB6KzepgFB0WAODSG7m3VTK1jyNaH1h6G7L3nRH21qxsOZGC12EF-PgPtXuzYgOcsf1QZhb-aaTtqzEPnJS2ddI2X-6HJ5ZsPWtVi4JkQDEj-YN0GIH19GW9Iqqh2-aV79WRzSjr2smbj_Ne4F3HFGkpELMdXFm5IbW7Xt5GiRSE6HC_mZnlU/w480-h640/IMG_5084.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I arrived at Heathrow at 6:20 a.m. on December 11th. I did a little shopping for tea (they assured me the Fortnum & Mason Christmas tea would be gone before I came back through on 12/21, so I grabbed a tin and hauled it around for the rest of the trip), grabbed a bacon sandwich at Pret A Manger and waited for my next flight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMOZ6HWEFh46w00mFkLWwOYzoYXPWmZUTHNl9nHTcQaSdWF6y5O6ALBpk565ry99w-6evaIpO2k1QD_VnucxIGoqZgEXEnPdLP79HZ-aPwkhrW-_PIU2j2GIQhW1HSTL2cLx6AszBvCGl6bVRa0-YBW2A8Ekwfwe8xdMeS8x0L7_6SUr4232NKheFwNg/s4032/IMG_5089.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMOZ6HWEFh46w00mFkLWwOYzoYXPWmZUTHNl9nHTcQaSdWF6y5O6ALBpk565ry99w-6evaIpO2k1QD_VnucxIGoqZgEXEnPdLP79HZ-aPwkhrW-_PIU2j2GIQhW1HSTL2cLx6AszBvCGl6bVRa0-YBW2A8Ekwfwe8xdMeS8x0L7_6SUr4232NKheFwNg/w480-h640/IMG_5089.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I arrived in Copenhagen about 11:30 (there is an hour time difference) and took a train into the city. From the train station I took a taxi to my hotel (more on the hotel later). I was super lucky and was able to check into my room early, so I was able to take a quick shower, change clothes and attempt to look like I hadn't been traveling since the day before, and then head out to explore.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQL-eF1V7CW86Z6Jq2HykS46ss1cBu6v5RPfCC31fv0QzzGZIcz4Be-e-sVYwe1YZ0cSLdIOwpCy2ZGEzaxzBEB56CZchKR2S6tFCCe3skIqZ-rJYqEj27DS78w9huT7d3p8Dx8Uw0_XeFChMeXWDmaqYqlDo7SytPJx37nMu7KWI2sNWDL6ajpKiVi-k/s4032/IMG_5091.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQL-eF1V7CW86Z6Jq2HykS46ss1cBu6v5RPfCC31fv0QzzGZIcz4Be-e-sVYwe1YZ0cSLdIOwpCy2ZGEzaxzBEB56CZchKR2S6tFCCe3skIqZ-rJYqEj27DS78w9huT7d3p8Dx8Uw0_XeFChMeXWDmaqYqlDo7SytPJx37nMu7KWI2sNWDL6ajpKiVi-k/w480-h640/IMG_5091.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It's really a store/museum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLjl-6DiydRjOvCvP8yPw9IrU4bUxLEP1gnO9nvIq5cqMWry7AJ1F24FKoleCzKaZKsj2l16tKhvY9lMmf_wA5VvVZjmra55crLY1V2mbviqU5cpk1PJDfONRiq1CST5Mkihga9ODlrPe498JsAkgyLPN1KDT-kSDa9sI-X6H_c0l3RNZcxIxqGIjDkA/s1800/8C564C24-2E55-479C-B6FD-3659B894B273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLjl-6DiydRjOvCvP8yPw9IrU4bUxLEP1gnO9nvIq5cqMWry7AJ1F24FKoleCzKaZKsj2l16tKhvY9lMmf_wA5VvVZjmra55crLY1V2mbviqU5cpk1PJDfONRiq1CST5Mkihga9ODlrPe498JsAkgyLPN1KDT-kSDa9sI-X6H_c0l3RNZcxIxqGIjDkA/w512-h640/8C564C24-2E55-479C-B6FD-3659B894B273.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of history of the brand as well as displays of historical china.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtv4SxVc4OJJOdMUhiNCpImfrrwxcJACz8Ysfyf_ix4EH8wk6_ugfr64bMPW-M9QgPIiwXxSvWErX9tEqmejf1CiIqo0KLq3pctJ2s1FcAlbuLv4apTRcm8__thSnrnsMj_QIDviC3fF1GqgL8Pz9QA2u2IAm465aY6KtR8ofeHxm9Yw1-vzk5WpfXAs8/s1791/D977B283-2417-48E9-8B0D-F4A676A520FD.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtv4SxVc4OJJOdMUhiNCpImfrrwxcJACz8Ysfyf_ix4EH8wk6_ugfr64bMPW-M9QgPIiwXxSvWErX9tEqmejf1CiIqo0KLq3pctJ2s1FcAlbuLv4apTRcm8__thSnrnsMj_QIDviC3fF1GqgL8Pz9QA2u2IAm465aY6KtR8ofeHxm9Yw1-vzk5WpfXAs8/w514-h640/D977B283-2417-48E9-8B0D-F4A676A520FD.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty displays which were fun to see because I love china.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWrKiM9Aknk2vyrBnVBn40rlrgD1wgrdUYtu24QvwGCxy3xDH79MILzVb0NwNf_XtfT5i3jr1zUV3BZ0PcBMV1CnmBlhxsJuEnXi1lZx4HU1csIjIIO6kFP2zfHMkhIHWMBdxpdlpOTIrzgZqgencHbPbsggfm-8EmRNqkGN7lCI1G8SEQUAnTcs2Vxo/s4032/IMG_5116.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWrKiM9Aknk2vyrBnVBn40rlrgD1wgrdUYtu24QvwGCxy3xDH79MILzVb0NwNf_XtfT5i3jr1zUV3BZ0PcBMV1CnmBlhxsJuEnXi1lZx4HU1csIjIIO6kFP2zfHMkhIHWMBdxpdlpOTIrzgZqgencHbPbsggfm-8EmRNqkGN7lCI1G8SEQUAnTcs2Vxo/w480-h640/IMG_5116.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JnpSxmQL0oYnDangwt4hE3SRNwHfvBVfzggkp6cf4fud8JbKLp3D-uiPJ9ZRLB3SAMerFxyez1-e1bPBziZCdWnC-5qYnF6HneUs5IJ2u50dreMTFsnb5Mi4vfzFo60BTtwxiWrY0RX218mHQDWW9Ok23Jz8AJIc7DYP7_C136PyhAPOt3PC5wAxvDc/s4032/IMG_5119.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5JnpSxmQL0oYnDangwt4hE3SRNwHfvBVfzggkp6cf4fud8JbKLp3D-uiPJ9ZRLB3SAMerFxyez1-e1bPBziZCdWnC-5qYnF6HneUs5IJ2u50dreMTFsnb5Mi4vfzFo60BTtwxiWrY0RX218mHQDWW9Ok23Jz8AJIc7DYP7_C136PyhAPOt3PC5wAxvDc/w480-h640/IMG_5119.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At that point, it was around 3:00 and I HAD to have some food. My bacon sandwich from 7 a.m. had LONG left me. I had done some research before I left and mapped out several restaurant options. I was able to get into Aamans 1921 which is a Michelin recommended restaurant that specializes in smørrebrød (open faced sandwiches).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtREQwNTEVkP1AO-yKe8JLo5fOGM9TXFDiBdskHdt0mnUfvXrFxImwjwGj-GAoC4TOC197ICUSoEH9XmYqugT1Y00OZJXMDsODyho4A-vG1t0yGr03jNrbZ411noNgv34juJw2phm-Bau4z4jSORNBCpSu6JDlyD0XleOY-SD7eI08OvEzdodlm4FND0/s4032/IMG_5128.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtREQwNTEVkP1AO-yKe8JLo5fOGM9TXFDiBdskHdt0mnUfvXrFxImwjwGj-GAoC4TOC197ICUSoEH9XmYqugT1Y00OZJXMDsODyho4A-vG1t0yGr03jNrbZ411noNgv34juJw2phm-Bau4z4jSORNBCpSu6JDlyD0XleOY-SD7eI08OvEzdodlm4FND0/w480-h640/IMG_5128.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They recommend ordering 2-3. I selected 2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shrimp with egg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFkt0KR_kGPOK75rLPHlc65Y2MboEgSFDODzKMCFv0RlZXuHxPWH0BlifqITj2T0ZIC-RNeL1MmN6QJgMgibNoDonta5RzCyjPiwEkTk3M8mF4gReTPY5anoXJ07R0pzdxd63UDH9kZVDLfD5hSxE2gUVrtxqvtUISKNfbH0CKlVTEOCy6IPqHDHoA_Q/s4032/IMG_5124.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFkt0KR_kGPOK75rLPHlc65Y2MboEgSFDODzKMCFv0RlZXuHxPWH0BlifqITj2T0ZIC-RNeL1MmN6QJgMgibNoDonta5RzCyjPiwEkTk3M8mF4gReTPY5anoXJ07R0pzdxd63UDH9kZVDLfD5hSxE2gUVrtxqvtUISKNfbH0CKlVTEOCy6IPqHDHoA_Q/w480-h640/IMG_5124.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and butter fried breaded plaice with remoulade and salad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I walked over to the Hans Christian Andersen market, which was pretty, but mostly a bust (meaning they didn't have anything I wanted to eat or buy!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjngu77q4T7IAIqaHBD2iX0VANRzEiuSB1jd5WCNhMNqJhRFFzP6qzAezDr_3zS06UB0id900ylTw6ShoOB_rYIxqQ48_cRQuRrwF26IPUu9skfx2sndGhlvDLIlFCmfBHPwjXMX4GgdNdIiYvkHEo7IpvRbCdYYVwk2PJj-A3f3ScB3v-KB3x8OEeU4Y/s1800/69EA1198-B896-4896-9EDF-DE3F3371B6BD.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjngu77q4T7IAIqaHBD2iX0VANRzEiuSB1jd5WCNhMNqJhRFFzP6qzAezDr_3zS06UB0id900ylTw6ShoOB_rYIxqQ48_cRQuRrwF26IPUu9skfx2sndGhlvDLIlFCmfBHPwjXMX4GgdNdIiYvkHEo7IpvRbCdYYVwk2PJj-A3f3ScB3v-KB3x8OEeU4Y/w512-h640/69EA1198-B896-4896-9EDF-DE3F3371B6BD.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked around a bit more and then went to Conditori La Glace, a famous location for sweets. There was a crazy line to get inside and eat, but I only had to wait a few minutes to go inside and place a to-go order.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02UAkZZAP7SXpsDviKHPkoes3CXJBkf7G3qYcL0juWGn74q5MUAL5EvR9lzDVj7hMtlIpe6D8EYxTAfvy0VD8yklraWdfpTzt7rHk4_kRNUAcI3sOXGGrzH176o3v3OI43cUWrjnXyiuif0whlgmEhyE8BqD7jwTDaRH-sj-Oq5PBH6ohnjhIL7cOxwQ/s4032/IMG_5138.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02UAkZZAP7SXpsDviKHPkoes3CXJBkf7G3qYcL0juWGn74q5MUAL5EvR9lzDVj7hMtlIpe6D8EYxTAfvy0VD8yklraWdfpTzt7rHk4_kRNUAcI3sOXGGrzH176o3v3OI43cUWrjnXyiuif0whlgmEhyE8BqD7jwTDaRH-sj-Oq5PBH6ohnjhIL7cOxwQ/w480-h640/IMG_5138.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took my cake back to the room (along with some Danish cookies) and went to bed early.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNY0PqXc7D0NFJW8lomyEX5Ev7VamhJZenw8NR43_BKuhyzUdzxp43NJHWqM8wwDO_jD27QBFhYvJ6Cz0gMCZ95e5aM_OSQZCK0lwwu4MReQB9XSGUanCPUSwKW5I-5U-oOFOSXu92qGt6bLGCn84wQGaXGCcQDdXaWtFRvRRbWsv4OSCwr0x9g7K5FE/s4032/IMG_5140.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNY0PqXc7D0NFJW8lomyEX5Ev7VamhJZenw8NR43_BKuhyzUdzxp43NJHWqM8wwDO_jD27QBFhYvJ6Cz0gMCZ95e5aM_OSQZCK0lwwu4MReQB9XSGUanCPUSwKW5I-5U-oOFOSXu92qGt6bLGCn84wQGaXGCcQDdXaWtFRvRRbWsv4OSCwr0x9g7K5FE/w480-h640/IMG_5140.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hotel I selected in Copenhagen wasn't the one I most wanted to stay in, but I couldn't pass up the price... Motel One Copenhagen. This is the 3rd time I have stayed at Motel One (I stayed at one in Basel & Köln also). They aren't fancy, but the price is typically great, the location is good, and they are clean and dependable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had one of the rooms with a "balcony" which was perfect because I could keep my drinks cold outside since the room didn't have a mini-fridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhwqvDoounuZvEEN9O6DJAIU-Melk9rsodrHYJr4gULwbvaXXMg-_KEB9rXn4ZwXBHm-nMq85USGdckIDofW1Lkm4cAdUZy_rPa3XMA_RKwKQOhhFnGL1JxXtMA5SJLar-uOhV742az8Ez1aEQ2p1Y5gc-LS_ERk5n-E2YsQvQrp8fboGNFq8bEHGJ8I/s4928/LDN_4693.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhwqvDoounuZvEEN9O6DJAIU-Melk9rsodrHYJr4gULwbvaXXMg-_KEB9rXn4ZwXBHm-nMq85USGdckIDofW1Lkm4cAdUZy_rPa3XMA_RKwKQOhhFnGL1JxXtMA5SJLar-uOhV742az8Ez1aEQ2p1Y5gc-LS_ERk5n-E2YsQvQrp8fboGNFq8bEHGJ8I/w424-h640/LDN_4693.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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On my first visit to Munich, I only had time for one "day trip" outside of the city and I chose to go to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, but I always knew I wanted to venture down to the Bavarian Alps and see some castles on my next visit. I had booked the premium tour and it was so fancy. There was a snack bar and they even served beer and wine on the way home after the last stop of the day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwHAbW0V8Pqrvq3EitPdfsLwbY9Gde56IBXjzauXhqlY_yREmDNSSOKZq1g-IOTx6FQukNNjmj3FjqL05CNZ1Xanr-Xx1GcuyXI1fMsKj1DcADslQsa32Q0IeHKx7Zyy7QPhDnS0K2N8wWlW1twvgBSe511IWzpK7lWyEf7Zvm0uT9FWzCBZcdPCc/s4032/IMG_8943.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwHAbW0V8Pqrvq3EitPdfsLwbY9Gde56IBXjzauXhqlY_yREmDNSSOKZq1g-IOTx6FQukNNjmj3FjqL05CNZ1Xanr-Xx1GcuyXI1fMsKj1DcADslQsa32Q0IeHKx7Zyy7QPhDnS0K2N8wWlW1twvgBSe511IWzpK7lWyEf7Zvm0uT9FWzCBZcdPCc/w480-h640/IMG_8943.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First stop was at Linderhof Castle. This was a "small" castle of King Ludwig's that was a partial mini-replica of Versailles. It was a snowy walk to the castle...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlYHyD2EneiQEHqvP0ZOW7AjxhbCsT_ip51nnqlu2FCo9iUlsfq68MZCW1d1mx_pWUcQEKlC6WlET0Kgrr2YO3ux67OfCMCmw1Acvfa7NnlFfUaZvu7NI3AqKVKdife582VK8Ek7doKGIRAD43eornF2dTRjt0axdUUXaOOqXAx2vp5asddJVMtOJ/s1800/6EA702D9-9D14-41E2-A71A-FF27AE5AF33B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlYHyD2EneiQEHqvP0ZOW7AjxhbCsT_ip51nnqlu2FCo9iUlsfq68MZCW1d1mx_pWUcQEKlC6WlET0Kgrr2YO3ux67OfCMCmw1Acvfa7NnlFfUaZvu7NI3AqKVKdife582VK8Ek7doKGIRAD43eornF2dTRjt0axdUUXaOOqXAx2vp5asddJVMtOJ/w512-h640/6EA702D9-9D14-41E2-A71A-FF27AE5AF33B.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This village is know for it's Passion Play that is put on once-per-decade. They also have painted homes that usually tell a story. Most of them I only got to see from the bus and this is a bad pic I snapped as we drove. 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text-align: center;">Our next stop was Hohenschwangau. There are two castles located there... Hohenschwangau Castle and Neuschwanstein Castle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYPbUjAd7DDZG3E_oGutRxzydoznIGByNq6rmTmQC1RsApuwcYx4eOyAbM8FW9vN9tcFWvt4MnFNqUGR_W5MPWsmJHnOUWOpEb6yqGhkEdzV6h1D14K7qlEkt16WSBdwTYCGIRPAR0XLOMJwEdjSBKRxLVlaMcOkFwpEFGNgVfBb1bHbBo5dIBEPb/s1800/A6EB975A-8A52-4B79-93A4-9D294BE1D115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYPbUjAd7DDZG3E_oGutRxzydoznIGByNq6rmTmQC1RsApuwcYx4eOyAbM8FW9vN9tcFWvt4MnFNqUGR_W5MPWsmJHnOUWOpEb6yqGhkEdzV6h1D14K7qlEkt16WSBdwTYCGIRPAR0XLOMJwEdjSBKRxLVlaMcOkFwpEFGNgVfBb1bHbBo5dIBEPb/w512-h640/A6EB975A-8A52-4B79-93A4-9D294BE1D115.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had lunch before heading up to see Neuschwanstein Castle. I had pork tenderloin with crispy fried onions on top. It was served with cheesy spätzle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYv5S4G4UuoYZRyiFW3VJdUW21QVpJGX5FOWna3-2YncY4jNgnd8XXbk0EHtVub-FX5Yl18fA86e0JtVxKJkvVyd0jWVlMrZF1ErSi6FhmTYl9l0ZkCQOPyRwDRTZktaYcgS7Ere4akVfXynL9cMDWFMBFa0itLpxI7GyFAuKZ4st03RVPZdTf4L8/s4032/IMG_8973.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYv5S4G4UuoYZRyiFW3VJdUW21QVpJGX5FOWna3-2YncY4jNgnd8XXbk0EHtVub-FX5Yl18fA86e0JtVxKJkvVyd0jWVlMrZF1ErSi6FhmTYl9l0ZkCQOPyRwDRTZktaYcgS7Ere4akVfXynL9cMDWFMBFa0itLpxI7GyFAuKZ4st03RVPZdTf4L8/w480-h640/IMG_8973.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is normally a shuttle that takes you a good portion of the way up to Neuschwanstein Castle, but it doesn't run this time of year. So hiking up the mountain it was!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hGh5rD4oiSiIXbouQKvL_Xprc3nz4agTJ03TPZTo0XAzsf-fXTpRXh3ZPQ6d3rLDiPacI457bfy55zl_h1PQL_NkybCQLpxPbsjfBR6y9mCFIIw5m42UChEHogA8BBs3wx52cf6WhXa68RvLbZtQJcwa9_QzkMPMKJU8sbb3R_Xib2TuxRuwSTyH/s1800/05670A95-3973-401A-96DD-BFC5F7311BC6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hGh5rD4oiSiIXbouQKvL_Xprc3nz4agTJ03TPZTo0XAzsf-fXTpRXh3ZPQ6d3rLDiPacI457bfy55zl_h1PQL_NkybCQLpxPbsjfBR6y9mCFIIw5m42UChEHogA8BBs3wx52cf6WhXa68RvLbZtQJcwa9_QzkMPMKJU8sbb3R_Xib2TuxRuwSTyH/w512-h640/05670A95-3973-401A-96DD-BFC5F7311BC6.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was King Ludwig's fairy-tale castle that he build from 1869-1886. Construction stopped at his death, which left only about 1/3 of the interior finished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4KJL17nNPfj1Sebkt6GzBsiAfB_QDYi3Ggs_dkmy5rmRDKdLrC_vYTAAFIuD11A2h6UkALy3eOfqEp2T_aujV8YCA4FKqt3twoHvnoYaAYl2a_QajHWkAghjn8PHClA5DxVlP6R093ulE78ZO47DZ7YSqATrCD3AoMFwfwqJvymHT--OjWAm4F9N/s4032/IMG_8974.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4KJL17nNPfj1Sebkt6GzBsiAfB_QDYi3Ggs_dkmy5rmRDKdLrC_vYTAAFIuD11A2h6UkALy3eOfqEp2T_aujV8YCA4FKqt3twoHvnoYaAYl2a_QajHWkAghjn8PHClA5DxVlP6R093ulE78ZO47DZ7YSqATrCD3AoMFwfwqJvymHT--OjWAm4F9N/w480-h640/IMG_8974.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During World War II, the Nazis used this as their primary secret storage of stolen art. Disney used the castle as a model for the ones in their parks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlwVlE76SKJLC70pKRUwk9PYbKnVxl334_9rIZe73JnbNo9yFYFOdF861T-QrDzqmQbODpqR6qR8wSR_bsbmvEBtzaawTpZtY_EfS071rH2uX6VAEg7P4-AMnhddqOEtu-boGE3sKhRWRB1hBxt42yUq9Fo9pGmbgbwagK1ZPE5qpP6UBp-1gESMz/s1791/27F0DB95-A421-4365-B88E-61E62F83887B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlwVlE76SKJLC70pKRUwk9PYbKnVxl334_9rIZe73JnbNo9yFYFOdF861T-QrDzqmQbODpqR6qR8wSR_bsbmvEBtzaawTpZtY_EfS071rH2uX6VAEg7P4-AMnhddqOEtu-boGE3sKhRWRB1hBxt42yUq9Fo9pGmbgbwagK1ZPE5qpP6UBp-1gESMz/w514-h640/27F0DB95-A421-4365-B88E-61E62F83887B.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so disappointed the bridge Marienbrücke was under construction. You can get the best views of the castle from there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-at9sx-n7gLft3U91G7xMKbVZBbDQVvQDeluCFKPWXphjGvT3E-YFEo_Txelva62iT1-lC8ELZ1zCTmolwTVb2fT3lgoTC7fQHwmzaq98LEBAkX86CrqrCs6J2TKjbtw8Rsj1BuF6vhaJ0952fymv_LKDDwfCHNUix10zlu4VUXF9nAHBTePWc0N9/s4032/IMG_8976.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-at9sx-n7gLft3U91G7xMKbVZBbDQVvQDeluCFKPWXphjGvT3E-YFEo_Txelva62iT1-lC8ELZ1zCTmolwTVb2fT3lgoTC7fQHwmzaq98LEBAkX86CrqrCs6J2TKjbtw8Rsj1BuF6vhaJ0952fymv_LKDDwfCHNUix10zlu4VUXF9nAHBTePWc0N9/w480-h640/IMG_8976.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGtrAiqHFFPT-n9rM78Dkx3HULoDoBRNKMyArj-FoypXMwc22pmQSueZ4pn86GwtRsjvTjOx8l7cHSv5f1PP5HEQtf4vpLPI6ykXC_4-TwZqSQ0fLeFK-kz1NaqWzm6_Zcc-k3hvegHkfY83OUpxPt8ssiEwrvpE7I6_RoFXDOaksTgcS764BpvqS/s4032/IMG_8979.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGtrAiqHFFPT-n9rM78Dkx3HULoDoBRNKMyArj-FoypXMwc22pmQSueZ4pn86GwtRsjvTjOx8l7cHSv5f1PP5HEQtf4vpLPI6ykXC_4-TwZqSQ0fLeFK-kz1NaqWzm6_Zcc-k3hvegHkfY83OUpxPt8ssiEwrvpE7I6_RoFXDOaksTgcS764BpvqS/w480-h640/IMG_8979.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQwFdmS3yhOmFlCVIuUSpFzYVoVdYR4Ftl61f1SdjMJTWPwkRxxk64LykUhUJ0_eF549OeJuYqZev8My2JGTF3CvTSCNZefQt-Fhv3q74_inalemJnageX4wJnesgfOmOjPK6URRnKSlfzPo3e-7vSGboZlBkbHk_h0PrcdOiC7fcIyFp4UvFmjF3/s4032/IMG_8981.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQwFdmS3yhOmFlCVIuUSpFzYVoVdYR4Ftl61f1SdjMJTWPwkRxxk64LykUhUJ0_eF549OeJuYqZev8My2JGTF3CvTSCNZefQt-Fhv3q74_inalemJnageX4wJnesgfOmOjPK6URRnKSlfzPo3e-7vSGboZlBkbHk_h0PrcdOiC7fcIyFp4UvFmjF3/w480-h640/IMG_8981.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyRE69V-pnsUa6EkzEHzomGiSx1CUmaeBJODXFIJtWE9IJqT69BQmN6AKYawIUrYv26ItTFwhpwoA38ifgr09rywH-HdhzdWs5xPB8H_ev-e5DQoWPtx_-MfOPQ9IBuaVck25d2OcD-WUvROnaLji9yWYRCzQz3syYk4zcwUIPOHEcQ54MMwimhP9/s4032/IMG_8988.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyRE69V-pnsUa6EkzEHzomGiSx1CUmaeBJODXFIJtWE9IJqT69BQmN6AKYawIUrYv26ItTFwhpwoA38ifgr09rywH-HdhzdWs5xPB8H_ev-e5DQoWPtx_-MfOPQ9IBuaVck25d2OcD-WUvROnaLji9yWYRCzQz3syYk4zcwUIPOHEcQ54MMwimhP9/w480-h640/IMG_8988.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HtSbBCFyF2FoMjDxEoxbWrJsYt2ipYY3FyLobIsXWjF5rR_D2vZVJvq2U6xn5aUOjXpv5TDP983VYEIsrVJmbWnO7a0YdrxaD6p935ksnEtXkPMiKXd9-GYVjnwAaOeDU75N5eJlUUdYl7fUSsH4RM6OuwMIpkVXjloufpJiIAusUssCrpro30jM/s4928/LDN_4667.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HtSbBCFyF2FoMjDxEoxbWrJsYt2ipYY3FyLobIsXWjF5rR_D2vZVJvq2U6xn5aUOjXpv5TDP983VYEIsrVJmbWnO7a0YdrxaD6p935ksnEtXkPMiKXd9-GYVjnwAaOeDU75N5eJlUUdYl7fUSsH4RM6OuwMIpkVXjloufpJiIAusUssCrpro30jM/w640-h424/LDN_4667.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once inside, you can tour 15 rooms with their original furnishings, but you are also going to have to go up and down more than 300 steps (mostly spiral staircases). Did I mention we had to hike up the mountain just to get there <i>before</i> the 300+ steps?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzK8RXmEI3UqSy_4HL_DteYyXFuVPufMcubrawz6tn5ZM2PqNN6GqPTdhJBB5q1Fkj-JkJYLbWjuKzEM4_JjL2j4UAdNSthNsHoYibkK_QGfo6iYzA0n8ogUoBg-h6CPVUM3L1EFBcb9nMY_6ryKp0-Xj6inYLMkUnuxBnROBCqT5YAN3iDCm181uc/s4032/IMG_8991.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzK8RXmEI3UqSy_4HL_DteYyXFuVPufMcubrawz6tn5ZM2PqNN6GqPTdhJBB5q1Fkj-JkJYLbWjuKzEM4_JjL2j4UAdNSthNsHoYibkK_QGfo6iYzA0n8ogUoBg-h6CPVUM3L1EFBcb9nMY_6ryKp0-Xj6inYLMkUnuxBnROBCqT5YAN3iDCm181uc/w480-h640/IMG_8991.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They also didn't allow photos inside this castle, but you can see some pics <a href="https://www.destination-munich.com/inside-neuschwanstein-castle-photos.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/neuschwanstein-castle-interior" target="_blank">HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r2InDlXebF5YDNhVD0UbmwyDQb_unceBI0GMfy6yA2CuUgtXo-D0mZ4s1KoYo5GyUymeLnRdM3oRk2PBQvOPS6BHKVX5yCHxxiKU6XEc7AVrZlydMjIRsVN-Nfjp19iGKXgiF7jNmVPNobgu7rBbmsjzUpdr-h-wfKfCIz78dSf8_gIWBAunXw18/s4032/IMG_8992.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r2InDlXebF5YDNhVD0UbmwyDQb_unceBI0GMfy6yA2CuUgtXo-D0mZ4s1KoYo5GyUymeLnRdM3oRk2PBQvOPS6BHKVX5yCHxxiKU6XEc7AVrZlydMjIRsVN-Nfjp19iGKXgiF7jNmVPNobgu7rBbmsjzUpdr-h-wfKfCIz78dSf8_gIWBAunXw18/w480-h640/IMG_8992.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the bridge we couldn't visit as seen from the castle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OuWVf2YTtDSw64PFAVuh5Mqg0eaz2Vz78IHFSw5dZvxGdTF9ecdb4r8ArL_k8Bp96Jsk_5CZ52lOGhgGWaASZcwCuk38G6SCn-dygRQ90G6bB5j3bX6EkbNpbPCoiHuyDHrM89ZAnC0bdhub6R3PJsxNioHpesLpsd_w8169h2DiCnIJ24pQfbN6/s4032/IMG_8998.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OuWVf2YTtDSw64PFAVuh5Mqg0eaz2Vz78IHFSw5dZvxGdTF9ecdb4r8ArL_k8Bp96Jsk_5CZ52lOGhgGWaASZcwCuk38G6SCn-dygRQ90G6bB5j3bX6EkbNpbPCoiHuyDHrM89ZAnC0bdhub6R3PJsxNioHpesLpsd_w8169h2DiCnIJ24pQfbN6/w480-h640/IMG_8998.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is looking down at Hohenschwangau Castle. It was the castle where King Ludwig spent his summers as a boy. It was originally built in the 12th century, but Napoleon destroyed it and King Maximilian II (Ludwig's father) rebuilt it in 1830.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohX4kmjKK2HK9DDo1ueITLsB4akTGkyyHjvuwE93xidMr1MFxx_-cOz0ciOFPA5rP2PBCHW9zWJUyWYf64Vlhg5QIoMasnulRXwxbu9dzCUmU_AZe3vXmljFR4iKYni63OrOaSLejDLY5NM8kgoD7pmSVf53YaMTLTUktdmuvYkIzSRxsblGINo-Y/s4032/IMG_9001.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohX4kmjKK2HK9DDo1ueITLsB4akTGkyyHjvuwE93xidMr1MFxx_-cOz0ciOFPA5rP2PBCHW9zWJUyWYf64Vlhg5QIoMasnulRXwxbu9dzCUmU_AZe3vXmljFR4iKYni63OrOaSLejDLY5NM8kgoD7pmSVf53YaMTLTUktdmuvYkIzSRxsblGINo-Y/w480-h640/IMG_9001.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghj85Hhc2tB8wxzto9909E986aRDK3BaLIoRgVstrKbNbDTkSTdiqgonXtmFTtG7bwtkfBOBIoFQg3YqRXPg3zCCOnXjSD1r_jj7bFmeHKuXW8NCFZaP1y3fJiJNJ43EGToy9SwK8IdNMbv3Pl9DhA1rLVQIFGoqbPs1JIiDVW1L_Va3dtXjmfAuTM/s4032/IMG_9003.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghj85Hhc2tB8wxzto9909E986aRDK3BaLIoRgVstrKbNbDTkSTdiqgonXtmFTtG7bwtkfBOBIoFQg3YqRXPg3zCCOnXjSD1r_jj7bFmeHKuXW8NCFZaP1y3fJiJNJ43EGToy9SwK8IdNMbv3Pl9DhA1rLVQIFGoqbPs1JIiDVW1L_Va3dtXjmfAuTM/w480-h640/IMG_9003.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwgy1cp990KQXHhrMQ_NPhX8AXJ3c9RCUaxWWkohD5NJQeugN6oDvog_Y02EgKjEOogPR6dc2lcHGzjAT_Vetv7w8xQQjRDzoQ2rTuso2Acnz3lNl_v2oeMbJHT8ep9BHKOsRAbUuP87qSYJQ7E06vLMi3YHVfVd_r_oQ9d0L93IggdowerF4gSgP/s4032/IMG_9004.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwgy1cp990KQXHhrMQ_NPhX8AXJ3c9RCUaxWWkohD5NJQeugN6oDvog_Y02EgKjEOogPR6dc2lcHGzjAT_Vetv7w8xQQjRDzoQ2rTuso2Acnz3lNl_v2oeMbJHT8ep9BHKOsRAbUuP87qSYJQ7E06vLMi3YHVfVd_r_oQ9d0L93IggdowerF4gSgP/w480-h640/IMG_9004.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EasF6fpY2u11hqRr5QtvnrD_VUmjasm9E5qqch2OQ2RI3UKWd9ph5My3sQZfq_yROn6h2w-PRZidBL6zI3GctB-yfElstO_Cq_BrfBLjBrqsT0V_Maxu5TCWMC3I1kQJnuhkEreCndLfc4cH3xsb3LfO5CqQsb2J8cHH7XtRrvIN2Qz6VBiEg5FG/s4032/IMG_9005.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EasF6fpY2u11hqRr5QtvnrD_VUmjasm9E5qqch2OQ2RI3UKWd9ph5My3sQZfq_yROn6h2w-PRZidBL6zI3GctB-yfElstO_Cq_BrfBLjBrqsT0V_Maxu5TCWMC3I1kQJnuhkEreCndLfc4cH3xsb3LfO5CqQsb2J8cHH7XtRrvIN2Qz6VBiEg5FG/w640-h480/IMG_9005.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSLn32CnA7iXbgGfzgs_Kw-UOCeKZGxXP6jG7V2T5TYZQIxhlGXGcCY9aGg4yHpRblF9ezKesor4lnJa1aAuSUpaDXq_MWCGlsuM1qubRpsZHyZQfdARoEWgJWYPFSTaXgsNaonySWzsBTQiZo1KPmnSbGVAHajAprzeJY7v4CeafpvpybuOKItRC/s4032/IMG_9007.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSLn32CnA7iXbgGfzgs_Kw-UOCeKZGxXP6jG7V2T5TYZQIxhlGXGcCY9aGg4yHpRblF9ezKesor4lnJa1aAuSUpaDXq_MWCGlsuM1qubRpsZHyZQfdARoEWgJWYPFSTaXgsNaonySWzsBTQiZo1KPmnSbGVAHajAprzeJY7v4CeafpvpybuOKItRC/w480-h640/IMG_9007.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A closer look at Hohenschwangau Castle. We didn't get to tour this one, but it was located right by the bus parking lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0thoIQivIlBT2gJZWZBAoGoHCl7EngDgN3C_QcUncIitzvdmp_AKwjYc9vJRodMMq1Sc2B-URSih0JrAaz_n-XFLNWdlQHm47O2Y3XMek49HgzCK_BdkE6adad5JOXrJZ-8VnsotofR7wmg-eBTSmWImfzCVODWlngPKtv2BIhGXi6lGp1snPZvt/s4032/IMG_9009.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0thoIQivIlBT2gJZWZBAoGoHCl7EngDgN3C_QcUncIitzvdmp_AKwjYc9vJRodMMq1Sc2B-URSih0JrAaz_n-XFLNWdlQHm47O2Y3XMek49HgzCK_BdkE6adad5JOXrJZ-8VnsotofR7wmg-eBTSmWImfzCVODWlngPKtv2BIhGXi6lGp1snPZvt/w480-h640/IMG_9009.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="532" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XGpqXhiXcNQ" width="640" youtube-src-id="XGpqXhiXcNQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tour lasted 10.5 hours. After returning to Munich, I made another pass through the market and got one last bratwurst.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM2E4qia_qERmcyIFWl9GGNKyCiYcg5-RFXv8_N1KHaiSYxkL-Zdg66GGttLu4HirrYyUPDJNvIpEEjw4ofr11SHifyUGff19eIyXAAEOFspO8x_iItCmv9t0uvZtI5E18TstYQdnDP080VTJgcga35N6sOgrR3B9Ow44oR9c1NpKAlQF5C1yfUqV/s4032/IMG_9015.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM2E4qia_qERmcyIFWl9GGNKyCiYcg5-RFXv8_N1KHaiSYxkL-Zdg66GGttLu4HirrYyUPDJNvIpEEjw4ofr11SHifyUGff19eIyXAAEOFspO8x_iItCmv9t0uvZtI5E18TstYQdnDP080VTJgcga35N6sOgrR3B9Ow44oR9c1NpKAlQF5C1yfUqV/w480-h640/IMG_9015.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then went to start packing up my things since I had to leave for the airport fairly early the next morning. I flew from Munich to Charlotte, NC and then had about a several hour layover in Charlotte before flying home to DFW. Once at DFW we had to wait over an hour for the flight's luggage to be put out, so it was basically bedtime when I arrived at home very tired but having had another amazing European adventure! </div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-33026285333865251352023-01-10T05:00:00.016-06:002023-01-10T07:44:49.097-06:00Europe 2022 {Day 8 ~ Nürnberg & Munich}Monday, December 19th started in Nürnberg. I left out of the hotel to go have breakfast and quickly realized the sidewalk was covered in ice. They hadn't treated about a block and half worth, so I slid down hill before finally hitting a portion that had been treated. I had an unremarkable breakfast and then tried to walk through the market a little. It was mostly still closed and a little too slick...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cMgn1lEADZ1IOqmD8dUnfos0VPdIvnXb6rtXWftEeQHwbf0OuBBMy2TbYRoyZNIBAeIRnQlflaqy1QvvF_wbKc9awhs1EMUXvEUZGSURkCidqQY5fGdp9XQ54n4fnnpSvRhrVLs6gWc5d43yftcMh50DdNVTQxH5KwElNuanB8UBzaJZmbqwSxE-/s4032/IMG_8857.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cMgn1lEADZ1IOqmD8dUnfos0VPdIvnXb6rtXWftEeQHwbf0OuBBMy2TbYRoyZNIBAeIRnQlflaqy1QvvF_wbKc9awhs1EMUXvEUZGSURkCidqQY5fGdp9XQ54n4fnnpSvRhrVLs6gWc5d43yftcMh50DdNVTQxH5KwElNuanB8UBzaJZmbqwSxE-/w480-h640/IMG_8857.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkMu63Pjo9fie047r4gR4wsIfX1ZpalPGjJtKuU9QsAm6bQJX070xUzRkmdXV3LvKy66kEoU5k39IA-d_Na3T3-HrBuFBtoIyNCbzka2PUgSViHNpIZeMgkzyK5g9uSzREwBskUMOYBQ3yZx5NEG_868CqSqEr1rmT0e91vTk4l_MzI09XEnFxenM/s4032/IMG_8858.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkMu63Pjo9fie047r4gR4wsIfX1ZpalPGjJtKuU9QsAm6bQJX070xUzRkmdXV3LvKy66kEoU5k39IA-d_Na3T3-HrBuFBtoIyNCbzka2PUgSViHNpIZeMgkzyK5g9uSzREwBskUMOYBQ3yZx5NEG_868CqSqEr1rmT0e91vTk4l_MzI09XEnFxenM/w480-h640/IMG_8858.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP7209wNoa3umvjZvzaN6k5ZKqJP5Yd3dzOtN7SuFzhke30IxoRlsBfcNGQagJB7PErrzmO_D9EWugtwuuRBz8SrgEM3MPlXtzpiUNPlEEHgpsk27iQwJ6fQfyQNy4o8c7W2zMI82KiMpnmsMbY4DdmotHoueQicrLgECwiy5Teppeopz_x03KUbt/s4032/IMG_8859.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOP7209wNoa3umvjZvzaN6k5ZKqJP5Yd3dzOtN7SuFzhke30IxoRlsBfcNGQagJB7PErrzmO_D9EWugtwuuRBz8SrgEM3MPlXtzpiUNPlEEHgpsk27iQwJ6fQfyQNy4o8c7W2zMI82KiMpnmsMbY4DdmotHoueQicrLgECwiy5Teppeopz_x03KUbt/w480-h640/IMG_8859.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3LMDvP6eziZzVzx99EeJfKsP-44AT5dMQWe4kACbuxdEJGhW53aXJ7qN_8P92T3bp61XHC9XKRE8Ec5h9psU_szUbavPxBglX5HW9JAUYBsgxtwUJ7bGEqHFEPD4hF8KG8tvb-krnhtpRljh6cY2tr-RYfV4hzbHSBebZrjaSbuhvdWEzvHAo4w4/s4032/IMG_8860.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3LMDvP6eziZzVzx99EeJfKsP-44AT5dMQWe4kACbuxdEJGhW53aXJ7qN_8P92T3bp61XHC9XKRE8Ec5h9psU_szUbavPxBglX5HW9JAUYBsgxtwUJ7bGEqHFEPD4hF8KG8tvb-krnhtpRljh6cY2tr-RYfV4hzbHSBebZrjaSbuhvdWEzvHAo4w4/w480-h640/IMG_8860.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look! I took a pic of my hotel after all...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWSy2l5ih6i8Wq23D0vxnLYLReA8KQKeDwQWnPvdleA51FjpVmC6wXxFOei3ac49exm24hcv9QYSO5h1VJJzE4yTRAWE5v8eao_hRzGD9eHA5wd7WdfI_qYwkRtGMMwots04k_pFAufGq78Q3ht2vcKh16rT5xaRE28QYLsVOdfBnQSCgn4WM6RYZ/s4032/IMG_8861.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWSy2l5ih6i8Wq23D0vxnLYLReA8KQKeDwQWnPvdleA51FjpVmC6wXxFOei3ac49exm24hcv9QYSO5h1VJJzE4yTRAWE5v8eao_hRzGD9eHA5wd7WdfI_qYwkRtGMMwots04k_pFAufGq78Q3ht2vcKh16rT5xaRE28QYLsVOdfBnQSCgn4WM6RYZ/w480-h640/IMG_8861.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I waited for the store to open to buy more of the Nürnberg gingerbread and then headed to the train station to take a train to my next destination, Munich.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRXJn4ZGPVX5fUg5AjpjBIr9NIU9IwaW3rju1Caw35WyO_zBtK4azKfHIkFb4ifOJrNCuS78I-0NenPXAQSYAeBHGX_GEzku2DlL04RItzIOY61syOq0fzIXVGMaUVzUCgDv4VCpgnz0AP1fteaI5g5FrZmz_v80pAN6wXor8aLmGULXgk3RMjBBf/s4032/IMG_8863.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRXJn4ZGPVX5fUg5AjpjBIr9NIU9IwaW3rju1Caw35WyO_zBtK4azKfHIkFb4ifOJrNCuS78I-0NenPXAQSYAeBHGX_GEzku2DlL04RItzIOY61syOq0fzIXVGMaUVzUCgDv4VCpgnz0AP1fteaI5g5FrZmz_v80pAN6wXor8aLmGULXgk3RMjBBf/w480-h640/IMG_8863.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I arrived in Munich and took a taxi to my hotel. I couldn't check in early at the hotel, so I stored my luggage and then headed out. I have been to Munich before so I didn't have a big list of things to do that afternoon. I went to Marienplatz, which is just a few minutes from my hotel, and holds the largest Christmas Market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoTe-GuT8hgYjTZbLQ-sEnoJCb4s50h5dWGlykdCj_JMTebqHCmJTTWomAd4n1ol6qRL3MWiJIJqZzGDOnWPWkD2zr6bUsnKs583fWptPfocDpJRSzrYxT0jcc9CYxfRWELEfnuHPe0DtSrwM4WHuhpGMtSo0kZmm-9V7lsi-WSc7zkBjz3WKcvMB/s4032/IMG_8869.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoTe-GuT8hgYjTZbLQ-sEnoJCb4s50h5dWGlykdCj_JMTebqHCmJTTWomAd4n1ol6qRL3MWiJIJqZzGDOnWPWkD2zr6bUsnKs583fWptPfocDpJRSzrYxT0jcc9CYxfRWELEfnuHPe0DtSrwM4WHuhpGMtSo0kZmm-9V7lsi-WSc7zkBjz3WKcvMB/w480-h640/IMG_8869.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked around a few minutes and debated where to go for lunch before deciding to go to Schneider Bräuhaus. Their menu is in German only (which seemed like a good sign for authentic food), but I was able to pull up the menu online to read in English.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskkhiauHog6nWE-VkoaS9vLvSqyis6xM4f2KdPwlik1Lfnge2T6zfU5En_p6hKokX5Y28fqfbTXufCPs7BS86xpG13bOyaY0zU6Kj34FfVOcreab1I8rjrTFWDwMApwOxwdB5yDtUkvaVN6KnL2a8rnDbLdD19UggyBK86kgC-pgZuzWXGb5r-qsH/s4032/IMG_8870.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskkhiauHog6nWE-VkoaS9vLvSqyis6xM4f2KdPwlik1Lfnge2T6zfU5En_p6hKokX5Y28fqfbTXufCPs7BS86xpG13bOyaY0zU6Kj34FfVOcreab1I8rjrTFWDwMApwOxwdB5yDtUkvaVN6KnL2a8rnDbLdD19UggyBK86kgC-pgZuzWXGb5r-qsH/w480-h640/IMG_8870.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I almost went for the schnitzel again, but decided to try something different. I had the mixed salad and then the fried potatoes with chunks of roast pork, ham, egg and onions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtEEWQ1aIcizmXzIhAtXZdPMbXfmkqVzczvrSEvx4aHi8SZIc3flWsUkfKXW5AyAz7IWebXS6kQUobUw6qV1qaHr8d3SGB11oR0Zo_RvI-7R5O3aey1zBzAf6Ldb4gDSA55qlM4f4gQBrHdA_KWbp3xZ26xLZP9A8zYMI7irsX3mcZHRiNbbMuxDL/s4032/IMG_8872.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtEEWQ1aIcizmXzIhAtXZdPMbXfmkqVzczvrSEvx4aHi8SZIc3flWsUkfKXW5AyAz7IWebXS6kQUobUw6qV1qaHr8d3SGB11oR0Zo_RvI-7R5O3aey1zBzAf6Ldb4gDSA55qlM4f4gQBrHdA_KWbp3xZ26xLZP9A8zYMI7irsX3mcZHRiNbbMuxDL/w480-h640/IMG_8872.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXQvMf_24m11H3EyW90YQ0LM_VcHRK-_3ILPxusxbULnyfK5gWC_YlClKm8M_KVZ9RNAMwNRHB49ALhfNl1F3fxtFUqcA_OOtBl9JmKtRhuDiNdMbGGRCjQsMResm3z58fycCFF3kj8RWqWTVXykZadkx4zUU4RFYOO-RHviniIX4yU7P9DqYrKN-/s4032/IMG_8873.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXQvMf_24m11H3EyW90YQ0LM_VcHRK-_3ILPxusxbULnyfK5gWC_YlClKm8M_KVZ9RNAMwNRHB49ALhfNl1F3fxtFUqcA_OOtBl9JmKtRhuDiNdMbGGRCjQsMResm3z58fycCFF3kj8RWqWTVXykZadkx4zUU4RFYOO-RHviniIX4yU7P9DqYrKN-/w480-h640/IMG_8873.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went wandering around at this point. Back to Marienplatz...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM5YwpfuH-E8j3hEV8-zL3RI6UdPQxvCtDCEKD0UcOZxREnXrsaI7ZczUkluqOAnamj4pnEH6Qvc4HwDuoVWPWvEHSKHcVAps3BzzqaurrjP4-Hb8imAb2Ty7IaybxT-ZLCMdCEMqcwwGbMHQgA9ji6iGFAjNGQ4XZLs7rfz3wwW48avzSZ1b-KbH/s4032/IMG_8874.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM5YwpfuH-E8j3hEV8-zL3RI6UdPQxvCtDCEKD0UcOZxREnXrsaI7ZczUkluqOAnamj4pnEH6Qvc4HwDuoVWPWvEHSKHcVAps3BzzqaurrjP4-Hb8imAb2Ty7IaybxT-ZLCMdCEMqcwwGbMHQgA9ji6iGFAjNGQ4XZLs7rfz3wwW48avzSZ1b-KbH/w480-h640/IMG_8874.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I went to Asamkirche. I visited last trip, but it was after dark and it was hard to see the interior.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk45-njRp36AhA-7Nu86PsCd2MZFmE9uLYnbSstqFxoPGULvSHO8CNCROyfLEK7J0Uore-zz4geskuCwSYbNVsV3Opetm5hPPCeCZUslm8jlUXDCLUpGJM4PUt19TDq6VOAo57OaP0fYNYKuAsKdzg4I2l8d1s1TAhjlqtu6YFFo0T4UG1-d3lqW92/s4032/IMG_8880.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk45-njRp36AhA-7Nu86PsCd2MZFmE9uLYnbSstqFxoPGULvSHO8CNCROyfLEK7J0Uore-zz4geskuCwSYbNVsV3Opetm5hPPCeCZUslm8jlUXDCLUpGJM4PUt19TDq6VOAo57OaP0fYNYKuAsKdzg4I2l8d1s1TAhjlqtu6YFFo0T4UG1-d3lqW92/w480-h640/IMG_8880.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could only tell that it was worth seeing in the daylight and I was right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiSROBdO-_9IfirsiWEi8pchS-Gh3ckoMVAkj6evXd1wjNw-8qoHIgV0Vzix9xpQuQ5TNe3zup-wCl8DPIvsFx4Ts_Zr8sWOov4TBSYQKkm6qrqEwuiwXgotNJIXOpIhjOtijc8lU7aUDteqSeugv9Dbey7Yhu-VPdGwouv8Vu_EvMuZmF-gF6amJ/s4032/IMG_8882.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiSROBdO-_9IfirsiWEi8pchS-Gh3ckoMVAkj6evXd1wjNw-8qoHIgV0Vzix9xpQuQ5TNe3zup-wCl8DPIvsFx4Ts_Zr8sWOov4TBSYQKkm6qrqEwuiwXgotNJIXOpIhjOtijc8lU7aUDteqSeugv9Dbey7Yhu-VPdGwouv8Vu_EvMuZmF-gF6amJ/w480-h640/IMG_8882.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin14inVs80ZQJx8D38L4-c053tNPBELNie0ORjLhrDZ2Wk0uhb6gY2yfHjIPkltlmmWt-9jyTtbTH1RXTq49S1s-vNGtdDgigsrhzak8gfluhhE8uzdXGS0oswpccSMjYHJOE0e7QAP9Tdmzd1OqLxYKnn7G3LrKNtirOvcQqN7juNJp4bfvIdJBx1/s4032/IMG_8883.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin14inVs80ZQJx8D38L4-c053tNPBELNie0ORjLhrDZ2Wk0uhb6gY2yfHjIPkltlmmWt-9jyTtbTH1RXTq49S1s-vNGtdDgigsrhzak8gfluhhE8uzdXGS0oswpccSMjYHJOE0e7QAP9Tdmzd1OqLxYKnn7G3LrKNtirOvcQqN7juNJp4bfvIdJBx1/w480-h640/IMG_8883.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHnv87klPyNNZHPQs_UiZr8xrxJurI5VSX7-GglubhKTgunO4AbRCzLELoYucyncNKufRGcbt8SwzXyBqUb2R-hwDfav7JoprADHmFih7INFT9ySFDN1esZ0iLkan72Abwyv531iswLaecoG6KtTekToUv-QmpSBS-7eaeQZlJ0ErjmFgfJv0PdLt/s4032/IMG_8884.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHnv87klPyNNZHPQs_UiZr8xrxJurI5VSX7-GglubhKTgunO4AbRCzLELoYucyncNKufRGcbt8SwzXyBqUb2R-hwDfav7JoprADHmFih7INFT9ySFDN1esZ0iLkan72Abwyv531iswLaecoG6KtTekToUv-QmpSBS-7eaeQZlJ0ErjmFgfJv0PdLt/w480-h640/IMG_8884.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went back to a spot right by the hotel that I had read was a must visit...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1X2oEubC2DXUwVHZ2GYMAmJhXPZI4u-VFEpPm3FxF2gXdgf0G-tloMYbv9wsEsbArSEjXaYUZiJQwZbwL3JjJSryk7vrcDeyd3kA0nD_st9pCV2L2H2ep_QxVaps2XUeVkzk_oSxlOHLLLdMICSkcfEHBqRXiWAcpW8A5CMhvsBnhWy6VCOd5VdQ/s4032/IMG_8885.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1X2oEubC2DXUwVHZ2GYMAmJhXPZI4u-VFEpPm3FxF2gXdgf0G-tloMYbv9wsEsbArSEjXaYUZiJQwZbwL3JjJSryk7vrcDeyd3kA0nD_st9pCV2L2H2ep_QxVaps2XUeVkzk_oSxlOHLLLdMICSkcfEHBqRXiWAcpW8A5CMhvsBnhWy6VCOd5VdQ/w480-h640/IMG_8885.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cafe fries up these donuts or Schmalzundeln as you stand there. They rolled them in sugar and it was awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSVvj6Nhqt8ibdnYBvRO-1Rxw6IxlsHfA4gJMq6EoUBQhzbUXeQU0LzjMGDW1yiaaAus9yA4tUeaoWv9DA-NWDfH5GbGiJblIg0raYmAcXEwhH_xax6TidmZD0gTYsKc3gZLDTtzSZFs2rfe-9FvaJttVODpbFCk9hM5KAAu44g2Tjhwf9qt3RyLs/s4032/IMG_8886.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSVvj6Nhqt8ibdnYBvRO-1Rxw6IxlsHfA4gJMq6EoUBQhzbUXeQU0LzjMGDW1yiaaAus9yA4tUeaoWv9DA-NWDfH5GbGiJblIg0raYmAcXEwhH_xax6TidmZD0gTYsKc3gZLDTtzSZFs2rfe-9FvaJttVODpbFCk9hM5KAAu44g2Tjhwf9qt3RyLs/w480-h640/IMG_8886.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went and got checked in at the hotel and then went to the Viktualienmarkt. It was located at the end of the block with my hotel. This isn't a Christmas market but is an open air market that operates all of the time in Munich (except Sundays). They sell produce, flowers, meat, cheese, etc. I just love browsing through places like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has a large maypole </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrrVkzj11yQk6hAy9rptTfF7JYd26-rNLxjZbQotQUgCI7THDLuWXUWVb4fnG0_Dd8s5dgr8RnIRxc4lyL92OrsEVtaMWzLRlZP-lhHLnIwDsDVXeMiEyX_OUs0kHirt1ia5w1oUVPuHnxhu5y0gKa7YfLMNV-tIXKeYoZdvDLh-tir9x-jr-yoKT/s1800/5843FACC-4310-45F3-80A8-5D0A9FEB5316.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrrVkzj11yQk6hAy9rptTfF7JYd26-rNLxjZbQotQUgCI7THDLuWXUWVb4fnG0_Dd8s5dgr8RnIRxc4lyL92OrsEVtaMWzLRlZP-lhHLnIwDsDVXeMiEyX_OUs0kHirt1ia5w1oUVPuHnxhu5y0gKa7YfLMNV-tIXKeYoZdvDLh-tir9x-jr-yoKT/w512-h640/5843FACC-4310-45F3-80A8-5D0A9FEB5316.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I first went to Wittelsbacherplatz where the Middle Ages Market is located. I hadn't visited this market on my first trip to Munich. It was very on-theme. The booths all looked like the middle ages, the wares they sold were very middle ages, and they were even roasting a pig! (But then they sold churros, so I guess they weren't 100% committed to the theme)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFcIB7Jon3RyOLFTLXXxId4ZYhQU5epIz5L2eJJV0QLpguNJJp32wHiOVNi0tdIfl9J3rtHPcd85mwaZZ0a7FhvQ5maZbsXYe6PeYBRke883oAfX7dHngRp91q932BDHW1XfmqfWIk0HF6qTVLkUz9ShGyjX0bPnPioK6yS2HhWgHTyM0x76dLFRI/s4032/IMG_8904.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFcIB7Jon3RyOLFTLXXxId4ZYhQU5epIz5L2eJJV0QLpguNJJp32wHiOVNi0tdIfl9J3rtHPcd85mwaZZ0a7FhvQ5maZbsXYe6PeYBRke883oAfX7dHngRp91q932BDHW1XfmqfWIk0HF6qTVLkUz9ShGyjX0bPnPioK6yS2HhWgHTyM0x76dLFRI/w480-h640/IMG_8904.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7ZIJmzFLVestAkc618CBNEeVd0d05ad_hl9-UrStIzGkAh5TVVpjTAUEEHZNiGg380uQ_8nJ7kqyWbnVYebslR6z_zMo-FoTgZ3ri99V78rVX1I_zMa1YCnpJaChS_pk9ZUvFUZ4NFxRUCgUPxLGsJvBC8SEx8oG24HQahsPYM1QFbcZaJpig5y9/s4032/IMG_8905.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I toured the Residenz on my first trip to Munich, so I didn't do that again, but I did visit the Christmas Market there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cvltc1dyWUafPuR_hMG0QKBXU_QetlcsSN9DkfZdJtFGlhwcTCc8Myd0zmitlLRYniYxp_V4eHUNJUMpCEVwQte9srGlcZj-KnXo7GQUt2NvsgS2EwwEa5tpt5g1C7kM4WBXcauczKrjPUavHkh62v3tpkkJG_0J5_d15NXJvDCnPD0wmGhUDGi4/s4032/IMG_8910.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-cvltc1dyWUafPuR_hMG0QKBXU_QetlcsSN9DkfZdJtFGlhwcTCc8Myd0zmitlLRYniYxp_V4eHUNJUMpCEVwQte9srGlcZj-KnXo7GQUt2NvsgS2EwwEa5tpt5g1C7kM4WBXcauczKrjPUavHkh62v3tpkkJG_0J5_d15NXJvDCnPD0wmGhUDGi4/w480-h640/IMG_8910.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love a singing Moose and the Residenz market has one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="374" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XG66YDPemWE" width="450" youtube-src-id="XG66YDPemWE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You see these at markets all over Germany, but I think they are authentic to Munich and are sold at Oktoberfest too</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_uhF2f5nrKYHsNT1825K2qBYi31yZwOodb8jXVNebMqzXNPUEyA1XIuBRpuKCupzm6MAAFru3Z0Dt15_AeKokQ6pFclOewLlTn8tNaxfW8Ca5wNHA-FunMEup7HAzHDTvtlnLtF8UjGwCxUF31cFvtAdsF5zUICURkvcETxheM-5k9ArwPw0keHr/s4032/IMG_8913.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_uhF2f5nrKYHsNT1825K2qBYi31yZwOodb8jXVNebMqzXNPUEyA1XIuBRpuKCupzm6MAAFru3Z0Dt15_AeKokQ6pFclOewLlTn8tNaxfW8Ca5wNHA-FunMEup7HAzHDTvtlnLtF8UjGwCxUF31cFvtAdsF5zUICURkvcETxheM-5k9ArwPw0keHr/w480-h640/IMG_8913.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv04T9zUNiob8NGvzVZYfypOUiHAw9Ue4KBTpj3Amd-Ih8TEti8m0swAL_331M1UWpmlLt1tfjed5_9ybr7jRV74ZElP9BOtqc6QV4ItHmJL3XXA44uBTH5FR-OSIwURNTZLFApe_s2Kl0IAcHCdYPMcvGF1778AELF7TfTQx_HPISQozNCewQ8J5b/s4032/IMG_8915.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv04T9zUNiob8NGvzVZYfypOUiHAw9Ue4KBTpj3Amd-Ih8TEti8m0swAL_331M1UWpmlLt1tfjed5_9ybr7jRV74ZElP9BOtqc6QV4ItHmJL3XXA44uBTH5FR-OSIwURNTZLFApe_s2Kl0IAcHCdYPMcvGF1778AELF7TfTQx_HPISQozNCewQ8J5b/w480-h640/IMG_8915.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really like the Residenz market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoYSbbX-jcMvwrwGaZWScv47MuaCDSkxTHxZxSGK6yPw5MYCK-S_Ax6fwcJ2BwDqWylHt9Pn2EnZFwKJ8FUKyvqFXJuEzrBtLNfTHRs4k2ZhNhT_awcxluClyp-WZKSNRQer83i7RHs3BXB1AencoqZz3gCi4rg8MHPW4UrukEn4pJhlKWpRdg5CT/s4032/IMG_8916.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoYSbbX-jcMvwrwGaZWScv47MuaCDSkxTHxZxSGK6yPw5MYCK-S_Ax6fwcJ2BwDqWylHt9Pn2EnZFwKJ8FUKyvqFXJuEzrBtLNfTHRs4k2ZhNhT_awcxluClyp-WZKSNRQer83i7RHs3BXB1AencoqZz3gCi4rg8MHPW4UrukEn4pJhlKWpRdg5CT/w480-h640/IMG_8916.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="476" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/btcLRuS1Nrc" width="571" youtube-src-id="btcLRuS1Nrc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked back to Marienplatz where they had a choir singing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="406" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7mYrfSXmH9E" width="489" youtube-src-id="7mYrfSXmH9E"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought about grabbing a bite at the market, but my hotel is right across the street from Eataly, so I decided to go there for dinner. I had pizza...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh-JKF7_Gf8FvPt6dgbqdTB78KGQ8zJDrsMWiZBzs6Bu-4ViTshnptiGkPb83Lf8mx-DUXuNanZarc2--6UFRTM9nq3bdPe5jI40q7ItD5TL_SXHvAaiOs8yv1YlTCm-sWOZouQNRvpPgzUrrarlKFBOCdotagrO3-0p9O47gNGKgrBr631EEONBb/s2252/IMG_9355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh-JKF7_Gf8FvPt6dgbqdTB78KGQ8zJDrsMWiZBzs6Bu-4ViTshnptiGkPb83Lf8mx-DUXuNanZarc2--6UFRTM9nq3bdPe5jI40q7ItD5TL_SXHvAaiOs8yv1YlTCm-sWOZouQNRvpPgzUrrarlKFBOCdotagrO3-0p9O47gNGKgrBr631EEONBb/w364-h640/IMG_9355.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...but most importantly, I had Gelato. They had one of my favorites that is hard to find, Mascarpone & Caramelized Fig (with Stracciatella...I almost always get Stracciatella as one of my flavors).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiMmGRB-7AOtoYZUVkZ4Jw-TOoQE-PJ0jICewXVQTAQFnObe30RQqKrGURiyZxXHEmp6ksaWLctnBBuN3Q7QJqwZ3WjzF8QHhE6w7LN2acMONgy-nwaFlKg-Q0JYHNj8iOVIaMTOK-RhrNeHJHmr1x4J9b6R6RI_93fbrUScbPmru-se3OWA5MuTo/s2231/IMG_9356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2231" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijiMmGRB-7AOtoYZUVkZ4Jw-TOoQE-PJ0jICewXVQTAQFnObe30RQqKrGURiyZxXHEmp6ksaWLctnBBuN3Q7QJqwZ3WjzF8QHhE6w7LN2acMONgy-nwaFlKg-Q0JYHNj8iOVIaMTOK-RhrNeHJHmr1x4J9b6R6RI_93fbrUScbPmru-se3OWA5MuTo/w368-h640/IMG_9356.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stayed at Hotel Blauer Bock again this trip. I looked at a lot of hotels, but I really just like the location of this hotel, plus it's clean and the price is good. I borrowed this pic from the hotel because I forgot to take one again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqguaG2jk1FlI0Nnjm9nnSoUMSLcZ4gFHfF9Vz4SXwjzQ0pnYMn5F_xcBLMzmJJIccqAIONlPSJ-PWBYHIdBpnRXOGtsdni29TBNa9pQszABPlOJGNAz2FdGDd4_W1AaYynHBovH5qvCgChwP02Rhb6zjavAihIewZOZ2K2knAQiFCuWM5vDhfmDOs/s1284/IMG_9358%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1284" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqguaG2jk1FlI0Nnjm9nnSoUMSLcZ4gFHfF9Vz4SXwjzQ0pnYMn5F_xcBLMzmJJIccqAIONlPSJ-PWBYHIdBpnRXOGtsdni29TBNa9pQszABPlOJGNAz2FdGDd4_W1AaYynHBovH5qvCgChwP02Rhb6zjavAihIewZOZ2K2knAQiFCuWM5vDhfmDOs/w640-h370/IMG_9358%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It used to house Benedictine Monks. The walls are super thick, and the doors are like vault doors thick, so it's pretty quiet. I just did the single room here, which is small, but I knew what to expect. I think it may be under new ownership as there had been some small changes. One I appreciated is that they have key cards to the rooms now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5Ijn7Pm5E7WlXzWvhycyin7qthq4kwpxervrPbkEJYOHyx6LdDBH06z_WA8NmstOBe5m-zHycB9hdv_rmrexOukoxTnPYY9lshNhfaujQJeX42jAOgnQAU_IDl7O8oR68iIivx-r9KmPQSC9j_KlFC73AXsIbuKYWE6m4vMbGpAPCOV8EvSqgOHg/s4928/LDN_4631.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5Ijn7Pm5E7WlXzWvhycyin7qthq4kwpxervrPbkEJYOHyx6LdDBH06z_WA8NmstOBe5m-zHycB9hdv_rmrexOukoxTnPYY9lshNhfaujQJeX42jAOgnQAU_IDl7O8oR68iIivx-r9KmPQSC9j_KlFC73AXsIbuKYWE6m4vMbGpAPCOV8EvSqgOHg/w424-h640/LDN_4631.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7P3oDrICKBYCavennCanlh0UQgPMimhx_ZC9N0bxz6Yc4cxEh9tGjS_q7MMLe3xoaPfuYyhBU77K6mAwvotDIIybG7ZsRT9kkbAZukwj8J8O11X__eNKDaHgta5MbFrg_G9rnXkxjXiHugNLgJSwYsslbt6VuZTYZeklm1RNUrpfO1wUChLjxs8T/s4928/LDN_4632.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7P3oDrICKBYCavennCanlh0UQgPMimhx_ZC9N0bxz6Yc4cxEh9tGjS_q7MMLe3xoaPfuYyhBU77K6mAwvotDIIybG7ZsRT9kkbAZukwj8J8O11X__eNKDaHgta5MbFrg_G9rnXkxjXiHugNLgJSwYsslbt6VuZTYZeklm1RNUrpfO1wUChLjxs8T/w424-h640/LDN_4632.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEind-BZ7B0xBGYQXS2Zm-qxhOQut0wXt7A0w4poUSOOEvESRhTnkgjglG7Vb5AnsSL1Ac12XVzhIJCG0w9prWRJOth5MSjoj13LKCNiG36uD4a_D96GVvZ_8ikaTzUvEadNuwHkk0UOouc5jq8nZxQAw-EjhC29U3ssG4vqsVKBeYRx_SJcB1laCnJT/s4928/LDN_4633.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEind-BZ7B0xBGYQXS2Zm-qxhOQut0wXt7A0w4poUSOOEvESRhTnkgjglG7Vb5AnsSL1Ac12XVzhIJCG0w9prWRJOth5MSjoj13LKCNiG36uD4a_D96GVvZ_8ikaTzUvEadNuwHkk0UOouc5jq8nZxQAw-EjhC29U3ssG4vqsVKBeYRx_SJcB1laCnJT/w424-h640/LDN_4633.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEOgXe5o_XOk1Wv-hY2d8DdImkc1k9WatSHPG_zRXW0ts6IuFEEBVOkrsesZ8yhqqZ4fU3u5j2MvmrFNdMbkRJUprAYg_oLGAuFBSa1Ojkg54Hoi0TiEDSwLC26FRFmEY0cpHFEuObEL0JnG0s1-RXxOrhIxoXVVYOiEJFrLHXXWNMrNwZSikRjzo/s4928/LDN_4634.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEOgXe5o_XOk1Wv-hY2d8DdImkc1k9WatSHPG_zRXW0ts6IuFEEBVOkrsesZ8yhqqZ4fU3u5j2MvmrFNdMbkRJUprAYg_oLGAuFBSa1Ojkg54Hoi0TiEDSwLC26FRFmEY0cpHFEuObEL0JnG0s1-RXxOrhIxoXVVYOiEJFrLHXXWNMrNwZSikRjzo/w424-h640/LDN_4634.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE-VYOaGWf-MKxYXkoQSN0GJzXn-0qRyJiXfBMOdompkvFEvS8wzcNUv_JTq1ZJJTJ4XCPLF26L4HzDefSfawfikoT-OYCK-prHrawG8Z3j-9lMpoQnLE-cIeHP1544x-MTlifaipKDP3k-Tj-cY_41yhi4AX01cZmAWMUwJ2HNdJ5xoEL2P3eTwX/s4928/LDN_4636.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE-VYOaGWf-MKxYXkoQSN0GJzXn-0qRyJiXfBMOdompkvFEvS8wzcNUv_JTq1ZJJTJ4XCPLF26L4HzDefSfawfikoT-OYCK-prHrawG8Z3j-9lMpoQnLE-cIeHP1544x-MTlifaipKDP3k-Tj-cY_41yhi4AX01cZmAWMUwJ2HNdJ5xoEL2P3eTwX/w424-h640/LDN_4636.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's the end of Day 8. I had a big day planned for the next day, so I didn't have a late night.</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-4713144323369903022023-01-09T05:00:00.020-06:002023-01-09T07:15:57.133-06:00Europe 2022 {Day 7 ~ Nürnberg}<p>Sunday, December 18th started with an early train to Nürnberg. This was a longer train ride lasting about 3 hours and 15 minutes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VXzeWRLwBL2Q6qViKUW1wYAWKrxymJYLsGsHAqZ-DcVtR31bAH-xXcgm2mT1UWZiuBf3XhBQrWyRSdN83KUmD9e4gsrF7BYF1q45FdaDwiMoVNbAEBWkteOGAUIrXpEnP8NRPMq8Qg6fS2OH6vc2-FqV-8EMNVkR6jWEU6bciF9FeZn7WlLjQ6aT/s3088/IMG_8761.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VXzeWRLwBL2Q6qViKUW1wYAWKrxymJYLsGsHAqZ-DcVtR31bAH-xXcgm2mT1UWZiuBf3XhBQrWyRSdN83KUmD9e4gsrF7BYF1q45FdaDwiMoVNbAEBWkteOGAUIrXpEnP8NRPMq8Qg6fS2OH6vc2-FqV-8EMNVkR6jWEU6bciF9FeZn7WlLjQ6aT/w480-h640/IMG_8761.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I arrived in Nürnberg, I took a taxi to my hotel. I was able to check in and get into my room early. After dropping my luggage in the room, I walked right out of the hotel into the Hauptmarkt which is where the main Christmas market is located. I walked around the market some and check out what the various vendors had to offer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZe8VTGArUqre84yPDyrdZ8wIq0umVF-2ijfcVGb6Qo2dijt6_1XwCDpvgHOf2ANExA9tisANPcgnYcXJWVK-fsfHbWcXlVolbBBoPO7fZbzuZ77ndH_MKFWr9ydTempte7P1c9O4EX0FKW9En7-JKqotqlCFY2PtA7XnAzjOoYQqsX1wcJ-9u-EZ/s4032/IMG_8766.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZe8VTGArUqre84yPDyrdZ8wIq0umVF-2ijfcVGb6Qo2dijt6_1XwCDpvgHOf2ANExA9tisANPcgnYcXJWVK-fsfHbWcXlVolbBBoPO7fZbzuZ77ndH_MKFWr9ydTempte7P1c9O4EX0FKW9En7-JKqotqlCFY2PtA7XnAzjOoYQqsX1wcJ-9u-EZ/w480-h640/IMG_8766.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After walking around the market, I decided it was time for some food. I walked to Restoration Kopernikus for some schnitzel and potato salad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP-losNRjb0jRya_Q4AtU5DpcttdeYigQbff73H9PYId3efE3HcsdEeM_2qqFZTV5MMXWpjkq_9NPixp0vBlcO8lSIHVXEFBFUKROLnnFOff068bs6QkQkYif15XpDl8RcCEuMi2XTYivBtH8t6-cUaP5j3G9vaHtDpKh7nSEEv_S6P5PHzd9nTrk/s4032/IMG_8767.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwP-losNRjb0jRya_Q4AtU5DpcttdeYigQbff73H9PYId3efE3HcsdEeM_2qqFZTV5MMXWpjkq_9NPixp0vBlcO8lSIHVXEFBFUKROLnnFOff068bs6QkQkYif15XpDl8RcCEuMi2XTYivBtH8t6-cUaP5j3G9vaHtDpKh7nSEEv_S6P5PHzd9nTrk/w480-h640/IMG_8767.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After lunch, I headed out on a bit of a self-guided walking tour of Nürnberg. This is the Children's Christmas Market. They had lots of animatronics...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="485" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KXdipOAO598" width="583" youtube-src-id="KXdipOAO598"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I walked toward Hangman's Bridge. This is a sign I saw as I approached. I don't really know why it was there, but I didn't see anyone lose a hand...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y9Fz9dYKEZ9UAtXRkVPcg0HKmwbLFuwrV5xRBn_lq7U_yCZeToPfu_SnJM6FiWBfh9QjD5BI81z3JTUJnZD9NL-1SQPHPnwphBe3xfp4zBamHPNPtyHNO1jzU0ETCAayq1HElnSi970xQYMePhlPixwxOr-m7izpWZPWwVInEXTy5CDruPZH7HMT/s1964/IMG_D1E6B6A67E59-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8y9Fz9dYKEZ9UAtXRkVPcg0HKmwbLFuwrV5xRBn_lq7U_yCZeToPfu_SnJM6FiWBfh9QjD5BI81z3JTUJnZD9NL-1SQPHPnwphBe3xfp4zBamHPNPtyHNO1jzU0ETCAayq1HElnSi970xQYMePhlPixwxOr-m7izpWZPWwVInEXTy5CDruPZH7HMT/w418-h640/IMG_D1E6B6A67E59-1.jpeg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hangman's Bridge dates to 1595</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">This is one of the tower guards for one of the four main medieval entrances to Nürnberg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGk_vRVkwlFZsR6JzK0r5TeiyzUWgwIm1beITLtSgANOgh6IcwYoGmF1yFn4MOpJTAtvGaGOP0XoHd3i8CXfGgLlQfhExuzT93jY4XiUwtmn4iFhq5IBakA3YhbvfLQ6sFePVeX5XaLUdMDAeJr6xRoOxsjBE09cwWyZnwWJb5zTqYtwyfYtgJO96D/s4928/LDN_4615.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGk_vRVkwlFZsR6JzK0r5TeiyzUWgwIm1beITLtSgANOgh6IcwYoGmF1yFn4MOpJTAtvGaGOP0XoHd3i8CXfGgLlQfhExuzT93jY4XiUwtmn4iFhq5IBakA3YhbvfLQ6sFePVeX5XaLUdMDAeJr6xRoOxsjBE09cwWyZnwWJb5zTqYtwyfYtgJO96D/w424-h640/LDN_4615.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It's cute, but not old. It was built in 1971.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ONGEQfzymEEg0tPykXMywNgH9jEJNnDZvjTz1g7lWU68utsekjrHRxWoAUskWxshXMXRjBGpzuc21mPjpLCYYs5_aibRq7RJhER0GzaPcS0Oi4p--QPyWQF3n9DvmWXRDvZd2M-Wke-48y-JqpS9MYvSUVDsbby1hKOipxTBkyPXldsh_nWd31V6/s4928/LDN_4618.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ONGEQfzymEEg0tPykXMywNgH9jEJNnDZvjTz1g7lWU68utsekjrHRxWoAUskWxshXMXRjBGpzuc21mPjpLCYYs5_aibRq7RJhER0GzaPcS0Oi4p--QPyWQF3n9DvmWXRDvZd2M-Wke-48y-JqpS9MYvSUVDsbby1hKOipxTBkyPXldsh_nWd31V6/w640-h424/LDN_4618.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kaiserburg... The Imperial Castle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46cSvCZce4zOsrpQ4R6Ujds_AkB4nYJvVecvCfQu8bxY2LwL1gwdH5sG19MdTHbRAKjLDiTUj7xNuMAWUesQN5t08t-vNeLEPYbmOkH_D9APnnOf3r3PiY2CoYRzrUrfs3CZ_NUb96M1m6jXWi_Rfpw5xVLe99NcjsdsSvnA3ziYm-PEAAkAQXv4-/s4928/LDN_4620.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46cSvCZce4zOsrpQ4R6Ujds_AkB4nYJvVecvCfQu8bxY2LwL1gwdH5sG19MdTHbRAKjLDiTUj7xNuMAWUesQN5t08t-vNeLEPYbmOkH_D9APnnOf3r3PiY2CoYRzrUrfs3CZ_NUb96M1m6jXWi_Rfpw5xVLe99NcjsdsSvnA3ziYm-PEAAkAQXv4-/w640-h424/LDN_4620.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty view as I started the walk back town to the market </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiF55dbALBlEavkyTCDacPEyTq1CUd5ohlehcEQD-BBJRX4wLG6caFXH6jFUBF3_Mcs3iKNwbeAse0ykzP500O5HPTjTAgw9iEbpH_VuNRhnbqgOssub2o000LQBrfAE0RzxN4ubRAqfefvWTRS6s77Z5yi6VPqMqe0dOPoj_4X6MR7Mr_QCwf6I4w/s1798/8B99FDDA-6251-44CE-B748-705650A95261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiF55dbALBlEavkyTCDacPEyTq1CUd5ohlehcEQD-BBJRX4wLG6caFXH6jFUBF3_Mcs3iKNwbeAse0ykzP500O5HPTjTAgw9iEbpH_VuNRhnbqgOssub2o000LQBrfAE0RzxN4ubRAqfefvWTRS6s77Z5yi6VPqMqe0dOPoj_4X6MR7Mr_QCwf6I4w/w512-h640/8B99FDDA-6251-44CE-B748-705650A95261.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqehVNhIlwFktAkI40_6JYoZyWcaTMug1Ei1HxWMy6mSqATMhwDGGSbMKG1RYZYPvdyYEw1Xec5OuwVXRT5hj0FLiY71E1LshOqVR3So1yPyyYmd0NFXL8oz960KhZSey-sd7uOtsRHUtS80vDlKj6hk5sYhT3hiiQ4A9JuFebox1juegmSA_jc1hF/s4032/IMG_8803.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqehVNhIlwFktAkI40_6JYoZyWcaTMug1Ei1HxWMy6mSqATMhwDGGSbMKG1RYZYPvdyYEw1Xec5OuwVXRT5hj0FLiY71E1LshOqVR3So1yPyyYmd0NFXL8oz960KhZSey-sd7uOtsRHUtS80vDlKj6hk5sYhT3hiiQ4A9JuFebox1juegmSA_jc1hF/w480-h640/IMG_8803.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4aWVe2enDmhCyvQSwzH0KBDAbMSXLQMEC2br5Ge-jgErcAzFEcuF0_lpG_-diSvxvO7lK7GpoRgdObu76xCKZCnYo8azlzppc3R506SaixeSo0AjIrkTeYiqxyyiMhR5pBWvKHkD8wLvtls-9gqi8szP44LHbjhlnjwgMmPY2pytyOo2i_0e-Ygl/s4032/IMG_8804.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4aWVe2enDmhCyvQSwzH0KBDAbMSXLQMEC2br5Ge-jgErcAzFEcuF0_lpG_-diSvxvO7lK7GpoRgdObu76xCKZCnYo8azlzppc3R506SaixeSo0AjIrkTeYiqxyyiMhR5pBWvKHkD8wLvtls-9gqi8szP44LHbjhlnjwgMmPY2pytyOo2i_0e-Ygl/w480-h640/IMG_8804.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was one of the coldest days of my trip. I contemplated going out to the Nazi Documentation Center, but my map told me to get on a bus and ride 25 stops, then walk. A lot of the documentation center appeared to be outside and I just didn't have it in me at this point (later I heard it was under construction and not even worth the visit). The market was very crowded, so I went back to the hotel to warm up and take a little nap with the plan to head out when the World Cup Finals started. It was a great plan as the market was very uncrowded!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBCopFiudNu5nMXKvv49dHBEy4Roh5k4RnewQzuxzU6xngr5OSidND2AqYnqo4-GTBr8l9e9Uk6mgl2wXS8cxZXB_qx9uMZoyfweai6Ui4vRm6yHjz9Baj1FFWx45BgeXLpLDYobCeRsCImNna6Ti0eEXe4uqXJJNSWPDT4XiqkbetXoqnSbU9qlF/s4032/IMG_8813.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBCopFiudNu5nMXKvv49dHBEy4Roh5k4RnewQzuxzU6xngr5OSidND2AqYnqo4-GTBr8l9e9Uk6mgl2wXS8cxZXB_qx9uMZoyfweai6Ui4vRm6yHjz9Baj1FFWx45BgeXLpLDYobCeRsCImNna6Ti0eEXe4uqXJJNSWPDT4XiqkbetXoqnSbU9qlF/w480-h640/IMG_8813.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMV0gmkt3-3fCcXg4LB5ESy0hqtuYXnxkejcZUUQ0g920y7ztCWNbjNYAp0FuSAsjLc2MmEbUdkdK5svawZDbY78o-58LzW-azYQaQ24PjSteIRs8LGyjcLQiruwBO8Hb3n25k0pKYmys4hOW-YR9NcF6mZJvoVYGIviDqOQ7M_u6CANToRuGEbYf/s4928/LDN_4623.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">This is one of the "things" at the Nürnberg market. They sell these people made of prunes and walnuts. People were buying them left and right. I did not purchase one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAtiUy1PgGHDcoLXHpvvenc54_WisBI_8IdOTrHUwqEYC5cACW_5E29SCYmPbof7QsRx8vt3OXnSM1d7MiuId-6Venu7YdLVOi-0ct41Jl7zir3tAaZQE4lwMVos9W79lBeu6svRbQ5K6jZqNjcaxRm_KaTb9aURmsDeBnaw5QMYf4LzAKTit8TtP/s4032/IMG_8821.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAtiUy1PgGHDcoLXHpvvenc54_WisBI_8IdOTrHUwqEYC5cACW_5E29SCYmPbof7QsRx8vt3OXnSM1d7MiuId-6Venu7YdLVOi-0ct41Jl7zir3tAaZQE4lwMVos9W79lBeu6svRbQ5K6jZqNjcaxRm_KaTb9aURmsDeBnaw5QMYf4LzAKTit8TtP/w480-h640/IMG_8821.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6Bx117OZoBfWu-GTUkmoH0bsGr7YCiHpP-EkEBuw1rC7EWDuOD-SHUp7id2FrMdy_e9wT2lUawagoS9aHzD209w90G4VuNJvzNt9EXKVZvTsjvkw40dvyYY00fpZNukztk7nSSnaUzdUxWRBVfCZ3qXvHi09JuTd0VkgR42dmTWDqqnbAkk_xXXp/s4032/IMG_8822.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6Bx117OZoBfWu-GTUkmoH0bsGr7YCiHpP-EkEBuw1rC7EWDuOD-SHUp7id2FrMdy_e9wT2lUawagoS9aHzD209w90G4VuNJvzNt9EXKVZvTsjvkw40dvyYY00fpZNukztk7nSSnaUzdUxWRBVfCZ3qXvHi09JuTd0VkgR42dmTWDqqnbAkk_xXXp/w480-h640/IMG_8822.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the markets partners with countries around the world to sell their local goods.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxykbYBETMPv-QpJaflUkpNDd4IvP0n6jOPtNjVJIK4QR91bb3aMfBdv-dX0Q8DrONmmAAOFyHwh58QgyTF_WM67oMlN9u5k0HDduWOnQa3bT7OkSv9GOpJ3rnvHAw-yTlPZEjH2imAZ2AhwmbFH4u_aCmzVfvGiUaoNxGncBsHyqanVAvMcBmem2X/s1800/9AD70E7A-2EB6-4248-92AF-6AFD1126E867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxykbYBETMPv-QpJaflUkpNDd4IvP0n6jOPtNjVJIK4QR91bb3aMfBdv-dX0Q8DrONmmAAOFyHwh58QgyTF_WM67oMlN9u5k0HDduWOnQa3bT7OkSv9GOpJ3rnvHAw-yTlPZEjH2imAZ2AhwmbFH4u_aCmzVfvGiUaoNxGncBsHyqanVAvMcBmem2X/w512-h640/9AD70E7A-2EB6-4248-92AF-6AFD1126E867.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had dinner at the market. The potato cakes again (these were even better than the ones I had in Aachen)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1v0_twR4gJR0Bnooi_M4-rhJ_vuOkyGKs35xYIjaoBqI28GRKJ99DykVa1Gv85FgKVwoK3GrL4KWQRJ9y3NAU59i6OlIqh01TgqmyaCevuQPaIgME9kYxkdkPPSS5b6h9Lt3Efn3qAJYHK1E1fhJ3huJt46MI8zq5I1EJSkiXZQl8In6QcfUtUaM/s4032/IMG_8823.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1v0_twR4gJR0Bnooi_M4-rhJ_vuOkyGKs35xYIjaoBqI28GRKJ99DykVa1Gv85FgKVwoK3GrL4KWQRJ9y3NAU59i6OlIqh01TgqmyaCevuQPaIgME9kYxkdkPPSS5b6h9Lt3Efn3qAJYHK1E1fhJ3huJt46MI8zq5I1EJSkiXZQl8In6QcfUtUaM/w480-h640/IMG_8823.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the Nürnberg sausages. They do little sausages here. You get 3 small ones on a bun...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3rWgZExMU0FDTkExd_Gn6dGyLoDX4OpgTC0QtdOBDBzo3ISBd-kMOkZnzCqII1h9A-ST45lvGES8gRFyhE0Ft7upolUWgr5AqyCgBVfNFKzsw0OainfxLqMlZq25dszb7grXBb7LXOOgvebQ4As8w2djls32EX3J2-I8qMqo4wqGvSDxJXZGTCe6/s4032/IMG_8826.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3rWgZExMU0FDTkExd_Gn6dGyLoDX4OpgTC0QtdOBDBzo3ISBd-kMOkZnzCqII1h9A-ST45lvGES8gRFyhE0Ft7upolUWgr5AqyCgBVfNFKzsw0OainfxLqMlZq25dszb7grXBb7LXOOgvebQ4As8w2djls32EX3J2-I8qMqo4wqGvSDxJXZGTCe6/w480-h640/IMG_8826.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did not photograph the Nürnberg Lebkuchen (their version of gingerbread). It was so good! I bought several things to bring home and then the next morning I waited for the store to open to buy more after I had tried some the night before. Here's a pic I borrowed from Wicklein, the store I shopped. It's been baking them for 400 years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhZZnb8iOuUT6h8sWgpPUiKb7gikh4Egx7BBKK565RWG47mmJjyq51dUB8YAz3gXAh1efdzCHKeX3TxJjNuL2A8mFE2jP40rJT6BGCijY9Y5ENko0mUVAzZCzZ8hvgKfZ1vIjEZ2JdJAVhOif1mn-ZBOt06unMTpG369mRioIyToVmXIa7mquxhzf/s1312/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%205.41.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1312" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXhZZnb8iOuUT6h8sWgpPUiKb7gikh4Egx7BBKK565RWG47mmJjyq51dUB8YAz3gXAh1efdzCHKeX3TxJjNuL2A8mFE2jP40rJT6BGCijY9Y5ENko0mUVAzZCzZ8hvgKfZ1vIjEZ2JdJAVhOif1mn-ZBOt06unMTpG369mRioIyToVmXIa7mquxhzf/w418-h329/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-08%20at%205.41.40%20PM.png" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hotel was the Sorat Hotel. It was right at the market and was perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(borrowed photo from hotel)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAa24zBe6cGLWFfAVXZiHxsPycC90cbt11p85lDoCT4CUBvIXLavyhttsqFm3OdHiFJH5ap_oZx_MiBT_WF3bdNzRjzYvXCdsVXqxeCtW99W3K7LC4oxvY8Ji92ccWWxogwziQiia4Rb3WnIEZf_j5x92jU3FYD8dxUTXE9BaMgdHrHpoWJcKaLrP/s1800/IMG_9331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAa24zBe6cGLWFfAVXZiHxsPycC90cbt11p85lDoCT4CUBvIXLavyhttsqFm3OdHiFJH5ap_oZx_MiBT_WF3bdNzRjzYvXCdsVXqxeCtW99W3K7LC4oxvY8Ji92ccWWxogwziQiia4Rb3WnIEZf_j5x92jU3FYD8dxUTXE9BaMgdHrHpoWJcKaLrP/w456-h640/IMG_9331.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a not great photo I took right out the front door of the hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on Nürnberg. It has a great market and I'm happy I got a chance to visit!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-88754194537309245802023-01-04T05:00:00.001-06:002023-01-04T05:00:00.233-06:00Europe 2022 {Day 6 ~ Köln}<p> Saturday, December 17th was COLD! I headed out and walked to Bakery Merzenich am Neumarkt for breakfast. They had lots of yummy looking treats, but I settled on this one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBNPmb1nZVlahpWCYnzf3W4ON1KjHGb6DU6tjTl2xBNzXNMul6XbdzVSCb5IXXoqrKYpkoXDzek6tdP2bUqoiZYwGDP29AV9gXnDtOQxYdaZw_s08kRgI0irmGLxO1pri3SJBR9oMFEVbKeL5wzQCceMc88Zw3RCTuOVG1ZluQ9p56WIuEAIZWm4n/s4032/IMG_8647.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBNPmb1nZVlahpWCYnzf3W4ON1KjHGb6DU6tjTl2xBNzXNMul6XbdzVSCb5IXXoqrKYpkoXDzek6tdP2bUqoiZYwGDP29AV9gXnDtOQxYdaZw_s08kRgI0irmGLxO1pri3SJBR9oMFEVbKeL5wzQCceMc88Zw3RCTuOVG1ZluQ9p56WIuEAIZWm4n/w480-h640/IMG_8647.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I set out walking toward the Cathedral. It's just massive. Rick Steves calls it "Germany's most exciting church".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi_6T4-WdIwKYDzMaUpBmcUW4EdQ3by5nnIRIgyr9GGT4er2WfY7TvjiE0kvSVR-1K7T_cTPmrNF1LjI3LRMw_cs9Ehn9hwtXNZYVGLDSrEuS1HjfHUkJ9m4gBJkGAp7w_5hymagx83d0i36Tqotbk079dfj9YuKDNXREBI8dYbHePrsgEoocrwaN/s4928/LDN_4564.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi_6T4-WdIwKYDzMaUpBmcUW4EdQ3by5nnIRIgyr9GGT4er2WfY7TvjiE0kvSVR-1K7T_cTPmrNF1LjI3LRMw_cs9Ehn9hwtXNZYVGLDSrEuS1HjfHUkJ9m4gBJkGAp7w_5hymagx83d0i36Tqotbk079dfj9YuKDNXREBI8dYbHePrsgEoocrwaN/w424-h640/LDN_4564.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While Köln was bombed heavily in World War 2 (95% of the city was destroyed), the cathedral remain relatively in tact despite being hit by 15 bombs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtb1NkZGFa54nitR47o3Uunj3-HWLksXiSIRoPcRVltr3i27nyfvN9xH9WungTwzj8TexXG8C603YrwjiAWMl6RtfbQQOX261CE4YhbUuXZmqelSz42duYZSm0uA5Mpqu5M6zxBFoabIFTAy6HUoLEgnvYfxZiAfSN2rMMwkOWyiAN76OU4zLW7Ryz/s4032/IMG_8649.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtb1NkZGFa54nitR47o3Uunj3-HWLksXiSIRoPcRVltr3i27nyfvN9xH9WungTwzj8TexXG8C603YrwjiAWMl6RtfbQQOX261CE4YhbUuXZmqelSz42duYZSm0uA5Mpqu5M6zxBFoabIFTAy6HUoLEgnvYfxZiAfSN2rMMwkOWyiAN76OU4zLW7Ryz/w480-h640/IMG_8649.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">140 foot tall ceilings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlwBN9ORXxuJD95McpvZfFiacYapejAnlKNH-eu0lPwSGMzni3rAU9X2OQ2xbVlyZDbLvOcS1q9lycTgP4QWmdy95YLyA3Cq-uCMMM3k4iPwoqLFb_1StIuaCLjjpEi_52JFlCLvBPQj76bFmFBUY_2MFOjGtkV9teI5N6wv_qvJb6VL3sz2iBumr/s4032/IMG_8652.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlwBN9ORXxuJD95McpvZfFiacYapejAnlKNH-eu0lPwSGMzni3rAU9X2OQ2xbVlyZDbLvOcS1q9lycTgP4QWmdy95YLyA3Cq-uCMMM3k4iPwoqLFb_1StIuaCLjjpEi_52JFlCLvBPQj76bFmFBUY_2MFOjGtkV9teI5N6wv_qvJb6VL3sz2iBumr/w480-h640/IMG_8652.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU8lhBubU7z31GlEdDFYSe_2xHAKpCYpL9pl0K2zG6F-XTwOYzRUfkNXsNw6r93k9NanMFJnkYBJkqHe6SfGKtwrcTm27TBGIKzzxadlPyl1BhkWLlkpxtGJS9JnaN8iJXD9ZvjOHVfMrpL6PVk4_w18mOl_hhgSlC5t1Rum_SQ4fdJnNTfioQRCQ/s4032/IMG_8654.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU8lhBubU7z31GlEdDFYSe_2xHAKpCYpL9pl0K2zG6F-XTwOYzRUfkNXsNw6r93k9NanMFJnkYBJkqHe6SfGKtwrcTm27TBGIKzzxadlPyl1BhkWLlkpxtGJS9JnaN8iJXD9ZvjOHVfMrpL6PVk4_w18mOl_hhgSlC5t1Rum_SQ4fdJnNTfioQRCQ/w480-h640/IMG_8654.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbsCS6JTj0CcXrVx0e6G5iMAlMKCLkF7V_rO-9vKWn8G4P8cZVHQI54d7dz3zBQZg2BH3OzbE8CzD-egXCA5uvXdllIz8WiuVNe7oEWEYy-IL0r-CVFLjDYAqcIh8xq7O9JzgaSHPVwh8OWQuM3Yw3l6vEw3YcF8slOi20SJ6J1pPyaR3jRHHMClO/s4032/IMG_8657.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbsCS6JTj0CcXrVx0e6G5iMAlMKCLkF7V_rO-9vKWn8G4P8cZVHQI54d7dz3zBQZg2BH3OzbE8CzD-egXCA5uvXdllIz8WiuVNe7oEWEYy-IL0r-CVFLjDYAqcIh8xq7O9JzgaSHPVwh8OWQuM3Yw3l6vEw3YcF8slOi20SJ6J1pPyaR3jRHHMClO/w480-h640/IMG_8657.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gero-Crucifix in the Chapel of the Cross. This is the oldest surviving monumental crucifix north of the Alps. It was carved in the 970s</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZkkHC-50MuFZhNbiU4n_R6LbsvbbBhCO43AQzNwjVSj6Kizk-3uONEr5zGATnXQMlohBtk0dqPAhA6waE3tNjARljVqinjfMFu1xNrkM9DRzqHqSQTE6OZgcTs7f3ytCPg9IHiefrMYXo1KiS4NiPBcJd0bXSnjroD9D8nGy6_HcTscsO8G3npJe/s4032/IMG_8658.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZkkHC-50MuFZhNbiU4n_R6LbsvbbBhCO43AQzNwjVSj6Kizk-3uONEr5zGATnXQMlohBtk0dqPAhA6waE3tNjARljVqinjfMFu1xNrkM9DRzqHqSQTE6OZgcTs7f3ytCPg9IHiefrMYXo1KiS4NiPBcJd0bXSnjroD9D8nGy6_HcTscsO8G3npJe/w480-h640/IMG_8658.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Shrine of the Magi. Köln acquired the bones of the Three Kings in the 12th century.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_P448GIPFochxgb9kK0U8sy-X7FgCpER6VOoxnSCNcTryUVuOK1svJbbb_tbEhZ4hu5dKyBwh2wGRF4fDswuSqnAEMcHCyYI-DKmXgQ57iR0hsyNFkUG7hyXQPWv6fFlXqO_Y40PEBMRqqz4qEvhUHafw5h_IE6cvHvo4VW4c3f3xvgzL6BmQEsWl/s1791/B23316A6-F01E-4BDD-A7BE-904F12455903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_P448GIPFochxgb9kK0U8sy-X7FgCpER6VOoxnSCNcTryUVuOK1svJbbb_tbEhZ4hu5dKyBwh2wGRF4fDswuSqnAEMcHCyYI-DKmXgQ57iR0hsyNFkUG7hyXQPWv6fFlXqO_Y40PEBMRqqz4qEvhUHafw5h_IE6cvHvo4VW4c3f3xvgzL6BmQEsWl/w514-h640/B23316A6-F01E-4BDD-A7BE-904F12455903.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside this gold box sit the bones of the Magi. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I went to Früh am Dom for lunch. I just beat the lunch crowd, but as I was finishing up, I ended up at a table of Germans in town for the markets. One couple was from Aachen so I complemented their lovely market.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_y0WA-HoKGITBqNi-DaAO0VxWi-Yjr3rh5kautxAPHUbzKQHOBKzhiVZdzzenvMCGdObk0FtK0vnvMBWSt3B_WLe3WGBOuUz5PKErJCcy2puBFOpTGirprnx-fjIQvQ3SaWEFPorNIBqvLCIoHPGDUyYcFY0pJaUm8H6hcosoA7I2QCKJaD3AneO/s4032/IMG_8673.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_y0WA-HoKGITBqNi-DaAO0VxWi-Yjr3rh5kautxAPHUbzKQHOBKzhiVZdzzenvMCGdObk0FtK0vnvMBWSt3B_WLe3WGBOuUz5PKErJCcy2puBFOpTGirprnx-fjIQvQ3SaWEFPorNIBqvLCIoHPGDUyYcFY0pJaUm8H6hcosoA7I2QCKJaD3AneO/w480-h640/IMG_8673.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Schweineschnitzel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhiUGuegswzWbn_Mv6y6wXUPSzokrMcWEJAJt6hevbtiBKw8-lYSk282ShhAYbW7GjCjJLPPX7D55RXOvGMt0KB6x8dW9B-W6ek3pV7bVAeOqY6yj-EaUSeh1XeOsIU_ql8exGBuoccX0VgZNKXSkHxuPpzEksM8aR1hj0_-Vvsj0vI5DXzW6caHn/s4032/IMG_8674.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhiUGuegswzWbn_Mv6y6wXUPSzokrMcWEJAJt6hevbtiBKw8-lYSk282ShhAYbW7GjCjJLPPX7D55RXOvGMt0KB6x8dW9B-W6ek3pV7bVAeOqY6yj-EaUSeh1XeOsIU_ql8exGBuoccX0VgZNKXSkHxuPpzEksM8aR1hj0_-Vvsj0vI5DXzW6caHn/w480-h640/IMG_8674.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxqol-Jc6tKRuD43VeHuVkN_X11ZixI4ogWYQypR7qrizbILsyp0AvFT9EJzvKdTGnYWDtbuRe7wkcG-q1eZPM0gJcq2pSbdtPN4KLB_xKZwQExDU0Kk5rdDQYNQ6cNE9J8Jhdf_FUk-khj8vQ1M_W9Wmpt2eTBxP9MggMCDo0mFSwQajyr8y08Y7/s4928/LDN_4590.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxqol-Jc6tKRuD43VeHuVkN_X11ZixI4ogWYQypR7qrizbILsyp0AvFT9EJzvKdTGnYWDtbuRe7wkcG-q1eZPM0gJcq2pSbdtPN4KLB_xKZwQExDU0Kk5rdDQYNQ6cNE9J8Jhdf_FUk-khj8vQ1M_W9Wmpt2eTBxP9MggMCDo0mFSwQajyr8y08Y7/w424-h640/LDN_4590.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="502" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DoRz17EIFds" width="604" youtube-src-id="DoRz17EIFds"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Heinz's Winter Fairytale market. It is huge and spans the Alter Market and the Heumarkt. There are 141 vendors booths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1d3fJO4jiDHV3Z7JFgIIi41wejeT46PwSYONQ2ij4b1uxu6zCnNzAp8psG2z9U2ScqJzK4vICx5IWfK3uUHMdqoboK9X3p6wgFDwSwOSPWIpl81Z3VBtJv0BnQ7nma6S-1J3HtIk0nq4SqyVp6T39xzqha249V7rL9GFc6OJ0PuKoR_Oha8_FT8e/s4928/LDN_4592.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1d3fJO4jiDHV3Z7JFgIIi41wejeT46PwSYONQ2ij4b1uxu6zCnNzAp8psG2z9U2ScqJzK4vICx5IWfK3uUHMdqoboK9X3p6wgFDwSwOSPWIpl81Z3VBtJv0BnQ7nma6S-1J3HtIk0nq4SqyVp6T39xzqha249V7rL9GFc6OJ0PuKoR_Oha8_FT8e/w640-h424/LDN_4592.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVRL-FAKwy2fFf2H9DifFYOqkvsaDY3cgAEKjxBwgIphntByL1K752-0ElOxAt00h1GzTTlj3xge2EhbQYnbsHWg_RL8kDS5JC5PSv4qbf7z-BhqNEfCFJVLzi_d8oWBXEH4Mi-0ye_qcN31AdwrzcMorS9BU2sZSO6lUVGmt2rUK6sVB4CpfQYue/s4032/IMG_8683.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By this point I was <i>FROZEN! </i>I went back to the hotel and packed up because I had an early train the next morning. </div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-25011083918512785322023-01-03T05:00:00.009-06:002023-01-03T09:41:42.618-06:00Europe 2022 {Day 5 ~ Aachen & Köln}<p> On Friday, December 16th I switched countries again. I walked to the train station and all of my good train mojo from the days prior went out the window and there was a bit of a snafu that resulted in me sitting in a Brussels train station (not the one a block from my hotel) for 2 hours waiting on my train. Luckily there was an Au Bon Pain where I could get something to eat and sit while I waited. I had two stops planned for this day. First stop was in Aachen, Germany. </p><p>Since Aachen isn't a town that everyone is familiar with, here is a map. You can see Aachen is right where the borders of Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands meet.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR42EAwNuDCxU-0jT98E4LoYN7X7xLS2Ev6LJ2oJRyNb_wH1pGHlxAsJcHMqIe88SdapVlZsXhRU83Yj0ufdJ_YUtrxeoqCBn6aXNKfOesaq9OEtlzZU6G0h32leQLvrcs5uFBdJGaNBdDtUERXIlUHplLTsDHbA8cwjShWD9ui3UUxRq6gD1dzO2m/s2433/IMG_42FBE624D484-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2433" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR42EAwNuDCxU-0jT98E4LoYN7X7xLS2Ev6LJ2oJRyNb_wH1pGHlxAsJcHMqIe88SdapVlZsXhRU83Yj0ufdJ_YUtrxeoqCBn6aXNKfOesaq9OEtlzZU6G0h32leQLvrcs5uFBdJGaNBdDtUERXIlUHplLTsDHbA8cwjShWD9ui3UUxRq6gD1dzO2m/w338-h640/IMG_42FBE624D484-1.jpeg" width="338" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I was so happy to <i>finally </i>be on a train, I took a pic! It was about an hour and 20 minutes from Brussels to Aachen.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC52731IggoZw_d4Ryz5jNSlYjrZNIqzgBV_ibn1_t09HLuic2BBrV8LCH1ucWuAhiAZJEtb7k9LjPDEYLvYVvkFbQOFyYZPVmQGmPOw5PqJyzmewQ1jXEtdgpjI2KS23pLWXpZT3KYanLYnd05A80x-3QI2HGbB04MEJjUzPdl4meVa6xs-seHtgo/s4032/IMG_8544.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC52731IggoZw_d4Ryz5jNSlYjrZNIqzgBV_ibn1_t09HLuic2BBrV8LCH1ucWuAhiAZJEtb7k9LjPDEYLvYVvkFbQOFyYZPVmQGmPOw5PqJyzmewQ1jXEtdgpjI2KS23pLWXpZT3KYanLYnd05A80x-3QI2HGbB04MEJjUzPdl4meVa6xs-seHtgo/w480-h640/IMG_8544.HEIC" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Since I wasn't staying overnight in Aachen, I got a luggage locker for the day at the train station in Aachen. This is one reason I was worried about getting delayed in Brussels and when I arrived I got the <i>last</i> big locker. (They can tend to fill up as the day goes on)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsat67lDkALoMMHreQiOMgGyEDBAY2B6SUzG4pjtuQdKnxTTU109Ow8_HFFEfrgrBKjBUajkPr_bPp9O4Hh5vfqVO3QzorrmPbcnVtARovDqd_br_ltAQe4UQBH_GQ5bFzSKhCV0AN-9nQ7mwOWZD3IgZ5gqncEw3-InSGWltdX3z5qPvG7tlq1oUW/s4032/IMG_8610.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsat67lDkALoMMHreQiOMgGyEDBAY2B6SUzG4pjtuQdKnxTTU109Ow8_HFFEfrgrBKjBUajkPr_bPp9O4Hh5vfqVO3QzorrmPbcnVtARovDqd_br_ltAQe4UQBH_GQ5bFzSKhCV0AN-9nQ7mwOWZD3IgZ5gqncEw3-InSGWltdX3z5qPvG7tlq1oUW/w480-h640/IMG_8610.HEIC" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I left the train station and walked toward the Cathedral/Christmas Market, but on the way was the Marschiertor...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnjdfw9q-6lKOiQVzRpN0Gg5MymVrhA1D_XEsTcVhiUWG1luPPJy41E0muHmW-FDBIodqic2t4swstifOOPAkDuttC5auACbqqIAKO-kQ9KYlTNYnAwy3pdQ-FamZ_nwhsmFQ9c2kIXGUBbifAVrShCN7fliGKTjohoLc0XOHHogki16gtIUn-149/s4928/LDN_4516.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnjdfw9q-6lKOiQVzRpN0Gg5MymVrhA1D_XEsTcVhiUWG1luPPJy41E0muHmW-FDBIodqic2t4swstifOOPAkDuttC5auACbqqIAKO-kQ9KYlTNYnAwy3pdQ-FamZ_nwhsmFQ9c2kIXGUBbifAVrShCN7fliGKTjohoLc0XOHHogki16gtIUn-149/w424-h640/LDN_4516.jpeg" width="424" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">This is one of two remaining original city gates that dates back to the 13th century</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWG8jETY1oBwKbe__AoZuii63qu1wO2__N8nMYFiKzMcKwWcqxYvIbKqARtKut-IIpb15o7XctU1zJtNYR4qJC2NnzQ8gKnJfYmws4jBwTfSrMLetXbpJ4UayyrhT36FCdqDcW4YCT-2OMfi59fIgwM5Bm2jLUHyVlY0g9_axN4B2iommDMA-P1ZIC/s4032/IMG_8547.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWG8jETY1oBwKbe__AoZuii63qu1wO2__N8nMYFiKzMcKwWcqxYvIbKqARtKut-IIpb15o7XctU1zJtNYR4qJC2NnzQ8gKnJfYmws4jBwTfSrMLetXbpJ4UayyrhT36FCdqDcW4YCT-2OMfi59fIgwM5Bm2jLUHyVlY0g9_axN4B2iommDMA-P1ZIC/w480-h640/IMG_8547.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYEd5D0xOJiEJsH-eR6eSPfG0Mc9Dm9VzuyiqlOs2GGka3ZsBixLbqQvqte8stDsoY__cuUY0awjpPGq_I25Sfn4m4wVrWGCInCye33-hZi-_RULMNyQSuTR-9K0s6MJx6W8o-Ym3ZcnqF8opAQpbefnG_NGY0nnYqcVRzBTYp0H6f0OCjvftrw9U/s4032/IMG_8548.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYEd5D0xOJiEJsH-eR6eSPfG0Mc9Dm9VzuyiqlOs2GGka3ZsBixLbqQvqte8stDsoY__cuUY0awjpPGq_I25Sfn4m4wVrWGCInCye33-hZi-_RULMNyQSuTR-9K0s6MJx6W8o-Ym3ZcnqF8opAQpbefnG_NGY0nnYqcVRzBTYp0H6f0OCjvftrw9U/w480-h640/IMG_8548.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once I got the Christmas Market, the first order of business was lunch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix96jsOtaXAkJ_NnNEpKmG40B4SRfF6_hXhnePvyQbT2Fh49tJnRBVC-sKRSuZ0lwJpmQlHhKmrbYiQNwvZZRAStKxRRXR64hNhGPLffb18WP-LhKraLLWvXeMvrDpVCz6IeKZhX6K7322vuuXioj7xXddHO_e9jzl0dpF-uaic1sD3fxg_5_J055X/s1800/A58990D5-313F-4868-9AE8-5909480574BB.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix96jsOtaXAkJ_NnNEpKmG40B4SRfF6_hXhnePvyQbT2Fh49tJnRBVC-sKRSuZ0lwJpmQlHhKmrbYiQNwvZZRAStKxRRXR64hNhGPLffb18WP-LhKraLLWvXeMvrDpVCz6IeKZhX6K7322vuuXioj7xXddHO_e9jzl0dpF-uaic1sD3fxg_5_J055X/w512-h640/A58990D5-313F-4868-9AE8-5909480574BB.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so cold (actual temperature was 30 degrees) that I decided to have a hot chocolate while I looked around that portion of the Christmas Market</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZur4W-Nj9d9bWg5ST2hUlvVsF0XoxFl-L-basA1-6YDzLZa1cNn-hLLcGKJQnajySjOh4HQEfSphMXfbhA9yb6gOAXOofANPnlLPRObxe5rbGLoUVvcT4ZVPaVAmgU09BaFH1Ou4ZITOLOKbX4kUcipfuBJ0FwHIj_V7Foc0ulLSJ9LVvdhVnTWnm/s4032/IMG_8554.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZur4W-Nj9d9bWg5ST2hUlvVsF0XoxFl-L-basA1-6YDzLZa1cNn-hLLcGKJQnajySjOh4HQEfSphMXfbhA9yb6gOAXOofANPnlLPRObxe5rbGLoUVvcT4ZVPaVAmgU09BaFH1Ou4ZITOLOKbX4kUcipfuBJ0FwHIj_V7Foc0ulLSJ9LVvdhVnTWnm/w480-h640/IMG_8554.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Market in Aachen is very well done. It is not just located in one place, but as you walk along the cathedral, Rathaus, etc. the markets are in all the free spaces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUxv50mAR1WcXmQd234tHa7v15-nI1YShDbMNl_82s63HCn49IlCfndVEvP3rd9mQl_z9aLSAP2IBXvAo7rGApem8eAqKr3URzunnCsHbBnf1zQGRS5MAOxn7qWOb9KlEpEvkDJY5yQCR-w3tVRK7k51ZnNrftO_srWNpiyPv3Rg2URyQwb98dcrc/s4032/IMG_8552.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUxv50mAR1WcXmQd234tHa7v15-nI1YShDbMNl_82s63HCn49IlCfndVEvP3rd9mQl_z9aLSAP2IBXvAo7rGApem8eAqKr3URzunnCsHbBnf1zQGRS5MAOxn7qWOb9KlEpEvkDJY5yQCR-w3tVRK7k51ZnNrftO_srWNpiyPv3Rg2URyQwb98dcrc/w480-h640/IMG_8552.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to the Cathedral next. It had really pretty mosaic ceilings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59ne3tRBq_d0ysmWq5OiqOlbhfbk0jt2YtopCv8JEbKQNBaJbDgwUmpI_iI6IRVMWPgX7gO6PWd3YaeRM-CiDg7V51nNDy1yQIudxv1Lm2eNtB-wfbaC43GSN-R1fnXbz0I7iizqcrP8pgAKn_MV-ZpUYv128wkHClCZjHlvH4jvKnkiiEeiiP9b_/s4032/IMG_8555.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59ne3tRBq_d0ysmWq5OiqOlbhfbk0jt2YtopCv8JEbKQNBaJbDgwUmpI_iI6IRVMWPgX7gO6PWd3YaeRM-CiDg7V51nNDy1yQIudxv1Lm2eNtB-wfbaC43GSN-R1fnXbz0I7iizqcrP8pgAKn_MV-ZpUYv128wkHClCZjHlvH4jvKnkiiEeiiP9b_/w480-h640/IMG_8555.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9uDh0dg3Y-siMxhLst7JhIKtiMJml1f8hM6-xBvHYBIPXDzELdQxs6fOBZ-s8L1JrmdfUmuqBXDaHpbxlRDSFgqG7rInR0UtzY1nN6LjjVIL3ODeWL9xrRZrsMII7JmIwukjXqJjtpeVxPKzYaTT5k_4mx-OMSwpmY3kICgvHIpvGt0VpYkTfdNw/s4928/LDN_4526.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He died in 814, but since 1215 this shrine has held his mortal remains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxTo6IBp2wCZzIo4q0k_F5ACcnK1q8_I6u1qAjXtL54Hq223oymndaKpNsoAOzX78OXh3FnHpQeGxN8ATbIGXO_O5_vDF4hBcRnTPFwzvZ-QFPa9SHBftUkFUdcRwG0mgKbLU2PMxJAgj3afYBm_RE7_gsRlFECNz2_bNxGJx4OP5V1zJ_D84VyJj/s4032/IMG_8560.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxTo6IBp2wCZzIo4q0k_F5ACcnK1q8_I6u1qAjXtL54Hq223oymndaKpNsoAOzX78OXh3FnHpQeGxN8ATbIGXO_O5_vDF4hBcRnTPFwzvZ-QFPa9SHBftUkFUdcRwG0mgKbLU2PMxJAgj3afYBm_RE7_gsRlFECNz2_bNxGJx4OP5V1zJ_D84VyJj/w480-h640/IMG_8560.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The larger gold shrine is The Shrine of St Mary and contains the four great Aachen relics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Once I was done wandering around Aachen, I went back to the train station and bought a ticket to Köln (Cologne). I bought a ticket on the 4:51 train that arrived at 5:44. It was a bit delayed, but once I arrived in Köln, I took a taxi to my hotel. Köln has many Christmas Markets. I walked to the one closest to my hotel first... The Angel Market at Neumarkt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrHl_9C1lrS-lufDz3lGSoxJdp9cL0GJiwhZr00re3tR5mXnRHYC4rZ6IAW3_hG8mLltPKUYB7kuL03YFLRap7vOlFSxUAOixEWUwD3PODr1AfFK7t-FBRn2AxxZxeDyIjDtYxe5KBvK9MElecr9w4FYkFJD8VEFZC4haaGAlzsltQO-dO63XydiC/s1800/0CEC233C-1306-4A1B-88A7-B1880B290AB9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrHl_9C1lrS-lufDz3lGSoxJdp9cL0GJiwhZr00re3tR5mXnRHYC4rZ6IAW3_hG8mLltPKUYB7kuL03YFLRap7vOlFSxUAOixEWUwD3PODr1AfFK7t-FBRn2AxxZxeDyIjDtYxe5KBvK9MElecr9w4FYkFJD8VEFZC4haaGAlzsltQO-dO63XydiC/w512-h640/0CEC233C-1306-4A1B-88A7-B1880B290AB9.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so pretty</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEK8Vbk1g9ASZHxfV3P0bZbUo7ULF1SBwYb8Ut1o7sWvQKnoWgVpAizbd09uWpdyaSGH9Tr7U496miR4QCYjqJy0PFbKTOH7XFTaoeINUx6-pFWFVpz81h8jgWKdFzD4cRIhAuXbx5z_j6z3ZDYKpneWsaWfQVKiiK_wqnAoX_hgM_bt4mEGLetZJ/s1800/DE0FCFFE-C1C1-4BA4-A6DC-FF1D633FA786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEK8Vbk1g9ASZHxfV3P0bZbUo7ULF1SBwYb8Ut1o7sWvQKnoWgVpAizbd09uWpdyaSGH9Tr7U496miR4QCYjqJy0PFbKTOH7XFTaoeINUx6-pFWFVpz81h8jgWKdFzD4cRIhAuXbx5z_j6z3ZDYKpneWsaWfQVKiiK_wqnAoX_hgM_bt4mEGLetZJ/w512-h640/DE0FCFFE-C1C1-4BA4-A6DC-FF1D633FA786.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxF123jKrAwX1SeGBLzyrRw8965ZRWYE9KW0v_7GDaeJtkNf1Ci0AjAL2rTwiAL0hSilE2dBWlWEshUo7mKb1I-DjY9DimlT8NPQy_YLS3a4e_WAz6OUpvSG25p94k8S5mr5nIfVFLZfnu1v2N7p1Dn2SnJcEXFN8iGf74D6WDCYCH939-Lzox6Ta/s4032/IMG_8616.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxF123jKrAwX1SeGBLzyrRw8965ZRWYE9KW0v_7GDaeJtkNf1Ci0AjAL2rTwiAL0hSilE2dBWlWEshUo7mKb1I-DjY9DimlT8NPQy_YLS3a4e_WAz6OUpvSG25p94k8S5mr5nIfVFLZfnu1v2N7p1Dn2SnJcEXFN8iGf74D6WDCYCH939-Lzox6Ta/w480-h640/IMG_8616.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But oh my gosh! It was SO CROWDED!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN7vOWIUHPdUk0nKyMdIV1VVtY6nbyv71hyhmjtjCGwoh01r71jlXv2H4sjiXHDvJQrYiB9bW_TZ4XdrFe-MDHvCP7krR-_Ldfg9AOnoQznkOfNM_1rf4JcdYiKfhCQMZgeAEaVv6YQqBt7ySRehr2WSZaAbG1oQfpCQWm_oVwkkZL0hBTTmsAJIM/s4032/IMG_8620.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGN7vOWIUHPdUk0nKyMdIV1VVtY6nbyv71hyhmjtjCGwoh01r71jlXv2H4sjiXHDvJQrYiB9bW_TZ4XdrFe-MDHvCP7krR-_Ldfg9AOnoQznkOfNM_1rf4JcdYiKfhCQMZgeAEaVv6YQqBt7ySRehr2WSZaAbG1oQfpCQWm_oVwkkZL0hBTTmsAJIM/w480-h640/IMG_8620.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSvL9Kp7VLe0-sRMbIj1-7zAXjyuj9OsPP1HGGI7O6OlwkQMErDDkRkAgnFriKUx63G3R9dqXEVQuWUXpfsy6yyf_AsxVRk4ZcTf1H5fynfdDvf9T4wXU0f3IFEsiWJscRhuHPwJgCuf9BcgUkzRFakySkYxeiGMY-KEtUQXxE_9QNklRWU7U9A8Z/s4928/LDN_4562.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSvL9Kp7VLe0-sRMbIj1-7zAXjyuj9OsPP1HGGI7O6OlwkQMErDDkRkAgnFriKUx63G3R9dqXEVQuWUXpfsy6yyf_AsxVRk4ZcTf1H5fynfdDvf9T4wXU0f3IFEsiWJscRhuHPwJgCuf9BcgUkzRFakySkYxeiGMY-KEtUQXxE_9QNklRWU7U9A8Z/w640-h424/LDN_4562.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since it was so crowded I thought I'd try another market. This one is the Nicholas Market at Rudolfplatz</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gcv6j_8qPPwhKjO4iRxGyaHpHP_p5VKDW59bpUARkGQ3XeP-OSA3kS-5WjaYDmCl9Kjun-ehIktLjVyKVpld7xNTCgV3OtHRzlK6qOzR6hCdQt1VWYmyAX-iDReoAuldwp74fvYl47fybF1S6Wgfw6BTSF019DXyUTNSsnY2jjv0eE6gjGiDxnEV/s1791/BE5C96D2-FA89-4037-9365-5EF7DD4D8B70.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gcv6j_8qPPwhKjO4iRxGyaHpHP_p5VKDW59bpUARkGQ3XeP-OSA3kS-5WjaYDmCl9Kjun-ehIktLjVyKVpld7xNTCgV3OtHRzlK6qOzR6hCdQt1VWYmyAX-iDReoAuldwp74fvYl47fybF1S6Wgfw6BTSF019DXyUTNSsnY2jjv0eE6gjGiDxnEV/w514-h640/BE5C96D2-FA89-4037-9365-5EF7DD4D8B70.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was also just crazy crowded, so at this point, I decided to abandon the markets and go find something for dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDAdBhAxnLOVRCxV07wu_8S0gnFGV6cGqZdJ_Eke0I-VAHs5vs95av9NTqmOyiENtmEogAJjs3Oq_IS3JHwwAw65rw-hU3VbH27BmuHarDHYJnZPrEBsqSL1F0reSTFZozYpfwDHFSieHEQNgdyxqnFF40_Ji0Fds0WhxarwF60S2uEMdmULDGCHm/s1800/7226193A-F94D-4253-8191-B18DF8634F8E.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDAdBhAxnLOVRCxV07wu_8S0gnFGV6cGqZdJ_Eke0I-VAHs5vs95av9NTqmOyiENtmEogAJjs3Oq_IS3JHwwAw65rw-hU3VbH27BmuHarDHYJnZPrEBsqSL1F0reSTFZozYpfwDHFSieHEQNgdyxqnFF40_Ji0Fds0WhxarwF60S2uEMdmULDGCHm/w512-h640/7226193A-F94D-4253-8191-B18DF8634F8E.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not the most authentic of meals, but there was a Five Guys at Neumarkt and it just sounded good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3Xc24bjq_Z13MTz-wIlYZE_DVYZeQvDIztpZInLufTkSMIX9LD4jfSBt74o3tRQfF6ZSCn7-8ZaPnJNGzlKmadapAFXXzYXxhQhkfgP2ASUiAqJOKIYkDiHWgp8LtPBQ2imXOZcWsxq0E2OKCbHMVvshlBGKhOe_mLA9QhkD6XG1_r3AgfREYduK/s4032/IMG_8631.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3Xc24bjq_Z13MTz-wIlYZE_DVYZeQvDIztpZInLufTkSMIX9LD4jfSBt74o3tRQfF6ZSCn7-8ZaPnJNGzlKmadapAFXXzYXxhQhkfgP2ASUiAqJOKIYkDiHWgp8LtPBQ2imXOZcWsxq0E2OKCbHMVvshlBGKhOe_mLA9QhkD6XG1_r3AgfREYduK/w480-h640/IMG_8631.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hotel in Köln was Motel One-Neumarkt. Motel One is a chain in Europe and I stayed at one in Basel, Switzerland a few trips ago. 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I find that people don't stir very early in Europe and towns like Bruges, which are day trip destinations, tend to be especially sleepy in the morning and just a great time to wander. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzCf_LyJlokaYkq2RINPQ6GGamISh9VRGDwTnpVkcue2StBN-SUpBlp9z1LMm-TuGA9RHPvAhZASZXR1YZIvF9OYY1MrcGU08s4V4IMT2w6uL5NuzEnVNEDSwgfJq7qVBxvHUspocAyj-PjS37Ah4OfRwsbQPbhbLVUJgshrNa9-HvZFSmtJ-piG3/s4928/LDN_4455.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzCf_LyJlokaYkq2RINPQ6GGamISh9VRGDwTnpVkcue2StBN-SUpBlp9z1LMm-TuGA9RHPvAhZASZXR1YZIvF9OYY1MrcGU08s4V4IMT2w6uL5NuzEnVNEDSwgfJq7qVBxvHUspocAyj-PjS37Ah4OfRwsbQPbhbLVUJgshrNa9-HvZFSmtJ-piG3/w424-h640/LDN_4455.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They aren't necessarily all nuns, though Benedictine nuns do live in one of the buildings. There are signs up telling you to be silent, so it's usually peaceful to walk around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHPznRR-8NGgSIsRb13drW1O8RWW9g2pUe4vVvADqZ8HVXFiREkEHsll6K4GvEz6BJv6bbhsY9xEH3Xz2CVyIC-F1Z5kPBsvg4BBrPMYIDadgN03SUyi3yyFYIYmdaKHvWOumG2WuccWY8lCFAhsQ8-RTqrpZ94P4qSQsXB_93wKRR0-rBfhWrdzG/s4928/LDN_4472.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHPznRR-8NGgSIsRb13drW1O8RWW9g2pUe4vVvADqZ8HVXFiREkEHsll6K4GvEz6BJv6bbhsY9xEH3Xz2CVyIC-F1Z5kPBsvg4BBrPMYIDadgN03SUyi3yyFYIYmdaKHvWOumG2WuccWY8lCFAhsQ8-RTqrpZ94P4qSQsXB_93wKRR0-rBfhWrdzG/w640-h424/LDN_4472.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPfDSdIANqy-ZUMx0wUhpcAArw9XRzRrMf_9QDojBTc63V9zbKF16KcIJd8F3jvZ-wH33A5ro1KmIFHjZh_drrijAGW_HwLaeHzKd3yIJRWQ4GMFrXyzncDCOkEwHArf9EZfw3_2r0VLUOSeXWqfGJGn2do1108Ti2RIf1_CBvN91mXhkrbtch2Iz/s4928/LDN_4474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My hotel in Brussels was very near the Central Train Station so I walked about a block and checked into my hotel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I set out to get some lunch, walking through the Grand Place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="501" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gmw3c2kHEnw" width="602" youtube-src-id="Gmw3c2kHEnw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I walked to lunch, I stopped at a shop and got a sampling of cookies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For lunch, I went to a place I had read about, but then I saw them in other cities, so I guess it's a chain. You have to eat outside and there are no heaters. It was a bit cold at 35 degrees!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHns8MhTSgAkSvpuTxJFjX3AqRyzlCllWS-b2ipLvLquqifAozhFB23VYPo1TTLcMxxnghy1LNx2F4uU4x9Dj2vqGVt0Iqim1mBUYibKtgken95-hsO278SjuU9eKpHgparKcZBk3u5_1Lu-OdlvPsOFtpsi33OUNjlAP_oZDw2d_FVrhFKE9cHm_/s4032/IMG_8475.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHns8MhTSgAkSvpuTxJFjX3AqRyzlCllWS-b2ipLvLquqifAozhFB23VYPo1TTLcMxxnghy1LNx2F4uU4x9Dj2vqGVt0Iqim1mBUYibKtgken95-hsO278SjuU9eKpHgparKcZBk3u5_1Lu-OdlvPsOFtpsi33OUNjlAP_oZDw2d_FVrhFKE9cHm_/w480-h640/IMG_8475.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got shrimp croquettes and didn't love them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3yFfUy2YszpIbM4bq-mNZd_ClTxv-UDy6JOoDQtYlEz9TwRsjTj5ZmXeDcisvPe_qW1wGG8eVrFrcuzzhvqc-ocFtWec_L5Lz0UwW11ySgWb1WddLKDQ7SGibdmNAJU-NwgWAQ7XOHqkb9BTND0uVz6toqj9BNqIRALFX4KjLZ4kcU-lHcgKCFPc/s4032/IMG_8476.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I stopped and bought a load of cookies at the place I had visited on the way to lunch. The store was called Maison Dandoy and I didn't taste one thing there that wasn’t wonderful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At that point I went on a self guided chocolate tour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso4dxmuC_kJ9UZQOvO7AxRybON-ChSUxM6UZqOh9KjkNMF-BR5LelqGHaJlvqHsa_eqAX0DZiPRr2C7I2FvxR1tPcr98mVG7-SQm0qTXQuH12bxh_-D7jUG7DmCCrm9Q6b4pwycYbmJShUh3n66utUmBPI1wj_a78xNLWFVKYr6ml2F-gEf3l1ZIS/s4032/IMG_8481.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso4dxmuC_kJ9UZQOvO7AxRybON-ChSUxM6UZqOh9KjkNMF-BR5LelqGHaJlvqHsa_eqAX0DZiPRr2C7I2FvxR1tPcr98mVG7-SQm0qTXQuH12bxh_-D7jUG7DmCCrm9Q6b4pwycYbmJShUh3n66utUmBPI1wj_a78xNLWFVKYr6ml2F-gEf3l1ZIS/w480-h640/IMG_8481.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to Corné Port Royal...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy5RMN-U_d6xxvNTZekqi0pHtmiV4oKrDLrhdeKiOlxikNXnhxYQtGsZFHmpaDsYZH9S78tCvMfqZuGCjZS-5Fd6pHCF6_gxWMVrohkCKISUofPkcCmG1apBwXWB_NSSFpz3Z2WR8XWywpHJ9loI4-zHJRuHApWFsGTi9TDBP1hf4xHvnsmD6fqxr/s4032/IMG_8482.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy5RMN-U_d6xxvNTZekqi0pHtmiV4oKrDLrhdeKiOlxikNXnhxYQtGsZFHmpaDsYZH9S78tCvMfqZuGCjZS-5Fd6pHCF6_gxWMVrohkCKISUofPkcCmG1apBwXWB_NSSFpz3Z2WR8XWywpHJ9loI4-zHJRuHApWFsGTi9TDBP1hf4xHvnsmD6fqxr/w480-h640/IMG_8482.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leonidas...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEOrVKOm6_8SYRPqnG5DXLPSNmIuJz6OcEKhyCE5N1vWqAoEDLxEb_9ikDs9jUxBx-pY-iDh9rggxcSUUZ3xRTh_O2fKBnIGauW54Diq29NN8PRb3aVhOBUNm6IEWX5j7LlGXdEkUOpkLtd80ITM5PzHThvHlHvwfSjpCY1S-EsYS9WDp4rctruBX/s4032/IMG_8484.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEOrVKOm6_8SYRPqnG5DXLPSNmIuJz6OcEKhyCE5N1vWqAoEDLxEb_9ikDs9jUxBx-pY-iDh9rggxcSUUZ3xRTh_O2fKBnIGauW54Diq29NN8PRb3aVhOBUNm6IEWX5j7LlGXdEkUOpkLtd80ITM5PzHThvHlHvwfSjpCY1S-EsYS9WDp4rctruBX/w480-h640/IMG_8484.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Neuhaus (where I purchased several gifts), and Mary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary is the only handmade chocolate in Belgium today, she was the first woman chocolatier, and is still the choice of the Royal family of Belgium. It was also my favorite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20wbzw_nkUsBkrsh9FuyppKd46g9tr29yaetPHQwEhJJiguycKDDRm1vfZXcDmYz5_wOwv4TDbZsroUNE7OGW1hxzfWDGADNc36CsLfST2ENDej-PIcKiOxhj4kbUNA3puVomxQr9auI889Mnl3-XN9z5NoG2tye1QynGcspkBFq1lWnDeBtYQCCS/s1791/5089A725-E4DE-41D7-B80A-252054297DAF.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20wbzw_nkUsBkrsh9FuyppKd46g9tr29yaetPHQwEhJJiguycKDDRm1vfZXcDmYz5_wOwv4TDbZsroUNE7OGW1hxzfWDGADNc36CsLfST2ENDej-PIcKiOxhj4kbUNA3puVomxQr9auI889Mnl3-XN9z5NoG2tye1QynGcspkBFq1lWnDeBtYQCCS/w514-h640/5089A725-E4DE-41D7-B80A-252054297DAF.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At this point I decided to go do some serious shopping. I walked through the Mont des Arts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciem1Cw-t0G6BaeXTOIYP71c8fJdMtCgPojNsIL9rLcILiCH_YO9thoIPJ3qKR_h6C3-j1tvZOg_DOTHc3XUYZ5EEDzg6CNHFAHCIWf4HaMNC0sm0kNyO8ZgTi5Umj45YmhWQK_H0KK7asyV1qAXdSWkMiEULfjbJSO21f-ZTNAHERlm7QvOKk2GS/s4928/LDN_4505.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciem1Cw-t0G6BaeXTOIYP71c8fJdMtCgPojNsIL9rLcILiCH_YO9thoIPJ3qKR_h6C3-j1tvZOg_DOTHc3XUYZ5EEDzg6CNHFAHCIWf4HaMNC0sm0kNyO8ZgTi5Umj45YmhWQK_H0KK7asyV1qAXdSWkMiEULfjbJSO21f-ZTNAHERlm7QvOKk2GS/w640-h424/LDN_4505.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUp162lq8Adu3rDX_YfdwnerOwG2J505bUcUzqWHsGA0adKsXD1sUtPO2OwN_WM-auKig4VwWEqPrAS3kxbB3UBwVlj509H6MVm8QL6cSF2IlXN1KiCPuv2PX3609fd_20SHjaLICrShNGl2O56MATfivZartG8WAj_ljrMcrGj_NKXfVEWeLjlfg/s1800/CF19F07A-BBE1-412D-A52C-7065F6B0B826.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUp162lq8Adu3rDX_YfdwnerOwG2J505bUcUzqWHsGA0adKsXD1sUtPO2OwN_WM-auKig4VwWEqPrAS3kxbB3UBwVlj509H6MVm8QL6cSF2IlXN1KiCPuv2PX3609fd_20SHjaLICrShNGl2O56MATfivZartG8WAj_ljrMcrGj_NKXfVEWeLjlfg/w512-h640/CF19F07A-BBE1-412D-A52C-7065F6B0B826.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the Musical Instruments Museum but it is also a pretty Art Nouveau building</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfH0LCF5dpUMtUpZ5krojJwd2m1z755QXh15q8USmeiwJS9xf_NUP2aLlXNIDSOEIUFGrwaOHVcZDfWdCItCwX2QVJfvouRl0y03wuyAuV-tFf7NnvWgL8lmkcVszVMUy59CvmhVwQ8AVg6d6bDNzvICZ_z8AFmzicAES7tUgpVAhlBqbgyM9-MKI/s4928/LDN_4506.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfH0LCF5dpUMtUpZ5krojJwd2m1z755QXh15q8USmeiwJS9xf_NUP2aLlXNIDSOEIUFGrwaOHVcZDfWdCItCwX2QVJfvouRl0y03wuyAuV-tFf7NnvWgL8lmkcVszVMUy59CvmhVwQ8AVg6d6bDNzvICZ_z8AFmzicAES7tUgpVAhlBqbgyM9-MKI/w640-h424/LDN_4506.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked on up to Louis Vuitton to buy something other than cookies and chocolate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6UrjsZOef3l8Xn1DTYQk2MPnT7cYPVR3CAcpn60sjtAxN9QOxgTtvBkx-txm89k7JSpMZ5-SxxSH7Fky5p4vBedUtOLbcc3myM8IhpFAje6-g2lO6pAgYWh_NWFzE8DGKu_Q3BrXmGcLc70Clv7Li2sW_0nENZQvtA40i_5Kw5j9NDvvIZui39t2/s4032/IMG_8495.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6UrjsZOef3l8Xn1DTYQk2MPnT7cYPVR3CAcpn60sjtAxN9QOxgTtvBkx-txm89k7JSpMZ5-SxxSH7Fky5p4vBedUtOLbcc3myM8IhpFAje6-g2lO6pAgYWh_NWFzE8DGKu_Q3BrXmGcLc70Clv7Li2sW_0nENZQvtA40i_5Kw5j9NDvvIZui39t2/w480-h640/IMG_8495.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had saved my birthday money and been hoping the exchange rate stayed in my favor. Luckily it did, so I got a new wallet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf298cKgNXHCjsqV9Z6_YscUC9gf_CozeGmuNTeQyubYSYAU4mDd461izXum7a-ncwJx1a9sIUPWj_KoF97GQ5c3MnWsuOphB8kXDSHlkSk3x6aanSIxwiLQbLkwwWeVlVUWONw9GlUTAwpfmuWaLDGRbgMd8MbrbsOm7v5A9FPYUUtwukhpZHeHJ/s4032/IMG_8496.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf298cKgNXHCjsqV9Z6_YscUC9gf_CozeGmuNTeQyubYSYAU4mDd461izXum7a-ncwJx1a9sIUPWj_KoF97GQ5c3MnWsuOphB8kXDSHlkSk3x6aanSIxwiLQbLkwwWeVlVUWONw9GlUTAwpfmuWaLDGRbgMd8MbrbsOm7v5A9FPYUUtwukhpZHeHJ/w480-h640/IMG_8496.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LV's decor was legos</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc43gi3STMs9oCNd6mcunljf9voogrJsBrbddJaIeZAbcGZUNj-zt5jsNUiUhi2BHbySN3ihNE3Ir3Fy0XqclA7KpVWv-oriATXJsc8TrkVxGfK3nEnziZVtRx925ic61MnjMMTagh81J1LvqeTKeRNGQLM8QOjy2p1p2XPvlwHEjgScrEzo3zmr9N/s4032/IMG_8499.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc43gi3STMs9oCNd6mcunljf9voogrJsBrbddJaIeZAbcGZUNj-zt5jsNUiUhi2BHbySN3ihNE3Ir3Fy0XqclA7KpVWv-oriATXJsc8TrkVxGfK3nEnziZVtRx925ic61MnjMMTagh81J1LvqeTKeRNGQLM8QOjy2p1p2XPvlwHEjgScrEzo3zmr9N/w480-h640/IMG_8499.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the walk back to the hotel I saw this pup inside a shop. 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The first two places I stopped turned me away. One was probably legitimate. The second place claimed they didn't have a table, but approximately 90% of the restaurant was empty. I had the same experience the first time I visited Brussels. I think they don't like seating a party of one. I ended up at a place the lady at the hotel had recommended. 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text-align: center;">I had two hotels booked in Brussels for the longest time and finally settled on Le Dixseptieme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so pleased with that choice! It's in a great location and not a cookie cutter big hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcd7wH_4boRZ3NvwF_yf-sSJIxfyD8VXQ13DwppIDQRup2SxEHjaMV9BZnEPU3T0BpiE-jwhXtAnPZj-Ys2yNlztPrfI6FBwzs0mi1pFniTvme2bgpAbfGA3yNZxIo09cHTH9gbluf1PvtjFw6m8yMsfpbEsYLr726HcX2n9FBfTdveklV_sYd4cq0/s1284/IMG_DED703F559B4-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1284" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcd7wH_4boRZ3NvwF_yf-sSJIxfyD8VXQ13DwppIDQRup2SxEHjaMV9BZnEPU3T0BpiE-jwhXtAnPZj-Ys2yNlztPrfI6FBwzs0mi1pFniTvme2bgpAbfGA3yNZxIo09cHTH9gbluf1PvtjFw6m8yMsfpbEsYLr726HcX2n9FBfTdveklV_sYd4cq0/w640-h422/IMG_DED703F559B4-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had the Standard Double Room and it was very large. Basically like a suite with a living area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Oi-BqdwDwqcGqSeWRzkvX35xjgpqKID2lC9sPGnko1-UXRigY5j9SX40hCjc5hMeJjbIKY-Zz06cKa-8kFe3ynLOKQNLc73X14Oi1PF9dCgIfKtVaiCdXsDhwnmb7XAUvClNrow9BWzA8Giweor52oFHTCmgyQ_YF9jAafCCemu7SJwggt_G5TNY/s4928/LDN_4495.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Oi-BqdwDwqcGqSeWRzkvX35xjgpqKID2lC9sPGnko1-UXRigY5j9SX40hCjc5hMeJjbIKY-Zz06cKa-8kFe3ynLOKQNLc73X14Oi1PF9dCgIfKtVaiCdXsDhwnmb7XAUvClNrow9BWzA8Giweor52oFHTCmgyQ_YF9jAafCCemu7SJwggt_G5TNY/w424-h640/LDN_4495.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d4QCUZ0h-ZXqalbAwFALtkP1DSS2akLrDWlLk2tZN3MOX6dniZzU9LVeKrRE0W5CYJ3MvQOy6fueKJ-k_Pf8L5FvgClmZwAt-9wwxSYBMa0hOZta5F1bpHDaCWyZQ6VBfGa2jYS9-o_SS1zoZ6IyOA6PJ2EYU-LTzLF7p3R4750p3uu1Rl57hdJE/s4928/LDN_4497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2d4QCUZ0h-ZXqalbAwFALtkP1DSS2akLrDWlLk2tZN3MOX6dniZzU9LVeKrRE0W5CYJ3MvQOy6fueKJ-k_Pf8L5FvgClmZwAt-9wwxSYBMa0hOZta5F1bpHDaCWyZQ6VBfGa2jYS9-o_SS1zoZ6IyOA6PJ2EYU-LTzLF7p3R4750p3uu1Rl57hdJE/w640-h424/LDN_4497.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbepO4R47J9X6ip1pUnipvfEseLh-lM5eaHJkKmRvOZpk_pSfZl3bp5HL8pM1E8Lc3wKyQmrzFg4MZOcCzccUz0OjpcYT0MdooWEiDDmxA3xxQdpR8gtK7ab87_4ZmkeEiaVM2UZyqF5p_sBfSOCgG28-Dmupr-6fFi1l_mHTeZAXXqJF6JnadXaK4/s4928/LDN_4498.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbepO4R47J9X6ip1pUnipvfEseLh-lM5eaHJkKmRvOZpk_pSfZl3bp5HL8pM1E8Lc3wKyQmrzFg4MZOcCzccUz0OjpcYT0MdooWEiDDmxA3xxQdpR8gtK7ab87_4ZmkeEiaVM2UZyqF5p_sBfSOCgG28-Dmupr-6fFi1l_mHTeZAXXqJF6JnadXaK4/w640-h424/LDN_4498.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It had a separate toilet room</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAA6WTjW4YQHHD_9dcioZVJW6d0epPoRLRUzsbVbLNCwb28UH05M_SVpI9mqCjYYl4aiHRyH7MKXC549ZMzGm8bpHAa2ZPBGrDvmNAhq9t7METw2fLtQLlpP6ME5g2sQnUWmeM3myz25bdoyT1TTOPUQ2sEL0CQttPqEofA2lL21CHbb4xlqBS7mt/s4928/LDN_4492.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAA6WTjW4YQHHD_9dcioZVJW6d0epPoRLRUzsbVbLNCwb28UH05M_SVpI9mqCjYYl4aiHRyH7MKXC549ZMzGm8bpHAa2ZPBGrDvmNAhq9t7METw2fLtQLlpP6ME5g2sQnUWmeM3myz25bdoyT1TTOPUQ2sEL0CQttPqEofA2lL21CHbb4xlqBS7mt/w424-h640/LDN_4492.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sink and tub were in their own room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn0sK862J29ygMH_Lv3-PJwdMUIAHWn0bdOrIYMGNvbbx4eo5LayA0CuAqBIXJ_OF3q3eHYXIRIpn020YG8QYMGQ180AU0UdLIXfkruE9KC-YEVhm-CuTaU23K1-iXS1lpPVY4MmNtzDxMAhKBBf8Iu5wblBnuODE8rdNiz_n5TiK8HnGZ6BLAX-v/s4928/LDN_4493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn0sK862J29ygMH_Lv3-PJwdMUIAHWn0bdOrIYMGNvbbx4eo5LayA0CuAqBIXJ_OF3q3eHYXIRIpn020YG8QYMGQ180AU0UdLIXfkruE9KC-YEVhm-CuTaU23K1-iXS1lpPVY4MmNtzDxMAhKBBf8Iu5wblBnuODE8rdNiz_n5TiK8HnGZ6BLAX-v/w424-h640/LDN_4493.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a great day! I enjoyed wandering around two places I had been before. I had only done day trips to Bruges and Brussels prior to this trip, but seeing them again and in different seasons was great!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-42532114104258848752022-12-29T05:00:00.003-06:002022-12-29T05:00:00.185-06:00Europe 2022 {Day Three ~ Bruges, Belgium}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wednesday, December 14th started very early. I was on the tube by 6:00 headed to St. Pancras International Station to catch a Eurostar train to Belgium. There was a bit of a delay once we got into France because the train in front of us hit something, but our train eventually arrived in Brussels. I took a train from Brussels to Bruges and then a taxi to my hotel. I was able to check in and leave my stuff in the room before heading out. More on the hotel later, but this was basically what you saw when you stepped out the front door...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJNPk64XilriaNfJYQT2GvDBtux2c0_usTH94nZMwSonkvW2CO5qC0jDvRtLM8RfELlOd1Je1cBjjucfljnWBTQHYU9IA7YbkP5pBlK_Bnn2ZqzrE4ttyO2UPnrfkdxija7d6IiNINrU_HhbVhrk0fJ0oU00v8oGoyPAV6zTHJ7XYsyJ0O94xJg7q/s4032/IMG_8358.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJNPk64XilriaNfJYQT2GvDBtux2c0_usTH94nZMwSonkvW2CO5qC0jDvRtLM8RfELlOd1Je1cBjjucfljnWBTQHYU9IA7YbkP5pBlK_Bnn2ZqzrE4ttyO2UPnrfkdxija7d6IiNINrU_HhbVhrk0fJ0oU00v8oGoyPAV6zTHJ7XYsyJ0O94xJg7q/w480-h640/IMG_8358.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHkrJV8yrynuii1l1NakYjdSzIn7RzzNDjzDDnCleAoPab_5O-ucLhhDpR66yrYUP_IVLrg2zMJqSFzUfQOkR2owGehSu4007bjDkWDjoTTyMV-5jW1pP1Gnt8MO0HgII1icacujgFmfoINTM1yoaVLn9MaDInAqtNNKOFum6T8luIVCbPfDcAuCW/s1800/8E18C76C-0D1E-42FA-9B5C-C2363B9567DC.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GN1RIslQuN7AZLjZ_mQGz8RQfMXu_Z-tXxqBAXGQcaPiRtUo9t1Dnc26OGh4mOL77nAmdrUoabqT4spKwgtUqYxT10d5C_8hOtubwERF8fX4Dsb1CM7GVuOOiOvaFwFoEmda1dYIT3_UsTsr2eYDRRqeKPkvORJfKblopsj7dabgClf-XJ6IShmJ/w424-h640/LDN_4433.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I headed straight to Fred's for a waffle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_V2vkllqLEjgf_hdOHw1uuBRe7V0ujFimKHXgin_Ehi0d35YSJGvCBQMdO9q9PxHaMD8KOgP5JGu2UpLM59hsoyIf1TD8Ac7C6qcrFegCaCTMdoG5MJD3FJ_OvVI9cTrrCHytAQN4d9hc16x_mA-OELDs5pWVtb7FIF9rb9OJ125OdZixb01tYCA/s4032/IMG_8364.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_V2vkllqLEjgf_hdOHw1uuBRe7V0ujFimKHXgin_Ehi0d35YSJGvCBQMdO9q9PxHaMD8KOgP5JGu2UpLM59hsoyIf1TD8Ac7C6qcrFegCaCTMdoG5MJD3FJ_OvVI9cTrrCHytAQN4d9hc16x_mA-OELDs5pWVtb7FIF9rb9OJ125OdZixb01tYCA/w480-h640/IMG_8364.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where I promptly made a mistake I wouldn't make again on this trip...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was SO cold that the chocolate immediately hardened! I stuck to Liège waffles from here on out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY41i9EoHpcCl2lsl5z58dmgAyGABADfkuQREu-vTOOiXOxne0pmDqMz_WXzc00xIoNcbbvUcQeiJ9kt9OL5OSMjli9MGSq2wwwoGmScCU6zwlhTQa_lYRvwz3PqszIwSVxhdgGfq0GNH5pmcyhSP2ybmAzGlQh5pHS7l60zFIgN2LF-AS9dcCFoEv/s1791/988581EC-D23C-4C8A-A33E-81B1E1FE18B7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY41i9EoHpcCl2lsl5z58dmgAyGABADfkuQREu-vTOOiXOxne0pmDqMz_WXzc00xIoNcbbvUcQeiJ9kt9OL5OSMjli9MGSq2wwwoGmScCU6zwlhTQa_lYRvwz3PqszIwSVxhdgGfq0GNH5pmcyhSP2ybmAzGlQh5pHS7l60zFIgN2LF-AS9dcCFoEv/w514-h640/988581EC-D23C-4C8A-A33E-81B1E1FE18B7.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked back to the Markt and around the Christmas Market</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-rAQ-iqclcfLB_EzS8mYNjoznq9GmrU2Y-bAZcvaym0-xdMmx9oaT7agtCTd1kBuEzPHoM4zvnQSp2R-4-WaoLsOHpcSrxwCh1zLXwNZiN0Tvw2NWVYqETG3uZt7_5UhgUK0DEBmeSkLoq9A-oznpQjDYhhBgWPoT9IMoz7_bjHHkV1DUKnL7x3T/s4928/LDN_4434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-rAQ-iqclcfLB_EzS8mYNjoznq9GmrU2Y-bAZcvaym0-xdMmx9oaT7agtCTd1kBuEzPHoM4zvnQSp2R-4-WaoLsOHpcSrxwCh1zLXwNZiN0Tvw2NWVYqETG3uZt7_5UhgUK0DEBmeSkLoq9A-oznpQjDYhhBgWPoT9IMoz7_bjHHkV1DUKnL7x3T/w640-h424/LDN_4434.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4TMgxvNutR-427uq1V2hShK0GwfVq6axTYmcaNt9-wtR_pFND30xWy9Z1VZyCSg_1rQN8AtZ8kU054StyhJmUbNkmkjUvO_Qkq0BvG-Ep5bTzCsiSQnaOx5Az_f0RN_1kLdeR09O9dejXMKCszHm2EcGVZUahhyrHnjqaMQLpUAN78tlXB2V8NoV/s1800/D4BC692E-E886-47B4-8840-141ED4E94F7F.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4TMgxvNutR-427uq1V2hShK0GwfVq6axTYmcaNt9-wtR_pFND30xWy9Z1VZyCSg_1rQN8AtZ8kU054StyhJmUbNkmkjUvO_Qkq0BvG-Ep5bTzCsiSQnaOx5Az_f0RN_1kLdeR09O9dejXMKCszHm2EcGVZUahhyrHnjqaMQLpUAN78tlXB2V8NoV/w512-h640/D4BC692E-E886-47B4-8840-141ED4E94F7F.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I enjoyed popping back into the main Christmas Market just to see what songs were playing. It was a very entertaining activity and always made me laugh. Here is a little video I put together just to show you some of what I mean...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="409" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2H8hXrKE7HQ" width="492" youtube-src-id="2H8hXrKE7HQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spent the rest of the afternoon just wandering around Bruges. I had been to Bruges before so I didn't want to take a canal tour again, etc. But I had a lot of fun just walking around and popping in shops and the pharmacy (for the French products I like to stock up on every time I get a chance).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFimXk0ZmTfOd9SqkFpiZ--i4g2mI4vebQKrKAu0Nfx6HNglU1bFgyG0TFTapRA7y8RjZ1876v5w5behNK9_jWQTRq5xXC2PSIjzrur2tHiMmuxKY9UHuLXdSIdZue5ESnj94MkXr0bYJEgjHdMnR4g3CKG_gYLE6kH2UH3SHvDMNF3qaWX4CLFWw/s4032/IMG_8368.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFimXk0ZmTfOd9SqkFpiZ--i4g2mI4vebQKrKAu0Nfx6HNglU1bFgyG0TFTapRA7y8RjZ1876v5w5behNK9_jWQTRq5xXC2PSIjzrur2tHiMmuxKY9UHuLXdSIdZue5ESnj94MkXr0bYJEgjHdMnR4g3CKG_gYLE6kH2UH3SHvDMNF3qaWX4CLFWw/w480-h640/IMG_8368.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gosh I wanted some of these vintage ornaments, but couldn't handle the pressure of trying to get them back in one piece!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoxFvGXbPVvzmzPIYRiuiR2xGuzZha4aszqSMnGP1MNqka6U0loS-a0Z09gcMmsPiL5CqXAkPugcojzjbmjQ9cveVQNZHFLBR4BsLau_JuksiFxVnW8UlA__FtuUoWDMawWKEChiDxYTD8fgH7XImHPV1d6kR8gbrwQ0R9gRWYkDq_Jo5NqTEpdFc/s4032/IMG_8377.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoxFvGXbPVvzmzPIYRiuiR2xGuzZha4aszqSMnGP1MNqka6U0loS-a0Z09gcMmsPiL5CqXAkPugcojzjbmjQ9cveVQNZHFLBR4BsLau_JuksiFxVnW8UlA__FtuUoWDMawWKEChiDxYTD8fgH7XImHPV1d6kR8gbrwQ0R9gRWYkDq_Jo5NqTEpdFc/w480-h640/IMG_8377.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bruges is just so pretty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had read that I must try this one thing there so I had to get it before they closed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42o16xCJYV-HV5hCZLSj6Z8sO1Y6vg8SQaAlPpN6vr1M-VJqXY0GInO7MgUinb5wF4vvosMXukcOQzNs4deTztueiw3sUkVA7NoVrN1vBW__PDcByLGkirnT8Qy_41B7s3givEy49VhYjd72ZaDZPgM28aXr2W-TqA1qJCD6PDeXLFzdwbxZdMRAs/s4032/IMG_8389.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42o16xCJYV-HV5hCZLSj6Z8sO1Y6vg8SQaAlPpN6vr1M-VJqXY0GInO7MgUinb5wF4vvosMXukcOQzNs4deTztueiw3sUkVA7NoVrN1vBW__PDcByLGkirnT8Qy_41B7s3givEy49VhYjd72ZaDZPgM28aXr2W-TqA1qJCD6PDeXLFzdwbxZdMRAs/w480-h640/IMG_8389.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had dinner here at Cranenburg House. It's right at the Markt. I tried to sit outside but all the smokers were out there, so I moved inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-QEn3YaYxTy-YXVVFWivpcHOQGNWlvTY70lL8lpBAjb4pFrBJcP2sZDyioz6EdFjCsnMgefRnGp0rySQu-9p_twFGuTOUgnHQlj2H5O-lK9Qx5_WhYiVXjXLPRWXdZj-tcgCUFwRCy8wP4tEMF4X4Zt5kevnxRWltzTQV_SPJbP1wEHetjgc0nPJ/s4032/IMG_8411.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-QEn3YaYxTy-YXVVFWivpcHOQGNWlvTY70lL8lpBAjb4pFrBJcP2sZDyioz6EdFjCsnMgefRnGp0rySQu-9p_twFGuTOUgnHQlj2H5O-lK9Qx5_WhYiVXjXLPRWXdZj-tcgCUFwRCy8wP4tEMF4X4Zt5kevnxRWltzTQV_SPJbP1wEHetjgc0nPJ/w480-h640/IMG_8411.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The inside was charming</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2GAVjia0s2-e5n7mS63kpeii8t7t1bbdD1I66sCfu-wOpsJU5Rex1Ob0cj3OHShYmAvrwP_nI1JfSnjmEeHmiSaEnj2e71MgeUDmWiFEQztlXyvQARBug0EL98u-Eyvh9Vk6c2ssljyEfm5PgUpME4hjhT3n_KyZzg72mGaeHJYXZJi-0G9XpsU0/s4032/IMG_8395.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I was guessing what was inside this yummy confection, but I looked it up to be sure...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MzTzq6_aNYtRx9Lp1_lxlWlR2CR-NuW6TSmxyCgyIMqGsuMMVdiDMkXia1fUgvKAkvzWC-Q7LFzZrVadZ66kvTDZd3V8KpFssNFCR9GwXxCq_fDFuIdQHXsVZ9-zLdbxD_v6wK8loZETU2cofDLPl7Znn48dW25Jv3bILkV5Ieuxt63ys9jY4IBa/s2066/IMG_8430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0MzTzq6_aNYtRx9Lp1_lxlWlR2CR-NuW6TSmxyCgyIMqGsuMMVdiDMkXia1fUgvKAkvzWC-Q7LFzZrVadZ66kvTDZd3V8KpFssNFCR9GwXxCq_fDFuIdQHXsVZ9-zLdbxD_v6wK8loZETU2cofDLPl7Znn48dW25Jv3bILkV5Ieuxt63ys9jY4IBa/w398-h640/IMG_8430.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My hotel for Bruges was called the Grand Hotel Casselbergh. Long after I had made my reservation, I read an article in Travel & Leisure that recommended staying here. I was very smug to have found it on my own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-Mkw3x55W83tVSfnFPNogwJoquxkP8tkXeYHSThP-rs_Kcxyc0_IPVYPKcHl5Jr9pMwR59xlKl21JQqISU4-H-4gZ86w0LgnJ5FhtxkNcv8rLySWt2bXUg9hrmOiYsW450yfie2MPwCUryLZUORTSnMeNSrbd6tWFbT2jTlOPtV5CjCUgK-G6us1/s4032/IMG_8383.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-Mkw3x55W83tVSfnFPNogwJoquxkP8tkXeYHSThP-rs_Kcxyc0_IPVYPKcHl5Jr9pMwR59xlKl21JQqISU4-H-4gZ86w0LgnJ5FhtxkNcv8rLySWt2bXUg9hrmOiYsW450yfie2MPwCUryLZUORTSnMeNSrbd6tWFbT2jTlOPtV5CjCUgK-G6us1/w480-h640/IMG_8383.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was such a great location!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="443" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LSsYEfpmKyk" width="532" youtube-src-id="LSsYEfpmKyk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">But my room was great. It was good size and that bed was so comfy (or I was super tired, or maybe a combo)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGG0VxsAmmo_lenUNbIRKuY5d-AgkyUrWR-6W5v5CWGVrAX_pkeqkudH11c8gkka4SIAf7ZprD80TAgq_oTd0wY-tJApt2fUvrWgiJjDwFYh0g_vlXfwyaNMLtAhzoQfBHdu5zxceFzYL-ipo9TOYdScAtsHGsZkIJovGPNegoyJTSO2uIgwyWcdH/s4928/LDN_4426.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGG0VxsAmmo_lenUNbIRKuY5d-AgkyUrWR-6W5v5CWGVrAX_pkeqkudH11c8gkka4SIAf7ZprD80TAgq_oTd0wY-tJApt2fUvrWgiJjDwFYh0g_vlXfwyaNMLtAhzoQfBHdu5zxceFzYL-ipo9TOYdScAtsHGsZkIJovGPNegoyJTSO2uIgwyWcdH/w640-h424/LDN_4426.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Q-NAnOfEMYh9S_LZNHz1jqqv4PmwzfaUXVwI3aLJwLLWPyjKI-t_VhFB8D5Uwl3PfKGf5PYAKvPzAKHcf9fqj6hvLSA9F8vlUtXKrjEeJftpnTASg5iblo6lsEins83LpnoZ6vbsemVZENtFkMbsrnh1W3rniZfDeWtqE-8GF67BAlU6GbXq2i6Z/s4928/LDN_4427.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Q-NAnOfEMYh9S_LZNHz1jqqv4PmwzfaUXVwI3aLJwLLWPyjKI-t_VhFB8D5Uwl3PfKGf5PYAKvPzAKHcf9fqj6hvLSA9F8vlUtXKrjEeJftpnTASg5iblo6lsEins83LpnoZ6vbsemVZENtFkMbsrnh1W3rniZfDeWtqE-8GF67BAlU6GbXq2i6Z/w640-h424/LDN_4427.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very spacious</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufdQTPjLev08hJ5maJ48GPJ4qP6HyhPL_0yj_wux7tpNlFqj2V7yhLIq5B-FwhVhLQaemQxQ2E4qF_p1dtVUYUN3O13u6YrXgl8V-fqUapknSzES1aOtIVz9YrCoxOmAZFowVttFgVtRmPtYHw9ZLS2yLSsqKo_pKHqNffobS8-xD74GAEd-gIqQN/s4928/LDN_4429.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufdQTPjLev08hJ5maJ48GPJ4qP6HyhPL_0yj_wux7tpNlFqj2V7yhLIq5B-FwhVhLQaemQxQ2E4qF_p1dtVUYUN3O13u6YrXgl8V-fqUapknSzES1aOtIVz9YrCoxOmAZFowVttFgVtRmPtYHw9ZLS2yLSsqKo_pKHqNffobS8-xD74GAEd-gIqQN/w640-h424/LDN_4429.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice bathroom with a separate tub & shower...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqNcZ1xMTmvg6Tfawy-jTxAZrpzkos6Weg3VTwkJyiCZm-Df8AvKSuTBoXHrBhdZRTv6IF0X4zyceNWduV7hKXirnwJiDYjfdLp5VUfHHi6Qe0nTH_FtEZWG2sfuNoT10S2c6vqTi65IoElDtdOIF__rt4qFB3Ujc3PvdADIeJg9VEd-2uNwSO7cF/s4928/LDN_4430.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqNcZ1xMTmvg6Tfawy-jTxAZrpzkos6Weg3VTwkJyiCZm-Df8AvKSuTBoXHrBhdZRTv6IF0X4zyceNWduV7hKXirnwJiDYjfdLp5VUfHHi6Qe0nTH_FtEZWG2sfuNoT10S2c6vqTi65IoElDtdOIF__rt4qFB3Ujc3PvdADIeJg9VEd-2uNwSO7cF/w424-h640/LDN_4430.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOZELok5BYRk0-aphYZc_NpAU5U_0lFN8skDnAtxLSj-kA4wmPZwVH1FKs0o2aMIyGDuFU_47S3eTGqQzoDlJsHxZEYWpAwH8HJcqRu9c3Qednf66h53pnTY7ZDGph-A4sBA0oWgjLmcxUQeIsi3H5ZxN5Ds16cBEmcxPs2en3y2RqFk3837q-w9s/s4928/LDN_4431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieOZELok5BYRk0-aphYZc_NpAU5U_0lFN8skDnAtxLSj-kA4wmPZwVH1FKs0o2aMIyGDuFU_47S3eTGqQzoDlJsHxZEYWpAwH8HJcqRu9c3Qednf66h53pnTY7ZDGph-A4sBA0oWgjLmcxUQeIsi3H5ZxN5Ds16cBEmcxPs2en3y2RqFk3837q-w9s/w424-h640/LDN_4431.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on Day 3!</div><p></p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-76483656001187707782022-12-28T05:00:00.009-06:002022-12-28T05:00:00.200-06:00Europe 2022 {Day Two ~ London}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Tuesday, December 13th I headed out to Chelsea. I took the tube to Sloan Square and then walked up Kings Road. Kings Road holds so many memories for me because my dorm from 1996 was on Kings Road, so I always try to go walk a portion when I'm in London. It looks different (there was no lululemon or peloton back in 1996), but also so familiar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNmYztE3O4xW3AODMNa-q3c_vZIylvl-R6MKpjMcn8SqAiL3tAF2qGK9f7ExXuGcaHYBnMzwT4BTW6_11UO7SuvWGGgvpV8lnyYuCpraGu1MtNTQeQiE0FVGjmVxrlRXUlQ4RICQiABRxV5qdz0eDURofUKLvY1XE_p57BEAS0qkaLM9FUGx3nceR/s4928/LDN_4402.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNmYztE3O4xW3AODMNa-q3c_vZIylvl-R6MKpjMcn8SqAiL3tAF2qGK9f7ExXuGcaHYBnMzwT4BTW6_11UO7SuvWGGgvpV8lnyYuCpraGu1MtNTQeQiE0FVGjmVxrlRXUlQ4RICQiABRxV5qdz0eDURofUKLvY1XE_p57BEAS0qkaLM9FUGx3nceR/w424-h640/LDN_4402.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took a detour to go through and see the decorations at Duke of York Square....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">The pink wreath & pink door were another...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_9JVRWedU58wdOOb1c3SlKUUc5NNtrPnWkYt8T9HxNRJ_T0Os0ACMi9rlxea9IgSUGS2MEg1M0nzwER5qtzcS7S2SnhEvtkbWhBwCxyUZFAs_jqffzb3StuoZHFt-MInkk1uayr8uepB5CTSSPodhx0memOP6I2xtZdww_0t_lAxMD2nv3jkxnyZ/s4928/LDN_4406.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_9JVRWedU58wdOOb1c3SlKUUc5NNtrPnWkYt8T9HxNRJ_T0Os0ACMi9rlxea9IgSUGS2MEg1M0nzwER5qtzcS7S2SnhEvtkbWhBwCxyUZFAs_jqffzb3StuoZHFt-MInkk1uayr8uepB5CTSSPodhx0memOP6I2xtZdww_0t_lAxMD2nv3jkxnyZ/w424-h640/LDN_4406.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surprise! 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This is the newer location that I hadn't visited before...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EK5tebf345KMXMz7CBjp3D1FH3EooCxBmbHDG1p4oeTy4iPqrxkOJRfF3bta1nVBJqirx3YwmFftUAgWRPjPb8jrLQfn2wPhQutQjNCJo2P0dz7psnotn_7R0YHKQLlJC3GW1rZL76XB83SsONW-kTD2S6KC84RBHP-E0uKEN69_hcoiNbAZ-XrM/s1800/4B2590D4-6832-4B0B-8B18-411D3C96C2EA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EK5tebf345KMXMz7CBjp3D1FH3EooCxBmbHDG1p4oeTy4iPqrxkOJRfF3bta1nVBJqirx3YwmFftUAgWRPjPb8jrLQfn2wPhQutQjNCJo2P0dz7psnotn_7R0YHKQLlJC3GW1rZL76XB83SsONW-kTD2S6KC84RBHP-E0uKEN69_hcoiNbAZ-XrM/w512-h640/4B2590D4-6832-4B0B-8B18-411D3C96C2EA.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaSXCsskBoFwSYnnp6Ofzr8NClWAnTDEXvTX93l2UY9ot2Gy4DCV-niEA5N9DacqsmcggYOz-PB360Ozc3tdTHQSecW4k758SwpDvwx4D_b6x-G_y88yxL2mBAYSUzjdWciODQ2QJThuc5ojbOv1u341Y3wcZiLdRx0UGxfIAn1BTHJEYUBcy8ys2/s4032/IMG_8170.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The cupcake and cake selection...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q6-WlUHcBRY" width="542" youtube-src-id="q6-WlUHcBRY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had eggs benedict...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSASjOBMp5P5NLh1LdT3xsaIpphy27hgP1U99xoRhkcL0ioYBw-Xhtg6R-bLdiOIYdvPeKCzpu9DvXhHf2z5CjcrqATqmntT9Egppyrg0qCzoykHFu5t36peFLVQ_z2wNecwWCOJ2Z7QsLhfeavYzrIuYxltfZcWRdOof6Vk-pHe3HN03jgCrOlsXr/s4032/IMG_8175.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSASjOBMp5P5NLh1LdT3xsaIpphy27hgP1U99xoRhkcL0ioYBw-Xhtg6R-bLdiOIYdvPeKCzpu9DvXhHf2z5CjcrqATqmntT9Egppyrg0qCzoykHFu5t36peFLVQ_z2wNecwWCOJ2Z7QsLhfeavYzrIuYxltfZcWRdOof6Vk-pHe3HN03jgCrOlsXr/w480-h640/IMG_8175.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the Happy & Glorious cake which is a vanilla infused Victorian sponge cake with vanilla and lemon buttercream and strawberry & elderflower jam</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PZca11gCvhs56LoVHQGrszet7Sm5ktHcJ3Mh3rKZ84AQ_gJqD8wyNd46gT3_bew4YPukvZ23f7q2VnE0VrdNTuQ4MoBEqdbcfl_s__1t96D4hBPOa5-k7Ff3UDm6OFLsj1SMz6BoeGtHkmV7m8XMHrkg7xBA3DiMRiC1_OeUMtzWZyOAwPAWc4Dl/s4032/IMG_8179.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PZca11gCvhs56LoVHQGrszet7Sm5ktHcJ3Mh3rKZ84AQ_gJqD8wyNd46gT3_bew4YPukvZ23f7q2VnE0VrdNTuQ4MoBEqdbcfl_s__1t96D4hBPOa5-k7Ff3UDm6OFLsj1SMz6BoeGtHkmV7m8XMHrkg7xBA3DiMRiC1_OeUMtzWZyOAwPAWc4Dl/w480-h640/IMG_8179.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After breakfast I continued walking along Kings Road with a detour to Godfrey Street.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I walked on to Belgravia and past the Original Peggy Porschen on Elizabeth Street</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG8Kua938KvL0im2_a2PhVBEZhrEzM7Uc9l0yVJGx0aDnh0tL_2yWFmmEUqqLaeikuDbcYgRnxn3u2oMExc9cAF0MT1fGe-fhvc8BgL8b9wJI2VQTo64W4IbxcXPrYJnKokVpJISDGZ8nCtVq-0bKQ6Uq_qpFOVE_kODQ-wrfR6-quwCaLseCLIbo/s4032/IMG_8186.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG8Kua938KvL0im2_a2PhVBEZhrEzM7Uc9l0yVJGx0aDnh0tL_2yWFmmEUqqLaeikuDbcYgRnxn3u2oMExc9cAF0MT1fGe-fhvc8BgL8b9wJI2VQTo64W4IbxcXPrYJnKokVpJISDGZ8nCtVq-0bKQ6Uq_qpFOVE_kODQ-wrfR6-quwCaLseCLIbo/w480-h640/IMG_8186.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found myself near Buckingham Palace, so I made sure to walk past.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Annabel's is a private club that always has over the top Holiday Decor. But these darn buses would not move!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiibp8BgN2ofEq8JzVS7nsYnj4d2TKp2Uv_nFCC2TCIFd5LnRI8f9Uz17966QvnhqirdUEps9zrPHqkXnBDCmgYlphg-pByZ1j1k_d_7RtgWHLPK98Ak2iT67A2MlVwNlzcLi-TmmiClztM5YFcUE_7DnSkS6G-3wP91ffvKTgAn5sUMWO0FeKK3-y/s4032/IMG_8193.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiibp8BgN2ofEq8JzVS7nsYnj4d2TKp2Uv_nFCC2TCIFd5LnRI8f9Uz17966QvnhqirdUEps9zrPHqkXnBDCmgYlphg-pByZ1j1k_d_7RtgWHLPK98Ak2iT67A2MlVwNlzcLi-TmmiClztM5YFcUE_7DnSkS6G-3wP91ffvKTgAn5sUMWO0FeKK3-y/w480-h640/IMG_8193.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walked on to New Bond Street and then Old Bond Street to see all the storefronts in their finery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I made a stop in Cath Kidston (as always), and then next door to Fortnum & Mason to replenish some tea...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXfVS8yGr331GPLMGi3kRG_Tey-P9oqB4BBplPG3gSBA-IM5hTVVFjMzY1teLtvJPF9R1yZ4WTHT926XW2qrv-lYxnrFmT3fK9NN0xnDIN55gv5DMfAFdYQp8volyD_BGSHq-mo5F3n-gvjoeJ7PXa_zztFzfQEPQqYl4UmP4wRUWBRn2LhCBz-wg/s4032/IMG_8211.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXfVS8yGr331GPLMGi3kRG_Tey-P9oqB4BBplPG3gSBA-IM5hTVVFjMzY1teLtvJPF9R1yZ4WTHT926XW2qrv-lYxnrFmT3fK9NN0xnDIN55gv5DMfAFdYQp8volyD_BGSHq-mo5F3n-gvjoeJ7PXa_zztFzfQEPQqYl4UmP4wRUWBRn2LhCBz-wg/w480-h640/IMG_8211.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortnum is always a sight</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I took the tube to Knightsbridge because I had tickets to the Fabulous World of Dior (even though I wasn't completely sure what that was). Harrod's had partnered with Dior for their Holiday decor. They had decorated the outside of Harrods like a gingerbread house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFg-0glC_PV6cmF4eiy2W9qQDtpBAfMVbPZgAF6lNrZoCyd0DzBWtpmYusjkF2btkHYqUguQuMzUv1wV60aeho6vjTYwTiPzRbB4BABfmpPmZIDPdc9Wli7h-OyQ8hXNStGUW20Mj1T2Qh4eNCMlfGzf0eSgXRuEhStSa6zYwAgzRRnotTtunlxsuw/s4032/IMG_8236.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFg-0glC_PV6cmF4eiy2W9qQDtpBAfMVbPZgAF6lNrZoCyd0DzBWtpmYusjkF2btkHYqUguQuMzUv1wV60aeho6vjTYwTiPzRbB4BABfmpPmZIDPdc9Wli7h-OyQ8hXNStGUW20Mj1T2Qh4eNCMlfGzf0eSgXRuEhStSa6zYwAgzRRnotTtunlxsuw/w480-h640/IMG_8236.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every single window display was Dior and gingerbread themed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Loved the miniature Dior dresses...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="521" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BS7vGm7ZNvA" width="627" youtube-src-id="BS7vGm7ZNvA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DA5MjBf9Pz2Qc7pKFHtA-MOVh3us-oy3i4aMCONfUXN3R8aVLB3JG0vi4v0_7pr-J67di4nYA2U9DfyOEoY6_1YdHXuPk8l_yIcRyehPs6-NxirT1D3QNYUuo5eOM8D_m5ZS9TDM_RDvIX-eDuim2mE3q3XY1brzLnal98V3K73VnzZqOpdVVLcY/s4032/IMG_8258.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0DA5MjBf9Pz2Qc7pKFHtA-MOVh3us-oy3i4aMCONfUXN3R8aVLB3JG0vi4v0_7pr-J67di4nYA2U9DfyOEoY6_1YdHXuPk8l_yIcRyehPs6-NxirT1D3QNYUuo5eOM8D_m5ZS9TDM_RDvIX-eDuim2mE3q3XY1brzLnal98V3K73VnzZqOpdVVLcY/w480-h640/IMG_8258.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">There are various food & drink vendors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32uM5InKkrKdXxwDU2Ixa19NARwDT2P8FTdEiPSREaj0Ky3zVxjtM8ofm92l78yDpTeBbJ_JruAYw9YduESV1zdJ0sDI12xZvU_M9sn7cyjIrX27ojOtqVdVR6IYsQh2jO5lJV8OUL-WyTJbEZ-6Ns7LEiW8U_F0bEf57dc97pHMW_BagOLmOILtp/s4032/IMG_8322.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32uM5InKkrKdXxwDU2Ixa19NARwDT2P8FTdEiPSREaj0Ky3zVxjtM8ofm92l78yDpTeBbJ_JruAYw9YduESV1zdJ0sDI12xZvU_M9sn7cyjIrX27ojOtqVdVR6IYsQh2jO5lJV8OUL-WyTJbEZ-6Ns7LEiW8U_F0bEf57dc97pHMW_BagOLmOILtp/w480-h640/IMG_8322.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a handmade pasta... the Cacio e pepe. I had seen this location on Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy" London episode.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElOVKrWtBZVrOdcKEz3V-se7tjgC1gw-KHXgFrIBgC_cC2G7loo25BFNNu2hTB-dnPBGwTFIZf00OY2DzxAc4Xz_aY7oqv0oTqzulWicrBsyQmR_N9r3VsmuA-aSsKuN-2welireskHIRkKuqhkD9wsAAtzuQZjaV1P_yXHy-dNmJ9mpC7vC4kJlN/s4032/IMG_8323.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElOVKrWtBZVrOdcKEz3V-se7tjgC1gw-KHXgFrIBgC_cC2G7loo25BFNNu2hTB-dnPBGwTFIZf00OY2DzxAc4Xz_aY7oqv0oTqzulWicrBsyQmR_N9r3VsmuA-aSsKuN-2welireskHIRkKuqhkD9wsAAtzuQZjaV1P_yXHy-dNmJ9mpC7vC4kJlN/w480-h640/IMG_8323.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally...I wasn't ready to let it go, so I walked back by Annabel's and success!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLbpR77RceelL3UUqjoAJ1wZX4Hb3xrONQ0KO6amxYHFyv7oxv4uLTB2FlR9Ggl6oQOkMt4-YF5DS4nUBr3g9Gl5Ovlg80D4KArmFgZHf-rv2ybU7PvWUeg2Sbmj94x41vXU6QtNQzSu2xhrwjJ_9jgoQbokAVg7m3ijWqRvr5Z2R-KRZHoDpZyJ_/s4032/IMG_8328.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLbpR77RceelL3UUqjoAJ1wZX4Hb3xrONQ0KO6amxYHFyv7oxv4uLTB2FlR9Ggl6oQOkMt4-YF5DS4nUBr3g9Gl5Ovlg80D4KArmFgZHf-rv2ybU7PvWUeg2Sbmj94x41vXU6QtNQzSu2xhrwjJ_9jgoQbokAVg7m3ijWqRvr5Z2R-KRZHoDpZyJ_/w480-h640/IMG_8328.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">29,310 steps later, I called it a day! I had seen as much of London's Holiday decor as I could manage. I had an early morning the next day, so I went back to the hotel to pack up and get ready to change not only locations, but countries!</div><p></p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-40967273551206444682022-12-27T12:42:00.005-06:002022-12-28T16:38:55.523-06:00Europe 2022 {Day One ~ London & Windsor}<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year's Europe at Christmastime tour began in my favorite (or should say favourite) city on Earth...London. I flew out on December 11th and arrived about 6:30 a.m. on Monday, December 12th. I arrived to a snowy England that had seen an unusually early snowfall the night before.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After clearing customs, I took the tube to Earl's Court and walked to my hotel. Unfortunately my room wasn't ready that early, so I changed clothes in their common area toilet and headed out. I took the tube to Paddington Station and bought a train ticket to Windsor. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After she passed away, I knew I had to go to Windsor to pay my respect to HM The Queen. They are closed on Tuesdays, so the day I arrived was the only option. My ticket time wasn't until 2:00, but I had checked online and saw that earlier time slots were still available, so I headed out on an early train.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was able to get in early and it looked magnificent snowcapped!</div><p></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSoXocM_0bWJ-T5hpkb4ANqVVGe8dNNh0xHzkDF0KDEDKElLT-10Rvcn-2ptE5eyWPeOPhDc0W3Pbq8zOZPopco9M4YJqwhG0J0MoOMuxDoXq5l0-smhoE4hBvxIQcp6mABHupOqbFDWrrHo4YQx7dRZUygbL25WS3dmSzeq2obYWTWuvspcxn9xP/s4928/LDN_4302.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSoXocM_0bWJ-T5hpkb4ANqVVGe8dNNh0xHzkDF0KDEDKElLT-10Rvcn-2ptE5eyWPeOPhDc0W3Pbq8zOZPopco9M4YJqwhG0J0MoOMuxDoXq5l0-smhoE4hBvxIQcp6mABHupOqbFDWrrHo4YQx7dRZUygbL25WS3dmSzeq2obYWTWuvspcxn9xP/w640-h424/LDN_4302.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Just some of the elaborate London Christmas displays...<img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFO0QmDOWIQ4R8wCz1nZxj_PTNCdhGlxfH3rWrrKJXwp1Hxe_UMUdgscYnrjQqrJHs8WYkzGwULpiPiL52JGd-gw1gowfekQ7BVlNtgNVYv1eZWT5sCHiTFIKp68hv91N5PL-2pzkeEOooHn0DKQ3-EKp57iIAkiOa-T_e7in8r_H6iVGO2LTdRNrI/w480-h640/IMG_8066.HEIC" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking to Trafalgar Square...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKDxZ8RG4CS5JlCjmSQHRR5IDQUJFPWlPlQ4FK_rY5bw-ad1smLtLWJepEA_xwJqreVJCOo3QsM_CGrI2Vbfk79Z12sCZFp9C-VAvldtNic_DITxwEqi3kIV_ypJxHfQWgVNiAb9SJdJKZs2rZcXYLHmzDqigs9US0u4gKQGmGz2KKVlqCFWtTFVr/s4032/IMG_8068.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKDxZ8RG4CS5JlCjmSQHRR5IDQUJFPWlPlQ4FK_rY5bw-ad1smLtLWJepEA_xwJqreVJCOo3QsM_CGrI2Vbfk79Z12sCZFp9C-VAvldtNic_DITxwEqi3kIV_ypJxHfQWgVNiAb9SJdJKZs2rZcXYLHmzDqigs9US0u4gKQGmGz2KKVlqCFWtTFVr/w480-h640/IMG_8068.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Christmas market at Trafalgar...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KF1OeLwc5hP-GQWU28CzMrFq9OaLeDEYdHxfRVrjxj6CpbZfKL9vpM0rLC-JWq8JMJtXOtpAlKTbBF5cRYTOHKuqzTTW6SAqCb9py7Fm40MJjx8eEsxgMWPlFkNGSjQk64BVQ46xSgxO4Kg7QeM8-OpzYuB5j2PhTejPogcNgF7PxSz1fCajanyj/s4032/IMG_8071.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KF1OeLwc5hP-GQWU28CzMrFq9OaLeDEYdHxfRVrjxj6CpbZfKL9vpM0rLC-JWq8JMJtXOtpAlKTbBF5cRYTOHKuqzTTW6SAqCb9py7Fm40MJjx8eEsxgMWPlFkNGSjQk64BVQ46xSgxO4Kg7QeM8-OpzYuB5j2PhTejPogcNgF7PxSz1fCajanyj/w480-h640/IMG_8071.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_1oOkzoXG_eIl0FpGr4BOYLcD0CWXSXN7glMSQhzwFJsUqAdUlAa8Xw02CnYSsVZGHqvokFgPGG_ORP06AgSZ6xkhbht7VksTC3lSIL5bhun-uB_hsgPQ3tTzyQIgn4E0_DKpAcebwUSDOQ7lkeh4xMHUcSbDN_ZGZHRNcyzONpxq2N46JPjwlV5/w480-h640/IMG_8073.HEIC" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tree Norway has given yearly since WW2 for appreciation...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoTOy-NmTgQFNR7-D1YD86wK4eJUi5HWlg_03O_InnkTkukjS0JpYgcXRvyyQRN_0u020al3EppXw28gY-mxZv3hQ4_DSAFGgBXffidclCCexP6IzS6gFJ0RP89MCvi2WIYcrF_aUB3B180qq4FwvQR5gf7XgfFXl69AbwCORRaDA71bcARUvuMFs/s4928/LDN_4363.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoTOy-NmTgQFNR7-D1YD86wK4eJUi5HWlg_03O_InnkTkukjS0JpYgcXRvyyQRN_0u020al3EppXw28gY-mxZv3hQ4_DSAFGgBXffidclCCexP6IzS6gFJ0RP89MCvi2WIYcrF_aUB3B180qq4FwvQR5gf7XgfFXl69AbwCORRaDA71bcARUvuMFs/w424-h640/LDN_4363.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigM21gaybc210VzCYBEVikD8cM98wieLoys-zvCBcFJCMDfe1-iCufqb65g8g4kqXqiawaNm9mgF0cnmHyruw5avMoJXKstV1xdcKHdySwFI1oPrA0GyWk6AlDRXVrgoc1GYzUMdM6VnfiKPZ7LyRlZfNQFLrT8zE2XXz1x_SLmvb6BPZEFo4Ef2B/s1800/20DEA687-5028-4410-A3D4-A2005B66C76F.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">This began the portion of my day that was not on my itinerary. I wanted to see ALL the places that I could in snow, so I walked up the Mall a bit.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39-FrzxcMHWVphohCd81njpwGni1TlcQDK-21rKT3jCpeiaCaVVujp_HoseaWWQsPORvPDPvgM4bNz194ZYFAgBTTd2fWQFZZuGrYgvwUhrNXV6pI0h62RCAQsAQPltCTAMP8cy02Dw8ff7Cu-u1vNhcqqAroR8Z8XR8Gc-13bKaZDG4QGKerp2lT/s4928/LDN_4371.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39-FrzxcMHWVphohCd81njpwGni1TlcQDK-21rKT3jCpeiaCaVVujp_HoseaWWQsPORvPDPvgM4bNz194ZYFAgBTTd2fWQFZZuGrYgvwUhrNXV6pI0h62RCAQsAQPltCTAMP8cy02Dw8ff7Cu-u1vNhcqqAroR8Z8XR8Gc-13bKaZDG4QGKerp2lT/w640-h424/LDN_4371.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbfcWkXyM3Z7N4uZr1QjABR8VS2kybZaREkwatASEjm1yPXWppqAfvAr-wNNnl5JrJrWQ8vMJRz5pdEvg28SKL98WaGlEvKLCBjw8DDT2Br5M66Z49Y5TWdGvkcp_Z7gx_NjOpVy48NlKn1L3WHGVUqT_-WV6uVHemnz3ikXlwmdhDwkFhcBqlj3d/s1791/C4CBE219-C45A-41F5-B91C-216F90BB3EEA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">up to where I could see Westminster Abbey...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkOru7Xb9w7tJY0mpEv9DKOB7svrlEVnz343qrusHDEDWrBY06bonldXTS0yrCkO3NxuG2N3pivJnZ-elLUaYd35CQ_v7BMFUDPtI0iFhTikXv5Rpv-Z8MPSW2v1SNa2YfpKKlslAiMXyeB2NR5_7k0_9ykcNE6L_CwlYexqJM8WW3ZD0CqCQZMec/s4032/IMG_8098.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkOru7Xb9w7tJY0mpEv9DKOB7svrlEVnz343qrusHDEDWrBY06bonldXTS0yrCkO3NxuG2N3pivJnZ-elLUaYd35CQ_v7BMFUDPtI0iFhTikXv5Rpv-Z8MPSW2v1SNa2YfpKKlslAiMXyeB2NR5_7k0_9ykcNE6L_CwlYexqJM8WW3ZD0CqCQZMec/w480-h640/IMG_8098.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Parliament & Sir Winston Churchill covered in snow...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvFCaEO_bYwBsf1wZiXvUYMFhOGPWhsmxthOmHWEBMKXx10gSaxOG3VsfS851HFccEgVlu4YIZNu7L2FvGUHyhUtCFUsV6IhjXUmpqtDh7HPkgkAZiEiOt4D6KZqN6xDewtuzPzj07AB2WoKd2bhDJIZR955y6ZcE65_ZJG15oCI3BeLnbvGfKMiZ/s4928/LDN_4379.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvFCaEO_bYwBsf1wZiXvUYMFhOGPWhsmxthOmHWEBMKXx10gSaxOG3VsfS851HFccEgVlu4YIZNu7L2FvGUHyhUtCFUsV6IhjXUmpqtDh7HPkgkAZiEiOt4D6KZqN6xDewtuzPzj07AB2WoKd2bhDJIZR955y6ZcE65_ZJG15oCI3BeLnbvGfKMiZ/w424-h640/LDN_4379.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to Big Ben!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdGWhatPsDCjIJwp1JHZUML7ulsD075HDWr13VsWM8I16t-NfTKrleCnfLO6p-VfIeGhUytGhAKu1k3IAnwW19qSM5G3gCoRwKjbmwYgx_ZmftK3qDbOkzd3pkoZ7WzursgPmfWwhA16Q0V2QQn0CC-Meen5cOSSa4qJmcZMVeRzu6vDd0m-NoGwb/s4032/IMG_8097.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdGWhatPsDCjIJwp1JHZUML7ulsD075HDWr13VsWM8I16t-NfTKrleCnfLO6p-VfIeGhUytGhAKu1k3IAnwW19qSM5G3gCoRwKjbmwYgx_ZmftK3qDbOkzd3pkoZ7WzursgPmfWwhA16Q0V2QQn0CC-Meen5cOSSa4qJmcZMVeRzu6vDd0m-NoGwb/w480-h640/IMG_8097.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I made a turn and went back up Whitehall (basically I'm making a big circle at this point)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgpNqNuJr01IHj2THPd10db9JPPdX6Wyq8m2_1Lc7FCdEyWI1mg66DirEj3bdSjm_H5j9zs8kbRSLvxpNbiyyO7FaVOPdouIp7sjfJZMrZ1wDVLg9npTzKqkH3Roj9o42FtPRRiuKrARdfbh71-RdpFY-ZLsdL2DvVJ-pHSySgDAfvHwPdmNz8FNW/s4928/LDN_4384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgpNqNuJr01IHj2THPd10db9JPPdX6Wyq8m2_1Lc7FCdEyWI1mg66DirEj3bdSjm_H5j9zs8kbRSLvxpNbiyyO7FaVOPdouIp7sjfJZMrZ1wDVLg9npTzKqkH3Roj9o42FtPRRiuKrARdfbh71-RdpFY-ZLsdL2DvVJ-pHSySgDAfvHwPdmNz8FNW/w424-h640/LDN_4384.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Cenotaph</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KqvXI61rE0p1JeJr0t2QlkMjtZWFpl8UNlcuutXYP_0XGKpqIKhTSY1Qz5kNLElbpK6ElUUQq5qur6Z0tHTJsTGlQgrCpwQwCzBXQl9znwa7AcjfMfzJVkM6el0JTTiLg5AL2IU9hzr4ZIMwAwE9DdfHUcLpaT6jkAVcTau1OA0AJBx3bsI9l0z2/s4032/IMG_8106.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KqvXI61rE0p1JeJr0t2QlkMjtZWFpl8UNlcuutXYP_0XGKpqIKhTSY1Qz5kNLElbpK6ElUUQq5qur6Z0tHTJsTGlQgrCpwQwCzBXQl9znwa7AcjfMfzJVkM6el0JTTiLg5AL2IU9hzr4ZIMwAwE9DdfHUcLpaT6jkAVcTau1OA0AJBx3bsI9l0z2/w480-h640/IMG_8106.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WW2 Women's Memorial</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3fXU0HXIlfJu3iO4z4V1azAUf8gElEQW7EPYvkSQKuzfZ_-SR1KHxOLC_V4uH7Nul-R4HzreK3DD2WrdyBG5AtcHr3ULcSe5zgAZpuPtHlD4zlL2elpD5abgjeznXYwdqj4C3RfuxL0mJmXlKYFMpBen9iGX1FT73-8JiaDZgGbRhVsbRerxL7tb/s4032/IMG_8109.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3fXU0HXIlfJu3iO4z4V1azAUf8gElEQW7EPYvkSQKuzfZ_-SR1KHxOLC_V4uH7Nul-R4HzreK3DD2WrdyBG5AtcHr3ULcSe5zgAZpuPtHlD4zlL2elpD5abgjeznXYwdqj4C3RfuxL0mJmXlKYFMpBen9iGX1FT73-8JiaDZgGbRhVsbRerxL7tb/w480-h640/IMG_8109.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even saw the Downing Street fox running around as I walked up Whitehall!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next destination was a mid-afternoon lunch at a pub called The Clarence...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAwb_2NeaP-n5dvl3ri22qQtiSXiEOJTMZq0Mo6Vl3EOz7pJebphr82RQ1INT-PVzoX4YsIB4lynJMSQaooBuZ9ahIau9i3AR37ZONzpyCL1PgwTXpJxYR20Rl7WJO3T1fbN6Mujzq9orzp3Cnh-ouMjVgts5zBcYOp-tAV4K429IZY5O5owlcqjR/s4032/IMG_8115.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">and fish & chips...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj037nqcB9OcK1CJejiE0_5QSyRfd2Qd81Ig7Xwoy0KTBWlQJnPh3A2qivU3JrpPnVtcwDayTgM3SRQbDeeJFyUQ6UbmHBerkp37mYOkBczHcaZhROArcbyJWKKGmcyPNf-Xm3oB7mdJ65IlQYwev9yKvro_9Gu0R4uo31rtj2zx6JrZdMccw4FEW35/s4032/IMG_8120.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj037nqcB9OcK1CJejiE0_5QSyRfd2Qd81Ig7Xwoy0KTBWlQJnPh3A2qivU3JrpPnVtcwDayTgM3SRQbDeeJFyUQ6UbmHBerkp37mYOkBczHcaZhROArcbyJWKKGmcyPNf-Xm3oB7mdJ65IlQYwev9yKvro_9Gu0R4uo31rtj2zx6JrZdMccw4FEW35/w480-h640/IMG_8120.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then walked back up Whitehall to see Big Ben all lit up after sunset, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">before taking the tube back to Earl's Court..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuT2yFtv_mF0HnBFK8WAlD5-G5VeO4wiIss8fS8oepMj1yvKRD8KBBPL3uXU4h9KxqJjYuwjejswj9rhdzxfYwLX_J1epj8IVLtb0u3gTyU_6yxqtXQeYM4UQYYLhTwaj_asrh0gi4jlYTdc9XEhPDBl2T6X1wLM4E3GE7VgYgMEy6NzeMa44luS8K/s4928/LDN_4387.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuT2yFtv_mF0HnBFK8WAlD5-G5VeO4wiIss8fS8oepMj1yvKRD8KBBPL3uXU4h9KxqJjYuwjejswj9rhdzxfYwLX_J1epj8IVLtb0u3gTyU_6yxqtXQeYM4UQYYLhTwaj_asrh0gi4jlYTdc9XEhPDBl2T6X1wLM4E3GE7VgYgMEy6NzeMa44luS8K/w424-h640/LDN_4387.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was able to check in, so I dropped by bags in my room and then walked back up the street to the Mark's and Spencer Grocery that I like. I grabbed some sodas, water, snacks, and Percy Pigs before heading back to the room for the night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">According to my fitbit I had been 18,673 steps on basically an hour and half (maybe) of sleep so I crashed...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm10RaRl-TZYHUvHvf-6reNGLKbi2rFGediEC2nod7LdnEVl6LUc0N3gSzJyiSVZN4pyq28PCiLUgaFLa_eR8y150nYFIWpl7Gd83FD3fBj1v4J45aJSVcx117GbBEf08GbfrsDXopTNJD5LYQy_Kqw5fD9KaepiO5OdvgsxCQPiHwWDo_TAADarT/s4032/IMG_8127.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm10RaRl-TZYHUvHvf-6reNGLKbi2rFGediEC2nod7LdnEVl6LUc0N3gSzJyiSVZN4pyq28PCiLUgaFLa_eR8y150nYFIWpl7Gd83FD3fBj1v4J45aJSVcx117GbBEf08GbfrsDXopTNJD5LYQy_Kqw5fD9KaepiO5OdvgsxCQPiHwWDo_TAADarT/w480-h640/IMG_8127.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This trip I stayed at a different hotel than I have the past few times I've visited London. It was in the same neighborhood that I like and just around the corner. It was highly rated and I was pleased with the choice. There are several hotels in London called "The Resident ___" This was The Resident Kensington.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr25QkNFTrgiGf7VK_OF_Qx5sWFhaW9GNqaC2pqKUUsa56lWDTXrU-6sMLDXTBRd4c6HbNKebJigijmDcE6e1TjBdCkmakgzmfY1VvRYbrsyqp1DLzZL8Ndv6JfoiL-RyAALw4Pdayy7RNtLZqv7OF6bHToZvudff3zP3N7oqRAa0AHx_l76UTWV31/s4032/IMG_8146.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr25QkNFTrgiGf7VK_OF_Qx5sWFhaW9GNqaC2pqKUUsa56lWDTXrU-6sMLDXTBRd4c6HbNKebJigijmDcE6e1TjBdCkmakgzmfY1VvRYbrsyqp1DLzZL8Ndv6JfoiL-RyAALw4Pdayy7RNtLZqv7OF6bHToZvudff3zP3N7oqRAa0AHx_l76UTWV31/w480-h640/IMG_8146.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38SoEazRX0H9L7RpfDDex8yB91XycrjRIEjtSobk-Y7g8K-_pK_qTg-t4v-XWedS5XIdflNI7WuGvOQwdTo2z1J9sHOzKGFpeAK2iZqpRVZ1S-G2qkS88VJQoqYACGd7aU2M87_iGp7JWxYJVFp6tt7vZsGez1qEBMmuQtOC0dQ9BliCmQUI_Pp15/s4032/IMG_8147.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38SoEazRX0H9L7RpfDDex8yB91XycrjRIEjtSobk-Y7g8K-_pK_qTg-t4v-XWedS5XIdflNI7WuGvOQwdTo2z1J9sHOzKGFpeAK2iZqpRVZ1S-G2qkS88VJQoqYACGd7aU2M87_iGp7JWxYJVFp6tt7vZsGez1qEBMmuQtOC0dQ9BliCmQUI_Pp15/w480-h640/IMG_8147.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I booked a Standard Double Room</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3UnjDr11bsPDVJTwSAxc1mAObalkgJtEKRetmb9oR4MHqMWp57QV3ahU3CcnyBtHhBODYMldDXEHiX2CrqfKMAqEsUIZDxcE-6FYVhrvKG0fDahzZ8om-hnOVwOp_qzwuTVn124NhY7L8l9qZgNeFp7qU7hOrkkPpwy9zLIIbx-lhKBKYWvVjy0k/s4928/LDN_4389.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3UnjDr11bsPDVJTwSAxc1mAObalkgJtEKRetmb9oR4MHqMWp57QV3ahU3CcnyBtHhBODYMldDXEHiX2CrqfKMAqEsUIZDxcE-6FYVhrvKG0fDahzZ8om-hnOVwOp_qzwuTVn124NhY7L8l9qZgNeFp7qU7hOrkkPpwy9zLIIbx-lhKBKYWvVjy0k/w640-h424/LDN_4389.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3H1mOvMR4ZCn6760l4Qe_Ryny37yq8kA9znELO-lZrMc-ZAZuWep3L0y8UH6ctMiCaG8sgIMi8p1453MWijyTCm3wyvSCPQ-grlG10kL6o7G5hXoaN91BuALIqpvjNPU0n_Mx9SoJIyxa9Ii-fFos1cw0NhLBwhLAmXOwqarLJ_9n9Ak5_gCHPsXt/s4928/LDN_4390.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3H1mOvMR4ZCn6760l4Qe_Ryny37yq8kA9znELO-lZrMc-ZAZuWep3L0y8UH6ctMiCaG8sgIMi8p1453MWijyTCm3wyvSCPQ-grlG10kL6o7G5hXoaN91BuALIqpvjNPU0n_Mx9SoJIyxa9Ii-fFos1cw0NhLBwhLAmXOwqarLJ_9n9Ak5_gCHPsXt/w640-h424/LDN_4390.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I liked that all of their rooms came with a kitchenette closet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5e8szR9fAYEg7n3KCn2WHrfxTag_Lvtg9i6vKt-AHf3D9tsqVyYxHz7jy7n5UuQLdfG-1azAmxn39tOea-Qt3km9YP_wvdJBZJIaNoOHddCn9Jgr-S63sa79L5SQ9fSbpmlbTRWx6c75UiXqTnXjPbC6NhOshpcCnJhYvY50SCgD4xjZz4TARdHFq/s4928/LDN_4391.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I actually paid more for a larger room. They had some that were larger, but also some that were smaller. Just something to keep in mind... London hotels are $$$ and small!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY-TQjnMChxIM_tLE9PJFTTZDVKgN97rUc6v0tTsKxXvGspMWMFjDr7YSo6YtpGyq1CaQMVLeIr7MthSLytVyfBCUWExw9z8SfvtVu4wBblxPUUwZ9zgrR49K9wg-AAQkU_NwONMBUrQfLKlsg_V_orp4uqC9BHQbTffN_QZNKJXwhEBNUkaWTbZO/s4928/LDN_4394.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKY-TQjnMChxIM_tLE9PJFTTZDVKgN97rUc6v0tTsKxXvGspMWMFjDr7YSo6YtpGyq1CaQMVLeIr7MthSLytVyfBCUWExw9z8SfvtVu4wBblxPUUwZ9zgrR49K9wg-AAQkU_NwONMBUrQfLKlsg_V_orp4uqC9BHQbTffN_QZNKJXwhEBNUkaWTbZO/w424-h640/LDN_4394.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IVi-zQ3-bl0KneFjBdCPpZEqobj1cjRKRwbOwqjCJ023sEhzxfIZpAqRgd2OEWtaW1PuXq-v6JK7taeY93K_i8GBNVhJvR7KYkfN7cwMGsYDD5qfoGQaW32weMJxr8ruxjdcVeCOv4EDNFVwRlTwTaH-PaNupkkVIg_GncsKSrFulJJ66qTfxzQQ/s4928/LDN_4395.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_IVi-zQ3-bl0KneFjBdCPpZEqobj1cjRKRwbOwqjCJ023sEhzxfIZpAqRgd2OEWtaW1PuXq-v6JK7taeY93K_i8GBNVhJvR7KYkfN7cwMGsYDD5qfoGQaW32weMJxr8ruxjdcVeCOv4EDNFVwRlTwTaH-PaNupkkVIg_GncsKSrFulJJ66qTfxzQQ/w424-h640/LDN_4395.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJGMc3I0J06uVdAAB7DySiiMA-UpvrvRLZ6rPz_hfI9m42hcGj3aEzEFlWJ3sLyoA1Gjw0rMj6hjd2ls-BJ3-55yNCskhbOYfRQW42-yesa-Ec-EL4iwzH9kE6GTd-WTgfWyO5OvHGvSKE681sECt3YUEc_LPa83MGhBqTgY7RyN6AxCaPtG7aGyD/s4928/LDN_4396.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJGMc3I0J06uVdAAB7DySiiMA-UpvrvRLZ6rPz_hfI9m42hcGj3aEzEFlWJ3sLyoA1Gjw0rMj6hjd2ls-BJ3-55yNCskhbOYfRQW42-yesa-Ec-EL4iwzH9kE6GTd-WTgfWyO5OvHGvSKE681sECt3YUEc_LPa83MGhBqTgY7RyN6AxCaPtG7aGyD/w424-h640/LDN_4396.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJcLYlfZgLHbGdy8vXgvxSsXgdwGWRcGTvunomD1Ge_cXhA4f06ZYQFUxZxAMlSNN1KT6pB5G1ViDl4E9CqKFQpWCU6DOhsNXQG3fsqvPLayTLL3lT9OrsHcaJkqAoBgZnGDRFhfaZ2kpXazbT8irO5hkV_I5XxH06V92yNkT2xxfuVWt-yqM-T5b/s4928/LDN_4397.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJcLYlfZgLHbGdy8vXgvxSsXgdwGWRcGTvunomD1Ge_cXhA4f06ZYQFUxZxAMlSNN1KT6pB5G1ViDl4E9CqKFQpWCU6DOhsNXQG3fsqvPLayTLL3lT9OrsHcaJkqAoBgZnGDRFhfaZ2kpXazbT8irO5hkV_I5XxH06V92yNkT2xxfuVWt-yqM-T5b/w424-h640/LDN_4397.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on Day One. I went to sleep at 7:00 and slept for 12 hours straight! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned for Day Two (and my last day) in London...</div><p></p>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-67491554985780198562022-01-30T10:55:00.002-06:002022-01-30T10:55:12.096-06:00What you need to know about traveling to Europe in COVID times<p> You've seen the great airfare rates and are contemplating a trip to Europe, but is it possible? Is it worth the effort? Yes and Yes, but with some caveats. Here's my advice:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>1) If you aren't vaxxed, forget it</b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>2) Know before you book and know before you go</b></i></p><p>Know the restrictions and regulations of where you want to travel. These can change monthly, weekly, and even daily. We booked our trip in March 2021 for December 2021. The restrictions changed countless times, and as Omicron struck in December, they changed almost daily.</p><p>I would suggest before even booking, know the restrictions. For example, I have been looking at going to Greece for spring break. After looking at their testing requirements, even for vaxxed travelers, I have determined that it is virtually impossible to comply with their requirements and scrapped the idea of a Greek getaway.</p><p>I recommend the following places to check restrictions:</p><p>-<a href="https://apply.joinsherpa.com/travel-restrictions?originCountry=USA&affiliateid=americanairlines" target="_blank">Sherpa </a>is great. You enter your vax status, your travel date, and travel locations and it tells you what will be required (testing, quarantining, etc.). It also provides links to the country's government websites where you can read more about the rules. Finally it provides you links to the forms you need to travel to each country (WARNING: IF YOU DON'T LIKE FORMS, STOP HERE. DO NOT PASS GO!). You can also click to see what will be required to get back home from your destination.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilD2wvKJCGJ5aYU6wKDUGfQd-oFzcawCivNRdPRcVrh7oM9zbYqSzaNt-cc5HASu2nti3tioklp_54xY-HmT_QTC_BTAvd63EPNBEu323NLVAGAGD6vQDUcNmEoHs56u51QDOwqeKYWLj0-b0_i9T82EMkqqepI5uARqhtG_001oHMDILb-bYNOrCX=s2762" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2762" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilD2wvKJCGJ5aYU6wKDUGfQd-oFzcawCivNRdPRcVrh7oM9zbYqSzaNt-cc5HASu2nti3tioklp_54xY-HmT_QTC_BTAvd63EPNBEu323NLVAGAGD6vQDUcNmEoHs56u51QDOwqeKYWLj0-b0_i9T82EMkqqepI5uARqhtG_001oHMDILb-bYNOrCX=w640-h298" width="640" /></a></div><p>-US Consulate for the country you want to travel to. They will try to give you the most up to date info</p><p>-Look at the other country's government websites (again, Sherpa will provide links that takes you there)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>3. If planning isn't your thing, you need to wait</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">If planning every single detail isn't your thing, then European travel right now isn't for you. You have to buy all of your tickets with timed entry in advance of your trip. I am a planner, so this wasn't that foreign of a concept for me, but where you used to buy a day pass for a particular museum, now you have to buy a timed pass. This can makes it more difficult because you don't always know how much time you want to spend in one place. If you don't have tickets purchased in advance of your arrival, you aren't getting in most places.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>4. If you don't like masks, forget it.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Masking is required on the airplane and in the airports obviously. But consider how long that means you will have to wear that mask. Because of a delayed flight in London on our trip home, that meant we wore a mask for about 21 hours, when you factor in we had one on from the time we walked out of our hotel room to the time we walked off the shuttle bus at DFW.</p><p style="text-align: left;">You also have to wear a mask everywhere in Europe. They aren't fooling around. You can be fined for not wearing one. They may also require a high quality mask...Trains in Italy required a surgical grade or higher mask. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Note: Some places started requiring outdoor wearing again during Omicron (again check requirements). </p><p style="text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="text-align: left;">Now, if you have read the above rules of Kara and still want to go, here are some other helpful hints and things I did to make things easier/smoother:</p><p style="text-align: left;">1) <i>HOTELS</i>: I always pay for my hotels in advance. Normally when I book, I pre-pay. You can usually get a bit of a better rate, and I like to have my trip paid for before I leave so I don't have a big credit card bill arriving after I return home. This trip, I did not pay in advance and made sure to only book rooms that I was able to cancel.</p><p style="text-align: left;">2) <i>BOOKING TICKETS</i>: I almost always book tickets in advance. Whether its to a church, train, museum, whatever. I want to always maximize my time at a location by avoiding lines. I found that you couldn't book things as far in advance as you normally can. So I felt like this added a bit of stress for me because I was having to book so many things in the last month or so leading up to the trip. Also, if I booked an expensive tour, like the Vatican Museum tour, I made sure I could cancel and get money back (it was one I could actually book pretty far in advance). Basically, I just had to do a lot of checking periodically to see if tickets were on sale yet. </p><p style="text-align: left;">3) <i>CDC VAX CARD: </i>Europe uses a "Green Pass" which is a handy QR code that they scan everywhere. In the US, our CDC cards are from the stone ages. Most places will accept our CDC card. Some places want to see your passport to compare the name and info on them. For a day or two, they allowed US residents to apply online for Green Passes. Then that stopped. I'm not sure if that will get up and running again or not.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I purchased <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z2Y9J62/?coliid=I3GVOLRIV68HVR&colid=24MCMNLR72IAM&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1" target="_blank">card protectors</a> for me and my family last spring. I was really glad I had them for this trip because as many times as we had to pull the card out and then put it away, it would have taken a beating.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ0XHkeUl55z1ANJnVbqYqIShWe7b0ovjNbeBqLkZTNsfQrcSv3GAuXluP34HEhDh6IdYIZKKPniTgPpLK9OAfpdiKzsT3_tW0jO2Y6z9e8-9Lnz4FmHdN1V_zu75IJNWmUbX0-5s6csS_tHZvx1fQjB9E_WxJVhnwqnvgI45pVjRYYGbNyHWydoto=s2246" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="2246" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZ0XHkeUl55z1ANJnVbqYqIShWe7b0ovjNbeBqLkZTNsfQrcSv3GAuXluP34HEhDh6IdYIZKKPniTgPpLK9OAfpdiKzsT3_tW0jO2Y6z9e8-9Lnz4FmHdN1V_zu75IJNWmUbX0-5s6csS_tHZvx1fQjB9E_WxJVhnwqnvgI45pVjRYYGbNyHWydoto=w640-h374" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Also, some countries want you to "convert" to a Green Pass. France for example has a list of pharmacies you can visit and pay about 36 euros for them to convert your CDC card to a green pass. They seem to indicate you have to do this. It's easier to find the pharmacies to do this in the larger cities, but again, they have a list of where to go. I suggest that you put them on a google map before you leave and then you will have that info. </p><p style="text-align: left;">France also gives you a 72 hour Green Pass if you take a test and are negative. Since we were going to Italy and needed a test anyway, we just took a test first thing upon our arrival to Paris. This gave us the Green Pass, plus our travel test and we only had to pay once. Here's the google map I did for my trip and you can see the purple dots indicating everywhere we could test or convert our card. I got these locations from the French Government Health Ministry's website. I search by zip code to find ones close to my hotel and then put them on my map. This made things super easy when we arrived to walk right to a testing location.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyG__YWHDczgkXWSG16BaTYAYMe07sauhLGGkFmaYfcV916Daifuks5zk_dQTYV1RZg9BEoYRSg_K4xPiV_DL6spuiqPQQKzoS5O-2_jWeq8bzZPcBTW5ZMgbybSBi40ovCAloB-jwmP8SDZtC47B6DX5AoNVDV-0YOrLo_T5SNSj6YElH2YPwU3vy=s1934" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1934" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyG__YWHDczgkXWSG16BaTYAYMe07sauhLGGkFmaYfcV916Daifuks5zk_dQTYV1RZg9BEoYRSg_K4xPiV_DL6spuiqPQQKzoS5O-2_jWeq8bzZPcBTW5ZMgbybSBi40ovCAloB-jwmP8SDZtC47B6DX5AoNVDV-0YOrLo_T5SNSj6YElH2YPwU3vy=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">4) <i>TESTING TO GET HOME</i>: You have to test to get back to the United States. You have options and depending on where you are traveling, testing can be much easier than what we are used to here in the US. You should be able to check with your hotel and they could give you advice. In Italy for example, you probably want to have an appointment. In France, well you can walk right into a pharmacy and get one easily. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We went with a different option. We did the <a href="https://www.emed.com/products/covid-at-home-testkit-six-pack" target="_blank">Abbott BinaxNOW</a> at home test that is run through eMed. They work just like the BinaxNOW test you may have used at home already, but you have to log on to eMed and be observed. There is lots of scanning of QR Codes to ensure that you aren't switching anything out, etc. but it is easy to do as long as you have a device and wifi. Each person testing has to have their own connection to eMed. Here we were doing our tests with me connected to the iPad and Mom to an iPhone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7I62-GRz0rDWn_xAqhoTs7Gz3DWnO5B4_Iyak-ICW5mnhRPCCvKCod_hKGyIzuQWR25Fg3Wk83cEbg2mGYoHYV36VVIoK1mVEa_iLHG1TrgLRmO_xEpoVDnUFYhVSndao8f3wlZ54emIboLLY8Sb7oTp1tQ1cp4dRHI9ekEJe6IcGVTpQSsInqqLU=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7I62-GRz0rDWn_xAqhoTs7Gz3DWnO5B4_Iyak-ICW5mnhRPCCvKCod_hKGyIzuQWR25Fg3Wk83cEbg2mGYoHYV36VVIoK1mVEa_iLHG1TrgLRmO_xEpoVDnUFYhVSndao8f3wlZ54emIboLLY8Sb7oTp1tQ1cp4dRHI9ekEJe6IcGVTpQSsInqqLU=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div>Note: These work to get back to the US, but I'm not confident that they work to get into other countries. <div><br /></div><div>5) <i>KEEP IT SIMPLE</i>: While one of the great things about Europe is the ability to visit several countries in a short period of time, I recommend sticking to one country right now. Dealing with two countries requirements was stressful. Having to worry about testing again to get to another country upon arrival was stressful. I would stick to one to make it easier. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you feel the need to visit two countries, I would recommend the UK not be one of them. Since they are no longer part of the EU, that is an easy country for other European counties to put travel restrictions on. It happened WHILE we were on our trip, and it wasn't just for UK residents, it was for anyone who had been in the UK. If you insist on making the UK part of your trip, I would recommend doing it last. So if going to Paris and London right now is your dream, go to Paris first, and then London. </div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>IS IT EVEN WORTH IT RIGHT NOW?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Absolutely, Yes. If you can manage the above mentioned info, then YES! GO! The places are so "empty" compared to the normal travel hoards that it's an amazing time to see Europe. Really a once in a lifetime chance to see places uncrowded. That's one reason I have been so tempted to go back in March even though I was just there. </div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-82647234094382327852022-01-28T05:00:00.018-06:002022-01-28T05:00:00.189-06:00France & Italy 2021 {Day Eight ~ Rome & Vatican City/ Day Nine~ LHR}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Monday, December 20th was our last day before going home. We had breakfast at the hotel and then walked right out the door to our first destination, the Pantheon and it's Piazza. There is no cross on the Pantheon so it is on the obelisk in it's piazza.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXv9Z4TFm-I8D_kTt-2u9V9mZUB9gUdD29zksw0NarwRlJsRfjzQ-Wm_5_p8tegE3Ki5LNGzCB5l1G_VBwVEZG-thGRXJgg2aVIr8o2lXAbbOBVFVvBJw7EWatCDVYL3hL5mGaAhpz9Jrw6sSXlStN4WXx9hAG6gUc3bDWiqfmnD_LxwDxqn16x0lE=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXv9Z4TFm-I8D_kTt-2u9V9mZUB9gUdD29zksw0NarwRlJsRfjzQ-Wm_5_p8tegE3Ki5LNGzCB5l1G_VBwVEZG-thGRXJgg2aVIr8o2lXAbbOBVFVvBJw7EWatCDVYL3hL5mGaAhpz9Jrw6sSXlStN4WXx9hAG6gUc3bDWiqfmnD_LxwDxqn16x0lE=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBk2vPnln_u7TjrOcas3kXowmHnbEDMwA5yeSjF9vTsFJfTqojzTluQat38OjfASp0jxLeY-XHfnKqE-Zo_EOOKPquywdI-zWgVYdtCA9NeedBsd1dXAe0FNhPnT-4W4PHXgEqKkBPijJbZrPMcRV02NSXiBuLk97feSjxAoQ_ywACN2IuViNQIX29=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBk2vPnln_u7TjrOcas3kXowmHnbEDMwA5yeSjF9vTsFJfTqojzTluQat38OjfASp0jxLeY-XHfnKqE-Zo_EOOKPquywdI-zWgVYdtCA9NeedBsd1dXAe0FNhPnT-4W4PHXgEqKkBPijJbZrPMcRV02NSXiBuLk97feSjxAoQ_ywACN2IuViNQIX29=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was not expecting to be so blown away by the Pantheon. I think because I didn't know much about it, but if you look at the facts, it's hard not to be:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(1) It was an Roman Temple originally and has been a Catholic church since 609 AD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(2) The temple burned and was rebuilt by Hadrian around 120 AD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(3) It was the largest domed building for 1300 years until the Duomo in Florence was constructed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(4) It is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(5) Each granite column out front weighs 60 tons and was quarried in Egypt and hauled up the Nile and across the Mediterranean to Rome</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnETMCWFgxGDpzX2xq_W6-b9iEG_ervaJYymeVK3I7_2ahhIPBoABf5MNwc_pd0i7FxzLylZKxiQ9ml3Ftqs1J4CC0vTaKNdxKMS33YtOsG8OKz_gp4f4A0tdMc9hE_beCuLHM1jM52fInA8OFFtgcqoTJisvwAjIWY58aRemJ-O0VGTnxDejvYcfF=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is the burial place for the first two Kings of Italy and also Raphael</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nYki9V5BB2Y" width="462" youtube-src-id="nYki9V5BB2Y"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the Pantheon, we set out to walk to the Vatican. The narrow streets were just so charming. I though I took pics, but really only this one. I guess I was too busy looking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8kwXoSgPtlfi3xDDfqhtaGERY_PiFWKtvajYx8ROmgttO18IkU_vPM_KPqOkMfE28IrKpBd-txosMXQw0iJAWxb1Nfbwxq5ch5jXX0ElcW2Td1m6R-F2HGgNz8EqmwbB2Gg-a80I5_nQSJA0OPMQkovSFJlU4bVzEQU6lqf3HZk-0eFOXaLLG1WvT=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8kwXoSgPtlfi3xDDfqhtaGERY_PiFWKtvajYx8ROmgttO18IkU_vPM_KPqOkMfE28IrKpBd-txosMXQw0iJAWxb1Nfbwxq5ch5jXX0ElcW2Td1m6R-F2HGgNz8EqmwbB2Gg-a80I5_nQSJA0OPMQkovSFJlU4bVzEQU6lqf3HZk-0eFOXaLLG1WvT=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We crossed the Tiber River at the Castel Sant'Angelo...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHaleD5S6TeE54f1K3InEaFRB5cDPnN5NyX0AALgRWUoz1IIuAE7TxlkhBD2dStXjijBaGgx4r47ewwD6Ixdot6nB0azB8zEEYv9tWs2SOTPZs39jj-ak-qm21uqZmT_MLZLMjQfsO0Ecwo0wYUtN_OlHplpVmMwKBhDXIob_t1IANMk8EdQnpOsVp=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">We had a 10:30 tour of the Vatican Museum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyZyUTScy-lUQJJm7GLjc04dn7zVOWqOY1XSH5OEOD94dxLGtEMOJfhi-oNvkCjIWfCLmhhugUQSwUWAqQLtL1H5m8NeqMlC4sazyxmgQFU6J1gLk8DzxDj5iwFGtQwO0D9IfuUJIk6Ehq0PLHgVKyrPlKiY6joKY251stSbxB9pkT-cw5X1rFK6kZ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyZyUTScy-lUQJJm7GLjc04dn7zVOWqOY1XSH5OEOD94dxLGtEMOJfhi-oNvkCjIWfCLmhhugUQSwUWAqQLtL1H5m8NeqMlC4sazyxmgQFU6J1gLk8DzxDj5iwFGtQwO0D9IfuUJIk6Ehq0PLHgVKyrPlKiY6joKY251stSbxB9pkT-cw5X1rFK6kZ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A view from inside the museum of Rome...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6OwzwyzNXmXG8WKIhm-k2oFfgI24I8FVBg-EpY2tso6lX0Jmd_xhiC3y3wZncr-lqtKRB0dbhBFnPjWsw_n1zke85-2esFLF3hp3ZBSX8S78uZA3j2FN54ekauI01zH7y-0mQxtgHQ7PbbGFRQg-oJk0jFIHeUIEZFESvsBbS8tMB23ntpdhmS_GD=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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No photographs are allowed in there, but it's a must see. The Vatican museum was very uncrowded like most places during our travels. The guide kept saying "I'm just so happy for you" because we were getting to see it uncharacteristically uncrowded.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our tour, we left the vatican museum and grabbed some paninis at a restaurant across the street, and then we walked to St. Peter's.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Vatican's Swiss Guards</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbEfRW5lVayMpcbU7PSkb-mbs5juqy56ktrSRM-JypHf0uwmjr8be6rmm8JWG2lwCrS7cfdaOUXhVEmcT6T_wXk6pXTuUfLrdCI2ksd1rvNGpyMKQMNEKf3w44I6XF_LuaSX0TfbvjcgZjEtkQ0Mx_4m8kXmbWiEU7CiNBFDm4M50LCKRHel6MdlcR=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbEfRW5lVayMpcbU7PSkb-mbs5juqy56ktrSRM-JypHf0uwmjr8be6rmm8JWG2lwCrS7cfdaOUXhVEmcT6T_wXk6pXTuUfLrdCI2ksd1rvNGpyMKQMNEKf3w44I6XF_LuaSX0TfbvjcgZjEtkQ0Mx_4m8kXmbWiEU7CiNBFDm4M50LCKRHel6MdlcR=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Michelangelo was 24 years old when he completed this pietá. This is his only signed work. Allegedly he heard some pilgrims praising this pietá but giving credit to another sculptor, so he grabbed a chisel and chipped his name in the ribbon on Mary's chest. Specifically "Michelangelo Buonarroti of Florence did this". It is behind bulletproof glass now because in 1972 a man with a hammer began hacking away at it (damage was repaired)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvoM1IGoJbZW-Y2zMPTI3UwUOdNzLMJMk6qTJeVNtbB4ilVjGrqk969_lmbknu0fAN3hYyfig5Wi56cN7oW-jEf1OBrtsFP-Vn0K9u8DZFRSNNYnOAq098Kkli593yeuM75hDvoJ4vqOyWSY8SlB6utDV5dMZXtRkIb2qtUgbXQmHkjG4fRqo3kDzZ=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvoM1IGoJbZW-Y2zMPTI3UwUOdNzLMJMk6qTJeVNtbB4ilVjGrqk969_lmbknu0fAN3hYyfig5Wi56cN7oW-jEf1OBrtsFP-Vn0K9u8DZFRSNNYnOAq098Kkli593yeuM75hDvoJ4vqOyWSY8SlB6utDV5dMZXtRkIb2qtUgbXQmHkjG4fRqo3kDzZ=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Papal Symbol: with the triple crown in the middle which symbolizes the triple power of the Pope as "father of kings", "governor of the world", and "Vicar of Christ", and then the keys of heaven or keys of St. Peter...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjup52HGT6aHV-VjbGzZtVe3isEIg5eiLDim3YgbKtjaJyeQwZZD3WIOjLAmZ2QucpO9kKHY52LxJyjATbttMPXG9539yVwULYwiIuBk3MUCM4uB7vHNq7QdG4z4YUtsW2QnywLvyim9IaxKzfeRIuHhCEMjOwOH3hvEOEN5FGrf8g17u_oUoFcbE5L=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjup52HGT6aHV-VjbGzZtVe3isEIg5eiLDim3YgbKtjaJyeQwZZD3WIOjLAmZ2QucpO9kKHY52LxJyjATbttMPXG9539yVwULYwiIuBk3MUCM4uB7vHNq7QdG4z4YUtsW2QnywLvyim9IaxKzfeRIuHhCEMjOwOH3hvEOEN5FGrf8g17u_oUoFcbE5L=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another Swiss Guard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsAA6_r8emTbWb8HePJTsluQIpMpDyzZzsKPjCozxQD-EX6PibJgJ94C7GKPBZVoWSA0t7QeA9w58twOeor36f3TwGaUFWA8Afo6qdua8GiZm2wR7n0eprXUCEFTSBJKiJufXxDs3A14G3rAnok-waO1osTXu_ux99-AarC6FXVZhlqrWeeQqXFijR=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsAA6_r8emTbWb8HePJTsluQIpMpDyzZzsKPjCozxQD-EX6PibJgJ94C7GKPBZVoWSA0t7QeA9w58twOeor36f3TwGaUFWA8Afo6qdua8GiZm2wR7n0eprXUCEFTSBJKiJufXxDs3A14G3rAnok-waO1osTXu_ux99-AarC6FXVZhlqrWeeQqXFijR=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCDAqL45egcNVxS9HALSjI8VRiEnsrNm710wLH2tVr2mtXTnS_6F-De2SCEL06mMVuo3ZnMqctQAiegDMRi6lY87VbzuJjtUA-SWTqzFYcth60Vg5R_KVFToV315H4tE1OOcSuRh1neNFT-_Mq814uV4qCSoo-4xeslRIWxbtbAfl7CTAUj5SqNs8Y=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCDAqL45egcNVxS9HALSjI8VRiEnsrNm710wLH2tVr2mtXTnS_6F-De2SCEL06mMVuo3ZnMqctQAiegDMRi6lY87VbzuJjtUA-SWTqzFYcth60Vg5R_KVFToV315H4tE1OOcSuRh1neNFT-_Mq814uV4qCSoo-4xeslRIWxbtbAfl7CTAUj5SqNs8Y=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz0y9OkpEWlgw8sd8BJ7F6T0Df_RZT4UO1u4OUSyzV3UnRXCwWEhOxSR-M1ypZQvK3xB29FanXYRPNrjbp5IvQokN8SMJFoOosn0AF8IqF-TFh0AHNPKyWYsbNiTjhRoJj9BuOLpM6DNVTswMpE-22r_Ace9PT4Td-PuLgIN1FbDVbXv0iJSg7q6xF=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz0y9OkpEWlgw8sd8BJ7F6T0Df_RZT4UO1u4OUSyzV3UnRXCwWEhOxSR-M1ypZQvK3xB29FanXYRPNrjbp5IvQokN8SMJFoOosn0AF8IqF-TFh0AHNPKyWYsbNiTjhRoJj9BuOLpM6DNVTswMpE-22r_Ace9PT4Td-PuLgIN1FbDVbXv0iJSg7q6xF=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then took a taxi back to the hotel. I got into an argument with the taxi driver because he turned off the meter at some point and tried to charge us way too much. This happens at least once a trip, which is why I often just prefer Uber. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had gone back to the hotel to take our "get back to America" tests. I'll post more about what we used in my tips for traveling during COVID post, but we were able to do them in the room and we both had to do a video chat with someone who observed the test. Here we are with two devices going and both our tests waiting on the results...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVXD3AS4hszEImpNk6tmtVDc2cSBVXPeo6UiP9ZOTvkQkZw8DzxAYoEeaq_OyMMYApd2RUOc9RkC3Ht0zYeylQoBP-bG9rAOgnT951TB8F07PUxrDAdlmK0jLjX0sdxscqcE83AJcXY2Km1lV9kI9JFpM8JlP2civPyCF3x2QGgUUBubX_GJ1Gul3g=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVXD3AS4hszEImpNk6tmtVDc2cSBVXPeo6UiP9ZOTvkQkZw8DzxAYoEeaq_OyMMYApd2RUOc9RkC3Ht0zYeylQoBP-bG9rAOgnT951TB8F07PUxrDAdlmK0jLjX0sdxscqcE83AJcXY2Km1lV9kI9JFpM8JlP2civPyCF3x2QGgUUBubX_GJ1Gul3g=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our negative tests (!) we headed out to walk to the other locations I wanted to see. We stopped for one last (mini) cannoli...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJTTXCwkN8FG3epQ2wLAHBy8HpxLgTsEkPRpTaTW6fwB6pD05BR5yto8TDuSdW_id6M8gM1aLOrGsS7h8sUV4Xgftu9q41ELB8YnUG63Wc0rcCkbhCvH4cW3FglxUZcABXwkDtuSiQ56CyUJO6U-XJrCkPFtr-HgF-cNqfo40Dj5dBOSFRMmYHMt28=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJTTXCwkN8FG3epQ2wLAHBy8HpxLgTsEkPRpTaTW6fwB6pD05BR5yto8TDuSdW_id6M8gM1aLOrGsS7h8sUV4Xgftu9q41ELB8YnUG63Wc0rcCkbhCvH4cW3FglxUZcABXwkDtuSiQ56CyUJO6U-XJrCkPFtr-HgF-cNqfo40Dj5dBOSFRMmYHMt28=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trevi Fountain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0ZWt7zy03VbJxRctLxX9JPmYs8eZd-sow_sg7Yo2r_LOYJvnpEUOUCqync2Lbuh4HsrU8veFA4eOP8AwhpMv-3mjJ1mzpqt8sgPXKJeXUJsbKWeFg6DNCZUn79MnDBuqueN_tqcOZz-gjLFDUk3iPqSEfTv1R8VRn1iq4qWRr46n1p2fc6RmFuaP2=s1791" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD0yLv9xEZ-Cju2uF_RzMmMdaTSk8Lz6pk96qGTkUyVa-HA1kzFNnQ4E8D5ZlRMFtf5bJf-IxPUVcr6EzB_Y5-L8lYInDuF6T-buz3eLDw6O-lLQD-Cq1EltS3w14sy-bDj8HsfEkF8yDoDyYdUIPKQPJ_Jz0-zmRM0C68d2YkrUWhkfDMDVdFhGbm=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dinner spot we wanted didn't open until 7:00 so we walked around the Pantheon and caught an opera in the streets...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="354" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ATcIYLgSsSk" width="426" youtube-src-id="ATcIYLgSsSk"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">I stopped recording because I had a moment of "oh my gosh he is coming toward me" panic, but he was just coming to stand on the wall behind us for his finale...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="358" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BidS7YsVTFI" width="431" youtube-src-id="BidS7YsVTFI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went to Armando al Pantheon for dinner. I don't have any good explanation, but for some reason I didn't make reservations. Even though we were the first people there after they opened their doors, they had no tables inside available. We were able to eat outside with heaters. It was a bit cold, but OMG so worth it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We knew about this place because this was one of the restaurants Stanley Tucci featured on his CNN <i>Finding Italy</i> show (again, why wouldn't that tell me we needed reservations!?!)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZwGaWLOnR8FTLPTiwLZJnbvqX_RHcCcmhObW19h8cNYNruxkDAgfhFs02CX-W4mqIxwmbOiOMrD7VmPF8NLiVNiePFAU_hztp8N-2OCcEMxhHAl-cYIUCsx-COi8D4AUkmr06y88YA-SsCc0dVny2K-a6Y9cO1WtI0RpBMfSuVTipQge_Mr0q55Mw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZwGaWLOnR8FTLPTiwLZJnbvqX_RHcCcmhObW19h8cNYNruxkDAgfhFs02CX-W4mqIxwmbOiOMrD7VmPF8NLiVNiePFAU_hztp8N-2OCcEMxhHAl-cYIUCsx-COi8D4AUkmr06y88YA-SsCc0dVny2K-a6Y9cO1WtI0RpBMfSuVTipQge_Mr0q55Mw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stanley had featured the cacio e pepe so that is what we both got (I got mine with a pork cheek that they also talked about). This is the stuff of dreams. It was beyond amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFvac4k36CEGbr7xmeXoalK2tq-Ywt69RQzOa3SWlyylvhOKDpex2By4sbh8FAZW4nq2K9c1yu_wYBdyF3eQTCkY5S4zptiyVNsoSUdNwvdqGkgg03obET3GCb0p00H2yORdztngezGgxLFisRaOrwjWPjXMfkigr8MSdQgBxDfdCIcTRGGB-oWvG-=s1791" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFvac4k36CEGbr7xmeXoalK2tq-Ywt69RQzOa3SWlyylvhOKDpex2By4sbh8FAZW4nq2K9c1yu_wYBdyF3eQTCkY5S4zptiyVNsoSUdNwvdqGkgg03obET3GCb0p00H2yORdztngezGgxLFisRaOrwjWPjXMfkigr8MSdQgBxDfdCIcTRGGB-oWvG-=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After dinner, we walked across the piazza to "our" gelato place where we indulged in the large size gelato. We had to take it to the room to eat it because I was too cold to sit outside any longer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgto37VDaBDgX-tFS7efHdYFo7pkBVMy0XjBd4iblWQE3Zjfp3_YFE04OD0wfbH3glUnUIVzS4pb4AUugTVuUzs6q3iqs_TRLn1mtDGgJIYqQkm3YYeDY7iys5AnYhInvJqDGUlH1iEyWFYP8tLX_ry8VvEFbIj7h-pdBlPjj1GtwyJA7w2crWNvVKc=s1791" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgto37VDaBDgX-tFS7efHdYFo7pkBVMy0XjBd4iblWQE3Zjfp3_YFE04OD0wfbH3glUnUIVzS4pb4AUugTVuUzs6q3iqs_TRLn1mtDGgJIYqQkm3YYeDY7iys5AnYhInvJqDGUlH1iEyWFYP8tLX_ry8VvEFbIj7h-pdBlPjj1GtwyJA7w2crWNvVKc=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had to pack up and go to bed after that. We had a very early flight the next morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 21st, we had a stop at London Heathrow. You know I was excited about that. I was able to shop at Fortnum & Mason (even though they only had 1 of 3 things on my list).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw-ck41swPhR861sZzxkV_h5IR5dXr2m-nQeG122qOs6FRiBoy5YRTsdKPVZvBKzmRDL_DQLsbmmQFt_gayC1PGXW3AUVKnHAzcTOASq8Ggx_sblxd-GieY8LOotzwWxe0_mPaugKTgh9wKMMOQRky4vF_2OQ2XG90Z0d3p8aHjsDVDwkQUMGtSOBz=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw-ck41swPhR861sZzxkV_h5IR5dXr2m-nQeG122qOs6FRiBoy5YRTsdKPVZvBKzmRDL_DQLsbmmQFt_gayC1PGXW3AUVKnHAzcTOASq8Ggx_sblxd-GieY8LOotzwWxe0_mPaugKTgh9wKMMOQRky4vF_2OQ2XG90Z0d3p8aHjsDVDwkQUMGtSOBz=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not joking when I say this is one of my favorite meals. I love flying through London just so I can eat a Chicken Salad (not like our chicken salad) sandwich and crisps.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiifvPyDSpxFn2EPYjwbp_CJrsZchC6J2tRXM4-8GsA99kdpNHVeuTT1b8dm-Vuvc6wMSPdIqfjYC7TQUB0PVHcHP6Gipm17_MbIPoEi5dL8a2tbFyogYzd5XWWnk039bZFcHPwyWTam_1bvUBvNv5ltO_A55g1ZqhH-7Y6KISFXytU3pB0Ud4r7RAx=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiifvPyDSpxFn2EPYjwbp_CJrsZchC6J2tRXM4-8GsA99kdpNHVeuTT1b8dm-Vuvc6wMSPdIqfjYC7TQUB0PVHcHP6Gipm17_MbIPoEi5dL8a2tbFyogYzd5XWWnk039bZFcHPwyWTam_1bvUBvNv5ltO_A55g1ZqhH-7Y6KISFXytU3pB0Ud4r7RAx=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Since we were in London a couple of days before Christmas, we had to finish off with a mince pie.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx1t-VgExz4R7bOXA-67AYvBpKYPguJmqv0da574iw6z1zqLRNTgubFE8E6NSjFTJv7x04KED7WbVFVSMW2mTRivStI87EvUJGwIYARUtdwzRLZoNmVot0NG0SWvianAF6dd4CDRPOtWhJwzk53hYAgc9sm6pOs023-SZj1HzoTVXlATxre_et6TC6=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx1t-VgExz4R7bOXA-67AYvBpKYPguJmqv0da574iw6z1zqLRNTgubFE8E6NSjFTJv7x04KED7WbVFVSMW2mTRivStI87EvUJGwIYARUtdwzRLZoNmVot0NG0SWvianAF6dd4CDRPOtWhJwzk53hYAgc9sm6pOs023-SZj1HzoTVXlATxre_et6TC6=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on France & Italy 2021! Thanks for following along!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-55678684526854149172022-01-25T11:03:00.000-06:002022-01-25T11:03:13.580-06:00France & Italy 2021 {Day Seven~Rome}<div class="separator">On Sunday, December 19th, we had a train from Florence to Rome. Our train was scheduled to leave at 8:33, so we grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel before heading to the station. When we got to the station our train was showing to be delayed by 15 minutes. Then 30 minutes. Then 45 minutes. At this point I went and got in line to talk to someone about getting on a different train to Rome.</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">They gave me new tickets, but then I noticed they were second class tickets, and I had purchased business/first class, so I went back and got that fixed. We were happy to finally be on a train to Rome. Once we arrived, we took a taxi to our hotel where we were able to check in right away (more on that later). We then headed out toward the Colosseum because I had booked us on a 1:15 tour.</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">Rome was the one city on this trip that I had not previously visited. I had always been pretty ambivalent about Rome. But I really loved it!</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;">The Victor Emmanuel Monument to Italy's first king. It was built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy in 1861.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgne6oxbbFTMR9RtuxMNOmEv42j6G-CRRdtsobvVkBN4FWBZGJQ_5k-nb7TlkfwD2pdvJx5_KmwqjRA2YEmHAc1pV-k0S5lDip19oGdOs3SPouwWhMNCfmRAlhhBoBcYN1WM0JTk-CHORSGXHux-nYdHWy38aG3OpVKVXeVOPKnYAbBkNecRwPfWSCK=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgne6oxbbFTMR9RtuxMNOmEv42j6G-CRRdtsobvVkBN4FWBZGJQ_5k-nb7TlkfwD2pdvJx5_KmwqjRA2YEmHAc1pV-k0S5lDip19oGdOs3SPouwWhMNCfmRAlhhBoBcYN1WM0JTk-CHORSGXHux-nYdHWy38aG3OpVKVXeVOPKnYAbBkNecRwPfWSCK=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcGJMSqTimj3pweqlv2cE1_AUFW3b4MYMaWpw7P5QME7qqCa0sIP0WFw58_L3g-vODY7v4HNgPTYsqkhtEQbZ-kv0PYNvXRiHSbqrvQbmAvpIf7jhfoQ2QXU2GG0rPPrrV8K6SdFuLI0bgow0KvPMZnB1PrtRsYqL7bdHTaXFp8-HZrzGru8pR22U-=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcGJMSqTimj3pweqlv2cE1_AUFW3b4MYMaWpw7P5QME7qqCa0sIP0WFw58_L3g-vODY7v4HNgPTYsqkhtEQbZ-kv0PYNvXRiHSbqrvQbmAvpIf7jhfoQ2QXU2GG0rPPrrV8K6SdFuLI0bgow0KvPMZnB1PrtRsYqL7bdHTaXFp8-HZrzGru8pR22U-=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is amazing because you just walk down the street and there are ancient ruins almost everywhere you look! Once we turned down this street, we could see the Colosseum in the distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaGWLCxkl968D_ZjamRB8dTuCdWunz0-n52rB0yWFgC5uKfpstZOxoyEuNQ8cGcQ7zJV3PRBxaWPO3MADG0EGY1z4OD5VC1fOb0eX2Glew3-RZNvCSOf7VZa31lsWkdLGLsv6UJ3HmvovcvG4jaZZ1-ZKOndTSMIoOZG45WGNrZ15HapbgICbz9gTC=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaGWLCxkl968D_ZjamRB8dTuCdWunz0-n52rB0yWFgC5uKfpstZOxoyEuNQ8cGcQ7zJV3PRBxaWPO3MADG0EGY1z4OD5VC1fOb0eX2Glew3-RZNvCSOf7VZa31lsWkdLGLsv6UJ3HmvovcvG4jaZZ1-ZKOndTSMIoOZG45WGNrZ15HapbgICbz9gTC=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG4vQWYKtOHdJhVwBwt2Wt91M1u9_aITx7H54CFslQcZ4sf9HWk-xabkDvZpWo3bKvCX0R5AeKkiE1OLqgV4ydv7txY10tE2_i9aDiINTGF8AV-QnlRIOYTEU5SInZirjY_YuYC7A9agC29waSKVdbzn2gzsJEeUDLkoh15uRspK6GC19m5EDj9AtV=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG4vQWYKtOHdJhVwBwt2Wt91M1u9_aITx7H54CFslQcZ4sf9HWk-xabkDvZpWo3bKvCX0R5AeKkiE1OLqgV4ydv7txY10tE2_i9aDiINTGF8AV-QnlRIOYTEU5SInZirjY_YuYC7A9agC29waSKVdbzn2gzsJEeUDLkoh15uRspK6GC19m5EDj9AtV=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5LebnSuTXJkf4YE8gxkoBLxrjqzg8_oc5V34vsOtBwR4kNeWdQSCV-X4Kb6QXYCiABDAI43fLfbv8JtzBbyz6_ZVzy9cO4tL8zEZbX3uQlvAnOoArHeK0FIqH5nEY_MTQUygDZ9Rtlev2JKOis0kOMWwJ_W4xsUFlmTYwx9iqNkAcXR3XNCj1bhG2=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5LebnSuTXJkf4YE8gxkoBLxrjqzg8_oc5V34vsOtBwR4kNeWdQSCV-X4Kb6QXYCiABDAI43fLfbv8JtzBbyz6_ZVzy9cO4tL8zEZbX3uQlvAnOoArHeK0FIqH5nEY_MTQUygDZ9Rtlev2JKOis0kOMWwJ_W4xsUFlmTYwx9iqNkAcXR3XNCj1bhG2=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked around the Colosseum and then went to grab lunch. We settled on a pizza place not too far away and it was good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgW4cZ1ZJ8_fFS7aoic4-ekpJ8ltR1uz7LJ4Ypc0AMnc1TLhkVqBl2ZKFLMl8iOo60wDf3RJnkvSIPUf8vgnDZkYQopNe_b4QdPKLH-OhhAVvWzbbhEmOzR41OQw8Tuq8Wpk2oSbEHRsn7hK17cZcMZQTPq1-XTU5BJnmwWjv_tCs1kd801YXw9fWZx=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgW4cZ1ZJ8_fFS7aoic4-ekpJ8ltR1uz7LJ4Ypc0AMnc1TLhkVqBl2ZKFLMl8iOo60wDf3RJnkvSIPUf8vgnDZkYQopNe_b4QdPKLH-OhhAVvWzbbhEmOzR41OQw8Tuq8Wpk2oSbEHRsn7hK17cZcMZQTPq1-XTU5BJnmwWjv_tCs1kd801YXw9fWZx=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then went inside the Colosseum for our tour. I purchased a guided tour of the Colosseum and the underground portions. It lasted about 90 minutes. This is where we waited on the tour to start.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_eQIfBCLCEK0mELA7JynspATSTRQTbpFMz6eKUDTUmhpd1DETu3bjS9KQGRWG5ep9_KeN0BYbq1EWT96qzmnrSrIuWBJ-Bu1oG89EbS4yO4Kmyh5YrNMGyJmjS1O1cTvzw3FBGoi2dO_ilhF9VNJvBK5NLcNw17-QlfY7khUgbzqCt86KYwxojNVw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_eQIfBCLCEK0mELA7JynspATSTRQTbpFMz6eKUDTUmhpd1DETu3bjS9KQGRWG5ep9_KeN0BYbq1EWT96qzmnrSrIuWBJ-Bu1oG89EbS4yO4Kmyh5YrNMGyJmjS1O1cTvzw3FBGoi2dO_ilhF9VNJvBK5NLcNw17-QlfY7khUgbzqCt86KYwxojNVw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This began the underground portion of the tour. Our guide explained that the Colosseum was a place where a great day long show was produced. We think about the gladiator fights, but it was all a show. There were different themes, sets, props, animals, the gladiators, etc. All of these things were contained in the underground portion....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYLUG2n9jTpozLaG8FHpcfp0aVsYQANqbASY13jeCbb_gk18HOIqf7IrrUiugojm5cplVaxsLYMvpJJTRRQaRrMUw7KxEfY6aJ9lErqPrW5rt9sqRb1Ks9ed8Wn1X-2MXlfMwIMuG-MLZD6GhstU0zWZmU1YbIZAC8PPAOc4H6C0FUri1jcFkvL-cS=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYLUG2n9jTpozLaG8FHpcfp0aVsYQANqbASY13jeCbb_gk18HOIqf7IrrUiugojm5cplVaxsLYMvpJJTRRQaRrMUw7KxEfY6aJ9lErqPrW5rt9sqRb1Ks9ed8Wn1X-2MXlfMwIMuG-MLZD6GhstU0zWZmU1YbIZAC8PPAOc4H6C0FUri1jcFkvL-cS=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitipxfoJhejT6BuOINs3UmPNr86-jNaBRVltseno5T1sqHZNJf7Wzxc5GnyRhelDTanE3IZGm7gjJkKqYie-91FYamHkkfeq6AQUMdW_NiPouyluamJt5VSOu1nkJTLGgqv-f_ozaPJHtryHitv7-342ViQgGZ5CT2wfo6B_m5m73aS6pQuQ-XqnYr=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitipxfoJhejT6BuOINs3UmPNr86-jNaBRVltseno5T1sqHZNJf7Wzxc5GnyRhelDTanE3IZGm7gjJkKqYie-91FYamHkkfeq6AQUMdW_NiPouyluamJt5VSOu1nkJTLGgqv-f_ozaPJHtryHitv7-342ViQgGZ5CT2wfo6B_m5m73aS6pQuQ-XqnYr=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes they put on water themed shows, and this is where the water would flow into the Colosseum (and then it would flow out the other side when they were done)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLV6ObmkAy2RqRN6nRZSRgCzh_9z8qbmXksjyjA7dy0n38tOr8SnPGbs5iQgLCohbIbMtqA0CcSy3fvq12uvjTmU6EtJ3iwbLGBa8kjYC-1dUdY6LG9F2lrUgvbUfyxV9ySkwjB4r3a3X4eFYJb5LS84ladmUG-JpXh38HLqx3YBScK8bzA9cSwITz=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLV6ObmkAy2RqRN6nRZSRgCzh_9z8qbmXksjyjA7dy0n38tOr8SnPGbs5iQgLCohbIbMtqA0CcSy3fvq12uvjTmU6EtJ3iwbLGBa8kjYC-1dUdY6LG9F2lrUgvbUfyxV9ySkwjB4r3a3X4eFYJb5LS84ladmUG-JpXh38HLqx3YBScK8bzA9cSwITz=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This shows where animals would have been kept. A cage would have been rolled up to that bottom arch and the door opened so the animal could go inside and then it would be rolled to where it would come up on the stage at the appropriate time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgTK1mTtew8aLNrJEw069SICt0cAFVzm_dqzlzIEDPlJKQ4RPJBUe0y-3wuqBMwva1lmJ_bVio1VXeb4qzpmSjEbgNx4rihdhs79jtLqTKnunFdKZCdkdfP8QPRKLWrAFyVZslKP-npT2_CQ8MSfBfJXebflP7HywISK1vXlcpTGElF3KbcM2lbvDt=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgTK1mTtew8aLNrJEw069SICt0cAFVzm_dqzlzIEDPlJKQ4RPJBUe0y-3wuqBMwva1lmJ_bVio1VXeb4qzpmSjEbgNx4rihdhs79jtLqTKnunFdKZCdkdfP8QPRKLWrAFyVZslKP-npT2_CQ8MSfBfJXebflP7HywISK1vXlcpTGElF3KbcM2lbvDt=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="367" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fuQ8X1ELAjg" width="441" youtube-src-id="fuQ8X1ELAjg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of this is still in the underground portion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSx91FfAbQxYDZAgjM8lZFgu4HJ_pAgq2rCI2qz_Ww2ZVV4Oz-w6J2T603IghBbpJNufz0YWnWgp7shumgMA2QDUWWhTH-AY02a0wpTpisUE0aJDk7NHRKS7gdbpgEU3ZxdEsoBD0mjydR8gSdrxPNKOd7px4-z5n35SImYWIqbML4gJ1VotH8vGp8=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSx91FfAbQxYDZAgjM8lZFgu4HJ_pAgq2rCI2qz_Ww2ZVV4Oz-w6J2T603IghBbpJNufz0YWnWgp7shumgMA2QDUWWhTH-AY02a0wpTpisUE0aJDk7NHRKS7gdbpgEU3ZxdEsoBD0mjydR8gSdrxPNKOd7px4-z5n35SImYWIqbML4gJ1VotH8vGp8=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQPjJ-0wKehaauTwEPy1FAWAdWbdtdTE3sLLkpWCCiiCgDuJY4wKsDA04JIAvUgsycI0BcUq8WfR6-fRTxQ3jyw3vL3HAK9oHjgWpwNJwZKEo_4eJxy4ob7VmcQvdnZX_A2ySWwbqH2hUDD54MuBfm0o-VbeoMIzF6yAMdMqI_eTgqc-_O1AL_r9hE=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQPjJ-0wKehaauTwEPy1FAWAdWbdtdTE3sLLkpWCCiiCgDuJY4wKsDA04JIAvUgsycI0BcUq8WfR6-fRTxQ3jyw3vL3HAK9oHjgWpwNJwZKEo_4eJxy4ob7VmcQvdnZX_A2ySWwbqH2hUDD54MuBfm0o-VbeoMIzF6yAMdMqI_eTgqc-_O1AL_r9hE=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Going down to the underground portion isn't new, but they extended the walkway and you can now walk all the way through. This only opened in July.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGF4510ZQ_XqcIaUhdJNFl7_TuxZW2k1g4lShj0s7Hq3gESzN8Nu_fZM1WMoWQRGiWwn4QKjMl1T7LyVx_KZIZchJOkbL3ycCqGaLXJ4uB1BRM30pp0jSfG59sjshLWKXx0bKBejErQY-sIx3m_2Gk01POwbq0u343zFP_i8tNBnYYMSn38cyOT2jL=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGF4510ZQ_XqcIaUhdJNFl7_TuxZW2k1g4lShj0s7Hq3gESzN8Nu_fZM1WMoWQRGiWwn4QKjMl1T7LyVx_KZIZchJOkbL3ycCqGaLXJ4uB1BRM30pp0jSfG59sjshLWKXx0bKBejErQY-sIx3m_2Gk01POwbq0u343zFP_i8tNBnYYMSn38cyOT2jL=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW5rD5Xml7rtI5i5DPWY-3i-wG3CNwuA3s3e4XkmU4PIqjUlm2A9rd_l7uMzdFmUhPdnVtH9AkChG_dbBf9EnVnfeEJ9hHngxublBJiAzxOJO1IU6nlWsgRqs5H2SBSDgBqQkYfE9mpyjKipHT53vQe9acAFdjklSFzUq3bgYN4b4Qrvt_AzZki5tN=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW5rD5Xml7rtI5i5DPWY-3i-wG3CNwuA3s3e4XkmU4PIqjUlm2A9rd_l7uMzdFmUhPdnVtH9AkChG_dbBf9EnVnfeEJ9hHngxublBJiAzxOJO1IU6nlWsgRqs5H2SBSDgBqQkYfE9mpyjKipHT53vQe9acAFdjklSFzUq3bgYN4b4Qrvt_AzZki5tN=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR1VXGNUJaUxAARBp9DFevsEeXLybjUfwNs1QXmJUDcr_a-HQUANzevsGLZObn3CQz51BWswWqa72QxFFwTbZph9zNhk0BbVwmLLVwPqMbPrPT7eu489_7qWgWD-95xlsNoZkuVmMKN2xyGGKQpiHEmdcCaEiAG_uQj5tzNxHXwbEYotLVMV3Cidzb=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR1VXGNUJaUxAARBp9DFevsEeXLybjUfwNs1QXmJUDcr_a-HQUANzevsGLZObn3CQz51BWswWqa72QxFFwTbZph9zNhk0BbVwmLLVwPqMbPrPT7eu489_7qWgWD-95xlsNoZkuVmMKN2xyGGKQpiHEmdcCaEiAG_uQj5tzNxHXwbEYotLVMV3Cidzb=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They've replicated a portion of the stage. Of course originally, it would have covered the entire underground, but now it only covers a portion...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjhdypRpdyjeqcrVh0-UCAaVLmqcd_sUK0nIYMLt0dsNEppdbeS_z6bsPWlFfCVE7R7furPXH7i6CIZVqqn782DjxY2S0gdTVqsW8VcmSv8Z7AaNW5iZaoyHbNrIe2Wlpks57oRixhnOlzCdniaPnL4n28c_SrXOtu4UHp-SfAwAQ7clN0EiH7Hf5y=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjhdypRpdyjeqcrVh0-UCAaVLmqcd_sUK0nIYMLt0dsNEppdbeS_z6bsPWlFfCVE7R7furPXH7i6CIZVqqn782DjxY2S0gdTVqsW8VcmSv8Z7AaNW5iZaoyHbNrIe2Wlpks57oRixhnOlzCdniaPnL4n28c_SrXOtu4UHp-SfAwAQ7clN0EiH7Hf5y=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we've made our way back to the stage level and you can see the stage replica back there, but also the underground...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQenexq-9Tpkz0katb2cXf1TXL-Lcdcw_oQJHZJTXY-cNkpk7VfLroZXKtbElUs1AZemyWx25F4QaTNNMsL993zz9_xlvptvsiGbB0K18UGMl8AHoFsX4GeQ78dv_GSu-eWdKp6LjAljetnKhiYFo9JybSPb3cfP1TT0DcsKgiYgIcQ-VFeDgbjWnj=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQenexq-9Tpkz0katb2cXf1TXL-Lcdcw_oQJHZJTXY-cNkpk7VfLroZXKtbElUs1AZemyWx25F4QaTNNMsL993zz9_xlvptvsiGbB0K18UGMl8AHoFsX4GeQ78dv_GSu-eWdKp6LjAljetnKhiYFo9JybSPb3cfP1TT0DcsKgiYgIcQ-VFeDgbjWnj=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggQLQUSK5AWx9685rXBA-FbpZiHYk7eaN1e76mHIvMvk04z4PvtLyAJ7Tc60-Ud86f4mmSQLOzPb_lVAedPHqbjhkqgaBmkNlN-d-rk1tDrBLxVetgIta6xpQDwamL-ZtRLJhJiF2KovX923kDH96rJlCThLt34Vci51wDx0zU0iAbXruxnI54_f0D=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggQLQUSK5AWx9685rXBA-FbpZiHYk7eaN1e76mHIvMvk04z4PvtLyAJ7Tc60-Ud86f4mmSQLOzPb_lVAedPHqbjhkqgaBmkNlN-d-rk1tDrBLxVetgIta6xpQDwamL-ZtRLJhJiF2KovX923kDH96rJlCThLt34Vci51wDx0zU0iAbXruxnI54_f0D=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a million pics I know, but I was obsessed with this place. It's just magnificent. It was commissioned in 70-72 AD and only took about 10 years to build. It opened in 80 AD and could hold over 50,000 spectators. Also, all 50,000 people could completely enter or exit the stadium in 15 minutes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh6o1bTiKf9GtIDmDGkm--AlNmlNthUi5_jhAWPlXm_-ihi1RKQ6M0XFCauN_wX9I806FrvoSxJj3yH40fGPp2z5pHPGcXfNuXOBtv7nTVdU2HWzbAHlRgzdYxlF6zas1vUEBKkpWwrc-B1VK0ZH_4q2ZHxoKLsi3O90is7_564S8S4baoBNLbLFjR=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh6o1bTiKf9GtIDmDGkm--AlNmlNthUi5_jhAWPlXm_-ihi1RKQ6M0XFCauN_wX9I806FrvoSxJj3yH40fGPp2z5pHPGcXfNuXOBtv7nTVdU2HWzbAHlRgzdYxlF6zas1vUEBKkpWwrc-B1VK0ZH_4q2ZHxoKLsi3O90is7_564S8S4baoBNLbLFjR=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiTB21fflhLCKmG5dHfHscuoI9psCTQJB-pe8zapfFHjW3tLA6r--wWN_Dp7QZy0z8_Aaf-U1nA9c8BgCPo3YZfBaoFzj1WZcsKBgzGftxTpZw5Li0QBnTJ6_6frJLmJtmGVSydW1obsyukylHml_lt8Ufw35hSbXb6un27xOwSq_fEzUhPhRPVGu8=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiTB21fflhLCKmG5dHfHscuoI9psCTQJB-pe8zapfFHjW3tLA6r--wWN_Dp7QZy0z8_Aaf-U1nA9c8BgCPo3YZfBaoFzj1WZcsKBgzGftxTpZw5Li0QBnTJ6_6frJLmJtmGVSydW1obsyukylHml_lt8Ufw35hSbXb6un27xOwSq_fEzUhPhRPVGu8=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DVY6BKlRqSw" width="414" youtube-src-id="DVY6BKlRqSw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4ngMfNO2fA_BY4V0CiDC7uwrPD6Eo5v5r4jYSyaWF9g-xxKTYfyAwDeKG4_V5m5w8ld0Jy93JKx2y7WHN1bdJHsPty2JUyknjWlnU7Zp9SRwqeL1J1bK1XArhV2MJ3VcCkZO1vnMY_FHUi-5DACs2BJPqsC2SFbkjNrj17KR0JtZw_XKoV9wtFF1B=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4ngMfNO2fA_BY4V0CiDC7uwrPD6Eo5v5r4jYSyaWF9g-xxKTYfyAwDeKG4_V5m5w8ld0Jy93JKx2y7WHN1bdJHsPty2JUyknjWlnU7Zp9SRwqeL1J1bK1XArhV2MJ3VcCkZO1vnMY_FHUi-5DACs2BJPqsC2SFbkjNrj17KR0JtZw_XKoV9wtFF1B=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was no fee to enter the colosseum, but you did have to have a ticket. The ticket would tell them which gate to enter and where to sit. The stands were divided by social categories. This is where the Senators would sit. 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text-align: center;">On the stage, they have build a replica showing how the animals could be brought up from the underground (they also showed us the mechanisms underground so we could see how it worked)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQO-2uVil7-r0YQTLeUE51_nCKoInVQKC0hyfPYxQsPj535dp6moxwr2V2ZWH8JTJGxOp_TQfXcVnjQHn3bMKJdnuV7apP5ImCiqC3JdFUWwzT40dxWqeG0YNiQeFOBFbJZDOztFomis1r6hG4Cn6UUdQv6cSjRxgn2Fa3jmYj8i5bzbaE_G_8n9t0=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQO-2uVil7-r0YQTLeUE51_nCKoInVQKC0hyfPYxQsPj535dp6moxwr2V2ZWH8JTJGxOp_TQfXcVnjQHn3bMKJdnuV7apP5ImCiqC3JdFUWwzT40dxWqeG0YNiQeFOBFbJZDOztFomis1r6hG4Cn6UUdQv6cSjRxgn2Fa3jmYj8i5bzbaE_G_8n9t0=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAxagY9Y4KShZotSWqoDMiNkwoH2UZ57NlHF4YvgYf2JTLvt5u-hSaPyUPvxtQbovwgppV6Bj62wwCGV8Wmz-_5kVrCd2XE9VeBEA-9HmuJ5KYlY99gl5PHXtdwOdk2Zqw4P9YTLGivZSF3plWlzGkUHvG2xy9nIVJL7cBMPizsBx4foxfgEh672nN=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's just so remarkable to think about how old this is, how advanced it was, and the number of animals and people that died here for sport. The tour guide said we had to forget our morals about death. It was just more accepted and a way of life. Still it's mind-boggling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8DpAlFsn3bTWXq12nskAPhEyyQeG_yndqbVOitxn5rugzKvn9_LsQwGKAKa50zsItbvdslEfg0mHtIJJISpIeO-Fr27hWeFduCFmI3VDQDFW7dipoT65u-m7ixQSnJUyetTFcAjx92wJuLC8cFKmYXhZtUxA5OtdAMTqzmbhs0uq29PI_5VQR6BzV=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8DpAlFsn3bTWXq12nskAPhEyyQeG_yndqbVOitxn5rugzKvn9_LsQwGKAKa50zsItbvdslEfg0mHtIJJISpIeO-Fr27hWeFduCFmI3VDQDFW7dipoT65u-m7ixQSnJUyetTFcAjx92wJuLC8cFKmYXhZtUxA5OtdAMTqzmbhs0uq29PI_5VQR6BzV=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDd5hHyNCFHato7vZRKnZrpNwsaqZW96etLtVrJWTB0l72YK0ABh-9ATm6UeHXjOf4XLVuaItzup4nGqzimQCi-xxP57eAxnVsHJg8Zsz0RZZab8qG-1VqjoTugFFIrOhbQ2eES4_-cEvIejpWocIpvCpEF4W4erV4ITPzxCxZW88redP5pr4E9dy-=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDd5hHyNCFHato7vZRKnZrpNwsaqZW96etLtVrJWTB0l72YK0ABh-9ATm6UeHXjOf4XLVuaItzup4nGqzimQCi-xxP57eAxnVsHJg8Zsz0RZZab8qG-1VqjoTugFFIrOhbQ2eES4_-cEvIejpWocIpvCpEF4W4erV4ITPzxCxZW88redP5pr4E9dy-=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took this pic from inside the Colosseum. You can see the Temple of Saturn (columns on the left side) and the Temple of Venus and Rome...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdtrHEO2RpL06F8BUAG25d4dXBJXO9W6zhNLtBlMTZMynm0plipnSGLaJx_rQrY0yZEkRucwD1oUvP7PsjmvJiMibLMb0QPiICHBqBPmjJl98C5j3qly9ZP7XXjanpmKI88nDtUrxkT9hJ_oUSG0L9qIplaN-dfFWqgS2iiiR2g2nyWB1NAQcTXKr6=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdtrHEO2RpL06F8BUAG25d4dXBJXO9W6zhNLtBlMTZMynm0plipnSGLaJx_rQrY0yZEkRucwD1oUvP7PsjmvJiMibLMb0QPiICHBqBPmjJl98C5j3qly9ZP7XXjanpmKI88nDtUrxkT9hJ_oUSG0L9qIplaN-dfFWqgS2iiiR2g2nyWB1NAQcTXKr6=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The corridors where people would walk to find their seats</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl6BLCtY1YnNk1CPMiGwZC0AB8Y3rk89gKnfV2oaQln5SwkIYutDFWIv5R1vLMCpBtm0kUMEMmLePR_yv4I6xQ9eyHw-iyFkCI6HGLpLPkRN_uY4ZE-hmGVKUcxQuaPNwVaE-idMgWdD95Xbt0CBIMGnqPCDRep1hdc_23bRdd6cm5f0yoB0XWDeaP=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl6BLCtY1YnNk1CPMiGwZC0AB8Y3rk89gKnfV2oaQln5SwkIYutDFWIv5R1vLMCpBtm0kUMEMmLePR_yv4I6xQ9eyHw-iyFkCI6HGLpLPkRN_uY4ZE-hmGVKUcxQuaPNwVaE-idMgWdD95Xbt0CBIMGnqPCDRep1hdc_23bRdd6cm5f0yoB0XWDeaP=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once we were done with the Colosseum, we set out for the Forum and Palatine Hill. Here you can see the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyNKMyn2FVJh33EShG-FyS7ThvfjzC-TEFIHgB8_S0vOXQI7hR8AhUcVIrQb3c02DXQnKE024OsKXh7v31UW7cHxJsoP77DGMKmYVCWWMmt9bk78l2nBGRLgy1tXyNYiZRfIytYNX0BYXOOCwpxRR648uI4EPz340Tx2_hCRon6AMPZ2SoaMN0dSOi=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyNKMyn2FVJh33EShG-FyS7ThvfjzC-TEFIHgB8_S0vOXQI7hR8AhUcVIrQb3c02DXQnKE024OsKXh7v31UW7cHxJsoP77DGMKmYVCWWMmt9bk78l2nBGRLgy1tXyNYiZRfIytYNX0BYXOOCwpxRR648uI4EPz340Tx2_hCRon6AMPZ2SoaMN0dSOi=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVMMG7rmiMs1QmhrI01vfJai2au2i8yzpfFtDU1QZBEMT89L6etC1I-clx-XYWLU7C13d_juf1_dxGqPKiVFK5EjOZ14wXJXxI9UBUc9s0zihYNXjJteS_2679c0MDM7ERE7vNAks1Mggblk1itiz7oUz-Lb8fMA3Q_uSWtOWqk19bD_BMemzoBHkj=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVMMG7rmiMs1QmhrI01vfJai2au2i8yzpfFtDU1QZBEMT89L6etC1I-clx-XYWLU7C13d_juf1_dxGqPKiVFK5EjOZ14wXJXxI9UBUc9s0zihYNXjJteS_2679c0MDM7ERE7vNAks1Mggblk1itiz7oUz-Lb8fMA3Q_uSWtOWqk19bD_BMemzoBHkj=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the Arch of Titus and it commemorated the Roman victory over Judaea (Israel) in 70 AD. It was build by some of the 50,000 enslaved Jews brought home from this campaign.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0EZSG6l-ablcZO61j4ohp5DVctiCHzeBwfaqgIsKfe0rWALRXZq9EuqP_--E2NjNd_Mq3qzS_s09YttSCjGLP9XWWKXG8NqyTeOQu1b9Hv5zsQ-uHB-fFzZuhP_0OjPHgSQ7mzU_uHFFoxUo1qob1Y9YGdCFtsqFbh9ivWJkRzhlUiDfyeOh8OKki=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0EZSG6l-ablcZO61j4ohp5DVctiCHzeBwfaqgIsKfe0rWALRXZq9EuqP_--E2NjNd_Mq3qzS_s09YttSCjGLP9XWWKXG8NqyTeOQu1b9Hv5zsQ-uHB-fFzZuhP_0OjPHgSQ7mzU_uHFFoxUo1qob1Y9YGdCFtsqFbh9ivWJkRzhlUiDfyeOh8OKki=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you look at the engravings on the inside of the Arch, you can can see where they depicted the sacking of the temple in Jerusalem and the soldiers carrying a Jewish menorah...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">These arches are all that remain of the Basilica of Constantine. The remaining structure represents only about 1/3 of the original hall of justice...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2MsGhkDwpKnZlNtbOsqV7Nmh2UkW-U6HDcPhIyBqnZKtwveqmhydsnVmphSPnx7N2MKugLF1IzesypN2HP72beb9OOb6nKc-8gevUHgU2Y__v_FL3FKG7dVvO55YQECNC1TEACisuw4Xtp7eF_Qq697uhudPUEwU4sqljgsHxUYxwcTckGJQhcwsM=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2MsGhkDwpKnZlNtbOsqV7Nmh2UkW-U6HDcPhIyBqnZKtwveqmhydsnVmphSPnx7N2MKugLF1IzesypN2HP72beb9OOb6nKc-8gevUHgU2Y__v_FL3FKG7dVvO55YQECNC1TEACisuw4Xtp7eF_Qq697uhudPUEwU4sqljgsHxUYxwcTckGJQhcwsM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhblJ3ge5lxcHjXPXS5pqnvaT-USWvfnyVoDU3MwKPMLr58I3PfxJHh-yVSurlmYNwUqXUEHEfoHCmN1Ct3WY1kOtDe3ZXk2wE5cufs-HXuymaY6giepTq6LPdOJZSVEiDkGh7DI7KvGmMi271k289wwRiS4UMNhq7G_dP8PiVeSoG0Nhkqb06n6Dpd=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhblJ3ge5lxcHjXPXS5pqnvaT-USWvfnyVoDU3MwKPMLr58I3PfxJHh-yVSurlmYNwUqXUEHEfoHCmN1Ct3WY1kOtDe3ZXk2wE5cufs-HXuymaY6giepTq6LPdOJZSVEiDkGh7DI7KvGmMi271k289wwRiS4UMNhq7G_dP8PiVeSoG0Nhkqb06n6Dpd=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUvvyVBIQPnbxC3dFO8mdcPwUwJoMb3JkxWRvbxgbEkk2Ur-Y-X2uNoj1Ky4Db2dfNOT8mjdGA9ijyhOMjIUaeVGLDC6MriSpv8kdowHUVFY2P80nLyWEC0d9N6qZeYZD4xpy7UlnAlbTSNZp94h-VgggNhLn43eEKqo1PEUhqjVfm5NQUPRJLsvLB=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUvvyVBIQPnbxC3dFO8mdcPwUwJoMb3JkxWRvbxgbEkk2Ur-Y-X2uNoj1Ky4Db2dfNOT8mjdGA9ijyhOMjIUaeVGLDC6MriSpv8kdowHUVFY2P80nLyWEC0d9N6qZeYZD4xpy7UlnAlbTSNZp94h-VgggNhLn43eEKqo1PEUhqjVfm5NQUPRJLsvLB=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking back toward the Colosseum. At this point we were kicked out of the park by some very no-nonsense minders who had the job of clearing the park as sunset neared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghrWGy_iR7d7E3ItjySm9iY1VU2ZinD4_mcj2-5MaXzPNW0YO5kmihJFTIxUe-aRqPd6hod1dU0he75fmqmq57vMzQqJOkH_zki_FnEekn918vo0Dg3YEuZ_q07KfTqAtZ37navLnDRPfQ197AwhkEj8XrmIm5tKZDf7sTuI_bmWP3sTpheKGiedj3=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghrWGy_iR7d7E3ItjySm9iY1VU2ZinD4_mcj2-5MaXzPNW0YO5kmihJFTIxUe-aRqPd6hod1dU0he75fmqmq57vMzQqJOkH_zki_FnEekn918vo0Dg3YEuZ_q07KfTqAtZ37navLnDRPfQ197AwhkEj8XrmIm5tKZDf7sTuI_bmWP3sTpheKGiedj3=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One last walk by the Colosseum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This little cute Christmas car was right outside the hotel...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZyF0AA3uvF5_wgwl9Nmye-yerK5sbwzsScPtOinq1RhFatZi-YrlCJbjF4XLjsLyx7xRIXctp0SwCnO6XrMub6PYiueeG0TTXGGf2OpFsoB4a2B_t0cF3-kGvLrLF7dKULB9I2cufl6Rg0IsPcSZDi_ZB92tvIRCaYqTS7zTS9ErJtW4-n_SIzlVu=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZyF0AA3uvF5_wgwl9Nmye-yerK5sbwzsScPtOinq1RhFatZi-YrlCJbjF4XLjsLyx7xRIXctp0SwCnO6XrMub6PYiueeG0TTXGGf2OpFsoB4a2B_t0cF3-kGvLrLF7dKULB9I2cufl6Rg0IsPcSZDi_ZB92tvIRCaYqTS7zTS9ErJtW4-n_SIzlVu=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3R_hQGKyLz5Zq_uamWik4V3KQzwq-ScPS1QjIxQLY_LdLViKMYQzxpBsBlSo9P6qGm39MaNEuxXmuoftgg81HTjfJYwpxeo8Lu6q1Wbr4lR91Hu_cruLsRNjdmTRMIJGR3jHt4MqPPkh_J2wDtH0El0gZg_UVKu405aSfAi-fOtfO6ZUeKGDCJgyb=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3R_hQGKyLz5Zq_uamWik4V3KQzwq-ScPS1QjIxQLY_LdLViKMYQzxpBsBlSo9P6qGm39MaNEuxXmuoftgg81HTjfJYwpxeo8Lu6q1Wbr4lR91Hu_cruLsRNjdmTRMIJGR3jHt4MqPPkh_J2wDtH0El0gZg_UVKu405aSfAi-fOtfO6ZUeKGDCJgyb=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped at some shops and looked around a bit on our walk to dinner. Of course I was drawn in by the florist...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihiRSeYriyIPKD1AhSpWqL-cntIfx9o2SgAgLpe2Vdt66S3imJvmlQyZW7wri4UKpFJzYU4qAxs5BVLa_DT83_QNRKJz7BzOiIBkb8QTiUvT6xIg8FjbrJ2gfwPTtuEI4zK9lTWW7ReJ0No7i5MOCo_IAVbbvGgFP8-fQhKqACpqMHA0mybEsh-phW=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihiRSeYriyIPKD1AhSpWqL-cntIfx9o2SgAgLpe2Vdt66S3imJvmlQyZW7wri4UKpFJzYU4qAxs5BVLa_DT83_QNRKJz7BzOiIBkb8QTiUvT6xIg8FjbrJ2gfwPTtuEI4zK9lTWW7ReJ0No7i5MOCo_IAVbbvGgFP8-fQhKqACpqMHA0mybEsh-phW=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5Wyo4BeFK0laVx29CEYxi-Y-G9DsiSeVA99Pje80bIqyk7fdkpOcpCWNcYC9ZnfI-qJ1UnFHaXjX2EDLh1UtmIX2ngnBFL2I_YIjIWsgF27u4rFnEwsXf_q8AbUzcYflYGSv_joYHXFBhgb_lHQCadXDyr2vn8R1kAvy2gYKAq2K62DxfgddLDzqf=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5Wyo4BeFK0laVx29CEYxi-Y-G9DsiSeVA99Pje80bIqyk7fdkpOcpCWNcYC9ZnfI-qJ1UnFHaXjX2EDLh1UtmIX2ngnBFL2I_YIjIWsgF27u4rFnEwsXf_q8AbUzcYflYGSv_joYHXFBhgb_lHQCadXDyr2vn8R1kAvy2gYKAq2K62DxfgddLDzqf=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2WaJ5T3gjWWX1KFn76V7uQ18ROu9nShzWms1fA6E9QvoYsdiBnDBriws-cuRvJUzpwM38FQBY6L5uk1ua9LxdKu_DP5ZgAwxYy5iRP3IVGvAoaF4PsRTxrjb8LGbZaemwABKVKpVLfYcarnuk89rednt9iPkky2YsCGr64Om01KU2p3lyGej75UKi=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2WaJ5T3gjWWX1KFn76V7uQ18ROu9nShzWms1fA6E9QvoYsdiBnDBriws-cuRvJUzpwM38FQBY6L5uk1ua9LxdKu_DP5ZgAwxYy5iRP3IVGvAoaF4PsRTxrjb8LGbZaemwABKVKpVLfYcarnuk89rednt9iPkky2YsCGr64Om01KU2p3lyGej75UKi=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn't have a place in mind for dinner on Sunday (several options were closed), so we settled on a recommendation from Rick Steve's book that was near our hotel. We ate at Origano. The food was good, but the service not great. Mom and I ordered the exact same thing and my order came out about 15 minutes before her's did for a reason that never made any sense to us...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs37TNBpFIepnDmyKPxojHHAfjdX_z1esf-bwPnQTYPjpQZhXvYol40p2yhkeb80FValUhqD08u9awMykLMBxTjl1DWMyozHhf6kgB_1SkwioYYhzsXrOnW2vHrXU7H-Frx-qKFATf0ojdtL-xoOw3nvw3UWYOc5fUAgQUlNFe92Dk2IjW27gKs4kt=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs37TNBpFIepnDmyKPxojHHAfjdX_z1esf-bwPnQTYPjpQZhXvYol40p2yhkeb80FValUhqD08u9awMykLMBxTjl1DWMyozHhf6kgB_1SkwioYYhzsXrOnW2vHrXU7H-Frx-qKFATf0ojdtL-xoOw3nvw3UWYOc5fUAgQUlNFe92Dk2IjW27gKs4kt=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After dinner we walked to Piazza Navona for Rome's Christmas Market...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">There was also a fabulous gelato place right there so we sat outside our hotel and ate gelato as we looked at the Pantheon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/11ecfqrUOZE" width="433" youtube-src-id="11ecfqrUOZE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPsfaRk1QyDfBdWdDVRLN1y2hKcX1wzrodXvu8FQIkfoT7p2r4lhA7QkUPM9mMy7F84wwe3mcI-eLvnrqmDLpaLAWMs-pkCvJ5ucALdMB_PaGA2FesDql-U4g7_LfuhT3BrAajsNNQv883hKw5lMQWtIya6xGWOv82FSuW3zhHHlo1fB3qygdeNmco=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPsfaRk1QyDfBdWdDVRLN1y2hKcX1wzrodXvu8FQIkfoT7p2r4lhA7QkUPM9mMy7F84wwe3mcI-eLvnrqmDLpaLAWMs-pkCvJ5ucALdMB_PaGA2FesDql-U4g7_LfuhT3BrAajsNNQv883hKw5lMQWtIya6xGWOv82FSuW3zhHHlo1fB3qygdeNmco=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For our hotel in Rome, I was really undecided. I had two hotels booked until early December. I decided on the Albergo del Santo which was "near" the Pantheon and rated as #9 hotel in Rome on Trip Advisor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our room was a corner room on the far right side of the pic. Ours is the window on what would be our American 4th floor (European 3rd floor).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZLCuWSwtHa4EwcmbIRSq_igGW-G1Dq_NCIa1sN7IxKFc3gfWlFuyadhRXkvJ8cw0hjiMqi4Fom1ja6896ub0pkTc7dsZEXKFylde0xHfMo6go2TbKE817rVHLSsM1b-B3aL4rEMjofMznEvKzjoB4vpKyjjmWJ6U3ecZOLcAh7e8FSukpgBnmado4=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZLCuWSwtHa4EwcmbIRSq_igGW-G1Dq_NCIa1sN7IxKFc3gfWlFuyadhRXkvJ8cw0hjiMqi4Fom1ja6896ub0pkTc7dsZEXKFylde0xHfMo6go2TbKE817rVHLSsM1b-B3aL4rEMjofMznEvKzjoB4vpKyjjmWJ6U3ecZOLcAh7e8FSukpgBnmado4=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4d113EqhNuEBJf7Hje5_dgkHwr-zqyul2lzseCCSBUk5kG87QUsZElSa208alSYVbzsztIrpGuKvSnSl_I6VU351C4MyW-z_v5Mkw62KTfQDRpkVOx_B5r4tYAwRTrchV9grsirs4Q7Sxh0A3kSCy2_Fm19QMqe5F1O0CfCqvYoSKdWGvhnDtftq8=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh I checked on our original train later that night and it ended up being delayed 3 hours! We would have missed our Colosseum tour if we hadn't switched trains!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on our first day in Rome!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-52310009925192043422022-01-21T16:57:00.003-06:002022-01-21T16:57:40.510-06:00France & Italy 2021 {Day Six~Tuscany}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Saturday December 18th, I had a day trip to Tuscany planned. Since there was no train or plane to catch, we could sleep in a little more and have breakfast at the hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had previously visited some of the same places we were going to that day, but with a group tour. I knew that I wanted to be able to spend a little more time where I wanted, so I chose to book a private driver. I looked into several companies and went with <a href="https://www.belitalytours-limo.com" target="_blank">Belitaly Tours</a>. Beki was our driver and he picked us up at 9:00 at our hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were some places I had specified I wanted to visit and then he added to the list. The first stop was one of his additions. We visited the Florence American Cemetery where 4,392 of our World War II soldiers are buried. 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These frescos were painted from 1503-1508...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh90tUNkKddPX0d0ycffHSsjrzwcBOrdEobMbXiWpc3iyxlZS0QUO7j-vzyEXWT3QzYOGQfXmQLIfT8JRBONP1JVqT13yxKalr9QX9vHtYI5Rp3moh03QaewMR6y7RSkvq1L-a_1GqgGLCEckNBjldluJfb61esyQ-y7mnIa73A53PoPNmBFrBDNoj=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgh90tUNkKddPX0d0ycffHSsjrzwcBOrdEobMbXiWpc3iyxlZS0QUO7j-vzyEXWT3QzYOGQfXmQLIfT8JRBONP1JVqT13yxKalr9QX9vHtYI5Rp3moh03QaewMR6y7RSkvq1L-a_1GqgGLCEckNBjldluJfb61esyQ-y7mnIa73A53PoPNmBFrBDNoj=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy1EoGG_QITxAUpLxkGlehYRhMT32Je4nk2_MXfl-lH6WAJCgkkCXoR6l_xl3u2lCnh4_1nKEjK1_AQUg7_q5xko-lRM_O2zDUXTGfDh7ZKv9efadkS1XZcfBolMWKdB6UqiHkdVflCUqAR_mmRgpig2JbuuAd-tJY-hh0_CgMN2awb6XXV_o98yGm=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy1EoGG_QITxAUpLxkGlehYRhMT32Je4nk2_MXfl-lH6WAJCgkkCXoR6l_xl3u2lCnh4_1nKEjK1_AQUg7_q5xko-lRM_O2zDUXTGfDh7ZKv9efadkS1XZcfBolMWKdB6UqiHkdVflCUqAR_mmRgpig2JbuuAd-tJY-hh0_CgMN2awb6XXV_o98yGm=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqdXTh8OmOWFUPAFgxYtZZKad-ZFPO1yej_A3w6dcMq-EZCBKBuAVjCON8HLF8qxUzuKXVajLL0XM9Xy3mDuTphqm0phyTEPiqXfmrMQu-hyZ-71hv48vhGYgzqO1YMBYmE4sEFVyUHK158bUnNa_e5OcHisj_REe7ns7ACZe1wjRb-Aadiux7GnVi=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqdXTh8OmOWFUPAFgxYtZZKad-ZFPO1yej_A3w6dcMq-EZCBKBuAVjCON8HLF8qxUzuKXVajLL0XM9Xy3mDuTphqm0phyTEPiqXfmrMQu-hyZ-71hv48vhGYgzqO1YMBYmE4sEFVyUHK158bUnNa_e5OcHisj_REe7ns7ACZe1wjRb-Aadiux7GnVi=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs-wYbofzZwtL4L0fSbsgl3V09pbeIQa9e7iNyMZuks3zSu0G_3TsqrstMOrHj_jXWSeH0jUD5IdjIRxafflFdm482OOWjuTTzVq6_3DoUtDmW8OFU554jiDg-UnK3x7sBrC4U490A_PfaF6i_wpfwrL9_kBcpiQI6Oi61VbTxh10Y-F28oDjxV3nh=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs-wYbofzZwtL4L0fSbsgl3V09pbeIQa9e7iNyMZuks3zSu0G_3TsqrstMOrHj_jXWSeH0jUD5IdjIRxafflFdm482OOWjuTTzVq6_3DoUtDmW8OFU554jiDg-UnK3x7sBrC4U490A_PfaF6i_wpfwrL9_kBcpiQI6Oi61VbTxh10Y-F28oDjxV3nh=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKlbfx0xszDUBOGrq6r_w5JGUQR-Ds2R7aWlGUIEGtS6PZo0ZppPQ-l_Nt-YkSKYqxq0KfvFmGr67klCwV6vawgOfTREsBu5xEV4SMYWYu3DjKER8hsc1uwL74ztaCWo2UXeu7aiC3szWI0-M3uWxjvS_SdPF2r9s_Z3Y3LlLwUgQureJQ2BO_Xhb=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKlbfx0xszDUBOGrq6r_w5JGUQR-Ds2R7aWlGUIEGtS6PZo0ZppPQ-l_Nt-YkSKYqxq0KfvFmGr67klCwV6vawgOfTREsBu5xEV4SMYWYu3DjKER8hsc1uwL74ztaCWo2UXeu7aiC3szWI0-M3uWxjvS_SdPF2r9s_Z3Y3LlLwUgQureJQ2BO_Xhb=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A She-Wolf, which is the symbol of Siena</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLRx4L7x589Cts5yw7I-j3AjQWikNQjRQgTVsOcnt_xcjUfNhDTvR4LgTQtnneDL1XfaXizOYOJImLVxcj2aJjoslEVCvF2Ck1nKGb6DG_qcT5M-wtATt73530qPY10fJwuGblxg_oUAofOoULlAtecHrKTzGxWcd3HWdkIWSho9lOVbExYrp5NXwE=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLRx4L7x589Cts5yw7I-j3AjQWikNQjRQgTVsOcnt_xcjUfNhDTvR4LgTQtnneDL1XfaXizOYOJImLVxcj2aJjoslEVCvF2Ck1nKGb6DG_qcT5M-wtATt73530qPY10fJwuGblxg_oUAofOoULlAtecHrKTzGxWcd3HWdkIWSho9lOVbExYrp5NXwE=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the duomo we walked along the streets of Siena mostly window shopping and soaking in the ambiance (of which Siena has tons). We did stop at this one store so that I could buy a couple of olive wood spatulas. I wanted one of those big cutting boards! But spatulas were all that wanted to haul in my suitcase! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAK5Dfyo6gIJBVlGBG6YmKUaElaR0ppEj5D708SLUq6gsCAvdlGSdRFa677e3WXIkRKya6f6Xi0y7SsdhafqI4Qw3AN3htv4ZB-LwVIVokEfy7H2H8g1k3hiiYtfyzOUK0wgpWaMTQra2VmEI-_0eUfIkKr9U8BEr6dRI9MQjHkY28sog-0Mb_4txJ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAK5Dfyo6gIJBVlGBG6YmKUaElaR0ppEj5D708SLUq6gsCAvdlGSdRFa677e3WXIkRKya6f6Xi0y7SsdhafqI4Qw3AN3htv4ZB-LwVIVokEfy7H2H8g1k3hiiYtfyzOUK0wgpWaMTQra2VmEI-_0eUfIkKr9U8BEr6dRI9MQjHkY28sog-0Mb_4txJ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just love all the florists everywhere...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZRePHCbbL3kGHIo5Y-N5ARctm0iJURDVSY2R0VswYkwdH_9qvJ6jrz8WF7QDjMbGxQDFekEqhoq6t1HzzqzkRMfL92DegHfaqnQ7i6Pvs4hwCquVF3-v2vLDrW4fdCjla_fu0dVP8918RL_m06ZxpLxZ_qcPNGTaPWfxVtC2QBrredr1cpo90B98M=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZRePHCbbL3kGHIo5Y-N5ARctm0iJURDVSY2R0VswYkwdH_9qvJ6jrz8WF7QDjMbGxQDFekEqhoq6t1HzzqzkRMfL92DegHfaqnQ7i6Pvs4hwCquVF3-v2vLDrW4fdCjla_fu0dVP8918RL_m06ZxpLxZ_qcPNGTaPWfxVtC2QBrredr1cpo90B98M=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyp-lBdA1lxGytz0oakbsWV6z5MsCKvnhhex1uuuPV6J-EkqnWek0cxhTk83fd2ZT_LWg4BziPKTenKwhb4uTb0tkjSHtKN4OETkQAOzF1U8BW3DEP8sT6HibpXZKXE7ltc3TGZ7KmgDi6Y24XyySrwHugn4kCo4aV9LZot4523rZzQ-H4Vz0W2F-Z=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyp-lBdA1lxGytz0oakbsWV6z5MsCKvnhhex1uuuPV6J-EkqnWek0cxhTk83fd2ZT_LWg4BziPKTenKwhb4uTb0tkjSHtKN4OETkQAOzF1U8BW3DEP8sT6HibpXZKXE7ltc3TGZ7KmgDi6Y24XyySrwHugn4kCo4aV9LZot4523rZzQ-H4Vz0W2F-Z=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the Siena Piazza</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkO6yh6uTDmT5kYOJu21qBGMaYEyiJFHcNEVq_A0ftNsrJFUCcTDfcfUJJ7vRRdyQP0Ioy2hAPH99x0IpUVrjaJ5GyN4-VBgF4iWm0hI2uZV8W020yrLh3Olc1G7hAp-TP_RpoGNU4ZdKLjwCjO8GVAx1vgb7UeAvdLm1x9nSnz8jIxpdsOudRfPzn=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkO6yh6uTDmT5kYOJu21qBGMaYEyiJFHcNEVq_A0ftNsrJFUCcTDfcfUJJ7vRRdyQP0Ioy2hAPH99x0IpUVrjaJ5GyN4-VBgF4iWm0hI2uZV8W020yrLh3Olc1G7hAp-TP_RpoGNU4ZdKLjwCjO8GVAx1vgb7UeAvdLm1x9nSnz8jIxpdsOudRfPzn=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEKXNrqk_k4hW-rTcwbL4Wi_gWjvM6GstbbSZv7x82CrAl96DQ-U1f5ZDyWkBp0oyzZMzIlGjvN79YQN5eX1r6GsiT7VcMS-bfFJZpYmaxBg-SZVULai44vbZy1kiFjtfTF2SC3kYkGhyoQgNqr4vsnjApPdap93ey91ynldFfFDXcrHoufEYdHeIO=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEKXNrqk_k4hW-rTcwbL4Wi_gWjvM6GstbbSZv7x82CrAl96DQ-U1f5ZDyWkBp0oyzZMzIlGjvN79YQN5eX1r6GsiT7VcMS-bfFJZpYmaxBg-SZVULai44vbZy1kiFjtfTF2SC3kYkGhyoQgNqr4vsnjApPdap93ey91ynldFfFDXcrHoufEYdHeIO=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7zawSuijhPADSrl4WfTwG1nb63zU7_yUWBHLGburQ3tDLLy5OC1zQrOOqQQTqNrYb1pE6QR4U5BJ7OtEnFpoqKEmKr5L-_WjbUTvmdflw2LyxsltoH7hbi8OiiXYFBcUY_DyTuAbCWeYLrEPUgpCYKchVOEqe19WsJQA4hCX2uK4kzfv1sxYRYtnp=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7zawSuijhPADSrl4WfTwG1nb63zU7_yUWBHLGburQ3tDLLy5OC1zQrOOqQQTqNrYb1pE6QR4U5BJ7OtEnFpoqKEmKr5L-_WjbUTvmdflw2LyxsltoH7hbi8OiiXYFBcUY_DyTuAbCWeYLrEPUgpCYKchVOEqe19WsJQA4hCX2uK4kzfv1sxYRYtnp=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div>One of the things that was SO nice about the driver I selected (and I had no idea until that morning), was that he had a pass that allows him to drive right into the heart of Siena. Most tours have to drop you outside of the city and you walk in. He actually was able to drop us off and pick us up right here in the piazza.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdRxoFHCwnQY3U-WQX38XNxD1TsOlweNARDPGIhTPKaYPZcqMF0FUys1XZ7X4vZ3vfGoF6p7xPmeiFQo2YQ0Wp4GHDGuobqAYo07rdFrs-qw_APXCvn6SFD_cgf2sTROgpOcKP2FA9HNuIfVCjyRcuCk1kl6L9acaChnubf38UjEIBXPvx4tDSV66=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihdRxoFHCwnQY3U-WQX38XNxD1TsOlweNARDPGIhTPKaYPZcqMF0FUys1XZ7X4vZ3vfGoF6p7xPmeiFQo2YQ0Wp4GHDGuobqAYo07rdFrs-qw_APXCvn6SFD_cgf2sTROgpOcKP2FA9HNuIfVCjyRcuCk1kl6L9acaChnubf38UjEIBXPvx4tDSV66=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="388" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z9T_ZjUQPz8" width="467" youtube-src-id="z9T_ZjUQPz8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1HzHDzLoL4OuIQLfCkQ39hJLhYx8AymFg3On1rm7MDSotWomN8stfIwJem7VBFYXxVh4vXkHCBcQerS01DBmcMt4aA8ZYL8GBsW7eGvIZ4gP7BY64QZo0cpdTVo0fpsaoUMzNiNYSeiBRXOiR6TsvmyEm66zZFk1xCKaD_KJLkIHL8iwM8WPVpnAQ=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1HzHDzLoL4OuIQLfCkQ39hJLhYx8AymFg3On1rm7MDSotWomN8stfIwJem7VBFYXxVh4vXkHCBcQerS01DBmcMt4aA8ZYL8GBsW7eGvIZ4gP7BY64QZo0cpdTVo0fpsaoUMzNiNYSeiBRXOiR6TsvmyEm66zZFk1xCKaD_KJLkIHL8iwM8WPVpnAQ=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJcUN_3Ia-ATC0VNbr6gYNwJD1yUng9qRuHgQp08EpUzcsqAyuoICTxNibDgkKyBPtLpeN_A0Az0Bu6P7Iy3jmHww5hvPClZqIH-vE_HRfMkzedMhWSFx-zI0Wyh3_Kj6vbqeoXryXA_Vlr0lgIMcPE9TTzQqHxXwD5a5ti72ht7xZSw8YpLGKkU6Z=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJcUN_3Ia-ATC0VNbr6gYNwJD1yUng9qRuHgQp08EpUzcsqAyuoICTxNibDgkKyBPtLpeN_A0Az0Bu6P7Iy3jmHww5hvPClZqIH-vE_HRfMkzedMhWSFx-zI0Wyh3_Kj6vbqeoXryXA_Vlr0lgIMcPE9TTzQqHxXwD5a5ti72ht7xZSw8YpLGKkU6Z=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I called Beki and he picked us up in the Piazza and I thought our next stop was lunch, but he surprised us with this medieval walled town of Monteriggioni. Oh I loved it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQTMlMBMUCgdpepEbO4CHr84CYx19RBGDZqCqiFTBlcBmXlaQMn3aclxzlCTrW0_OxTmCiTUezKsbUcUpT08dt9Sv06iEurNHxxEAhMNvUNnXosUeR1sFu9nP79McOeuS1Hb2QXDk0YD8ayUg2ZuK7Nj8iV8YvyhornHunDvjwAgnpYjJjM6H0tXa9=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQTMlMBMUCgdpepEbO4CHr84CYx19RBGDZqCqiFTBlcBmXlaQMn3aclxzlCTrW0_OxTmCiTUezKsbUcUpT08dt9Sv06iEurNHxxEAhMNvUNnXosUeR1sFu9nP79McOeuS1Hb2QXDk0YD8ayUg2ZuK7Nj8iV8YvyhornHunDvjwAgnpYjJjM6H0tXa9=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the 13th Century Church of Santa Maria...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLPFR4JmzGlrE-Hl-F1BlkmlAhDFxYQUPIZj59vCDhceK6in3TRJq75CvyiM06gJfK-Ejc0GkmKNAethYTfAqCLHT3yPJ9hb5ltwfhVWrH8nmoJ8OrVSieBAIVIGgRf7SJ2UzQppkIZIJ-RiULhj8Xd8tN2B67fJD4bcWmVw81TM41N77Y7ihdm-0Q=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLPFR4JmzGlrE-Hl-F1BlkmlAhDFxYQUPIZj59vCDhceK6in3TRJq75CvyiM06gJfK-Ejc0GkmKNAethYTfAqCLHT3yPJ9hb5ltwfhVWrH8nmoJ8OrVSieBAIVIGgRf7SJ2UzQppkIZIJ-RiULhj8Xd8tN2B67fJD4bcWmVw81TM41N77Y7ihdm-0Q=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_KGjhsmE9zPWddlyw7bYPZcMfeduWY65nG27DnYhZ_dRAa91UQ1-E8jjJ42MR8e1WMyTOz2f9w2yzEWLzEo4q9kz5oN-GYNTAFl8ihmWULJrIODejY2DUA9EjpDG953juPKHFfdsScC4j4skjKUrhCJPmAor3OZ5mVghZ1SJjiyFzdJz7VNTDDSjM=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_KGjhsmE9zPWddlyw7bYPZcMfeduWY65nG27DnYhZ_dRAa91UQ1-E8jjJ42MR8e1WMyTOz2f9w2yzEWLzEo4q9kz5oN-GYNTAFl8ihmWULJrIODejY2DUA9EjpDG953juPKHFfdsScC4j4skjKUrhCJPmAor3OZ5mVghZ1SJjiyFzdJz7VNTDDSjM=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This town is on the Via Franciagena, which is an ancient pilgrim route from France to Rome. Siena is on the stop as well. Beki thought this guy on the bike was "one of the crazies who travel the pilgrim route"...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjUggAHfYPmRjQ25oz7QgJo-_HdAm7mlByZ0yzSjZwF2YrrcRYi0qqTkqZT8h5LxbnGKJze9UN9b-ulIkhMjy12KOonY7hxjkBZr4GVQyFKV1-0MOqneVNwg1pOonxqJjmZjzO6JblkqGgpeIZ2J3fY8I7lgkPJN0flighUqoEvufynvDVez24BcyI=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjUggAHfYPmRjQ25oz7QgJo-_HdAm7mlByZ0yzSjZwF2YrrcRYi0qqTkqZT8h5LxbnGKJze9UN9b-ulIkhMjy12KOonY7hxjkBZr4GVQyFKV1-0MOqneVNwg1pOonxqJjmZjzO6JblkqGgpeIZ2J3fY8I7lgkPJN0flighUqoEvufynvDVez24BcyI=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="424" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QF1tGdcRYxQ" width="511" youtube-src-id="QF1tGdcRYxQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We had some gelato in SG. Gelateria Dondoli has won a best gelato in the world competition. I don't think it was even the best of our trip, but it was very good. I didn't get any pics, but you can see the Gelateria in the video I took.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="418" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8nDrw82UYQ" width="503" youtube-src-id="d8nDrw82UYQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBzW_q0v7ENrJGMchGvs_yJds3dKLZFnTvDmXRTY3eKEthMigYjTKv9s5rDEh-EaUZ2kwSrR70gZ5lXDHmf5rXoqPdUgyEamOZwZlEqkyvgeq50ZZVvF4YAAZuvIRHn4jv4JZPhcSSHL4jQtI5MmI6ifDieLyEPaQwOaIpOAHLaYZsiH2FR11hQ0JR=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBzW_q0v7ENrJGMchGvs_yJds3dKLZFnTvDmXRTY3eKEthMigYjTKv9s5rDEh-EaUZ2kwSrR70gZ5lXDHmf5rXoqPdUgyEamOZwZlEqkyvgeq50ZZVvF4YAAZuvIRHn4jv4JZPhcSSHL4jQtI5MmI6ifDieLyEPaQwOaIpOAHLaYZsiH2FR11hQ0JR=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhapzjSH3Kjp7L1trEpTbnsGrnC1608HLnf7-yKpFTcL_VbPOTaIhHkltaNkgg5AaEQCQFL_dVNhBMLijGsYQyecA79LU_NTj2DaoSxwgohx92zXOc6sfr_juuKZF6Tp53dUvqmknDW8UT4ZWZI_1wBy9891T2gpZgKueK9CnrvWsl6T4riKyxls32v=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was the last stop of the tour of Tuscany. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Later I wandered around Florence for a bit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">San Lorenzo...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVfr1T-sd4AXQiDFRswwwSyauYxnWMVrv8ErZYjgilh5X4MKx0MFT9aYqZZohYZiWwH7fhO_MjSJ_pE5R3mh-WgiRTBFzKCQM4mCUPosNS6AgZp_ALu_gGlnA9X98im5nBEwbpaWt1j-zI3yFubjhLh6NnmcROX9ixsO8nUlqjUDbKpddJeKx73Axk=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXh3kptpBfirUF7a6PuT8Wg188KpferBtSGQaEpeHNELTmth8bJwBqNDS1InBfo56WxkH2caggx7HOGZtmjqlgiaq6fhYf-bhSs8Xj5w1Wd253eiDBlKBpSASxsnBJLpCWrYmJQu-p8YUigXEBZeq4UMZNmhr2yfttXPMSqnwzENVXkIhM7soCLA71=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I had Gelato again. This evening I tried Grom, which is a chain, but I had read good things about it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't a favorite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj21R6R3XTUZgZJvXVuK99K35Jy0cVWReo1WmpJX0kqVFr_khk-i9MPALqcvpvcAq22uMQ1-Hj_f_VoIEzA51DvRXnjKVLvJfxrt9PPJnBmKLXiCoxU4kXNc_VX4y3aZM55tjJAmko_i5SWbbUA-7-8B7fIdMGwb6QXHpTDnWjMB3d15ly2Iipp0iTX=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj21R6R3XTUZgZJvXVuK99K35Jy0cVWReo1WmpJX0kqVFr_khk-i9MPALqcvpvcAq22uMQ1-Hj_f_VoIEzA51DvRXnjKVLvJfxrt9PPJnBmKLXiCoxU4kXNc_VX4y3aZM55tjJAmko_i5SWbbUA-7-8B7fIdMGwb6QXHpTDnWjMB3d15ly2Iipp0iTX=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQacx9MU3JBgbfhz4CfY0zaxlbgroJFSC8VRP9Yii6H70pHSnYuqrTde73HJV0DRTXqjyog_fuHHYrYEOfRFm5-pOJ-4VaxaNNGoOGOORZjb5TA44Q9m0bKLfZ5XRL2le0ZD4IoJ8zE-5YZ-s246LRA-EezT6wqf15VIoVnuWKKC_R5OsmfhgHhtD=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgQacx9MU3JBgbfhz4CfY0zaxlbgroJFSC8VRP9Yii6H70pHSnYuqrTde73HJV0DRTXqjyog_fuHHYrYEOfRFm5-pOJ-4VaxaNNGoOGOORZjb5TA44Q9m0bKLfZ5XRL2le0ZD4IoJ8zE-5YZ-s246LRA-EezT6wqf15VIoVnuWKKC_R5OsmfhgHhtD=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's an end of the second day in Florence/Tuscany. I ended the day quite a bit lighter in the pocketbook, but I cannot recommend Beki and Belitaly Tours enough! Next up is our last stop...Rome!</div>Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-27933085558524574642022-01-13T05:00:00.026-06:002022-01-13T05:00:00.214-06:00France & Italy 2021 {Day Five~Florence}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">December 17th was Day Five of our trip and we were hitting up our third location in Italy...Florence!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had us on an early train that left Venice at 7:26, so we safely crossed that slippery bridge (with luggage) in Venice and got to the train station and had a blueberry muffin while we waited. Our train arrived in Florence at 9:39 and we took a taxi to our hotel. Our hotel (more on that at the end) was able to get us into our room if we waited a few minutes which we did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We started our day in Florence by taking a taxi to Piazzale Michelangelo. This is a hilltop square where you get those great views of Florence. When I went on New Year's Day 2017, I wasn't able to find a taxi so I hiked up there. I was NOT doing that again! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7oy-qrb6O-DkKgXTdjix7B_1nWZyYToGO8YioXJcDUGco-i0JR93nA1bxiC4tse-bvBc7a_TYSCdrvMxC5WhoLlzDirl9M94INmQxTCqnRH9sjnK_tq_AumpwgLXniNxqHIqxLfTEiHUlQ3wZLhKUhJpvydKVcxaQzNBS___INkQpDbp6jeiQO5F5=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7oy-qrb6O-DkKgXTdjix7B_1nWZyYToGO8YioXJcDUGco-i0JR93nA1bxiC4tse-bvBc7a_TYSCdrvMxC5WhoLlzDirl9M94INmQxTCqnRH9sjnK_tq_AumpwgLXniNxqHIqxLfTEiHUlQ3wZLhKUhJpvydKVcxaQzNBS___INkQpDbp6jeiQO5F5=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXznFipl-E1Z9Bpn9Y_BqBC0qOF9Ojp0lWV1GYB2BNq4eeG9jj6xFZU2h69uv4DiQEuX_P2S2SN6ppTXYL__CJPNPrVSUmYsJ7DnCRLVGczr_g6Vt7CLI0_dR4oQy2lPVwehvHbCOalBLv5swPmzlgkx2wnN1Zo92-EhAqTwV9noKyPdmeuA_RKqbf=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXznFipl-E1Z9Bpn9Y_BqBC0qOF9Ojp0lWV1GYB2BNq4eeG9jj6xFZU2h69uv4DiQEuX_P2S2SN6ppTXYL__CJPNPrVSUmYsJ7DnCRLVGczr_g6Vt7CLI0_dR4oQy2lPVwehvHbCOalBLv5swPmzlgkx2wnN1Zo92-EhAqTwV9noKyPdmeuA_RKqbf=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp7jmK563CW6BIfoqkgzky6xh8teQwwzmsJzBtaxZp1CUG0Ee-lGMNi6AO1K4FIi-WJctlwksfjdMhv6Z-eu4l_mMyZ4ka_piWEF2p3cyhB7SH-CdGiISbO0AEHpHRQgypB5inzmFA68FMkMW68XwGqEifY24A2_37CktiDKOb1aE0-PJ3ACAEbcoD=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp7jmK563CW6BIfoqkgzky6xh8teQwwzmsJzBtaxZp1CUG0Ee-lGMNi6AO1K4FIi-WJctlwksfjdMhv6Z-eu4l_mMyZ4ka_piWEF2p3cyhB7SH-CdGiISbO0AEHpHRQgypB5inzmFA68FMkMW68XwGqEifY24A2_37CktiDKOb1aE0-PJ3ACAEbcoD=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjShs1un56e4fWD7MCU-eKIFs2tQH-JE45SI6sONt9RO-J3I541y7W66IRSbi1gGw_j93t9_UUCywfFddnvT1ASbRP6hqA9ZIzfegKRf6zQthWCnSD13KUSHDi6k-pt5bUKVCqPzSrn4M_F18_YwjaLkW8NayeX6KUTjz0Px22Frw5NZWty3iaq3xzB=s1791" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjShs1un56e4fWD7MCU-eKIFs2tQH-JE45SI6sONt9RO-J3I541y7W66IRSbi1gGw_j93t9_UUCywfFddnvT1ASbRP6hqA9ZIzfegKRf6zQthWCnSD13KUSHDi6k-pt5bUKVCqPzSrn4M_F18_YwjaLkW8NayeX6KUTjz0Px22Frw5NZWty3iaq3xzB=w514-h640" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq7iNa0TiGZr9z86ujDMfPXCFxzgFovU6DzJ4eh456A04np_Ihv1S0XS8gwL1OwjNZALTRtJc6BQXPLxewlwucVJxlreFEKTwxp8TPTr_CRAUmurxn9EPTiYo3t_UWHmRleoYKZLbDE1OkI61KeMWi-628jBo6d7qqJ3Ob6mrqdfHjHSMn1ULzakqa=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjq7iNa0TiGZr9z86ujDMfPXCFxzgFovU6DzJ4eh456A04np_Ihv1S0XS8gwL1OwjNZALTRtJc6BQXPLxewlwucVJxlreFEKTwxp8TPTr_CRAUmurxn9EPTiYo3t_UWHmRleoYKZLbDE1OkI61KeMWi-628jBo6d7qqJ3Ob6mrqdfHjHSMn1ULzakqa=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a pretty day, but a little windy up there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyq4ulX5WcMN1hBZQGA0lcfX_ydYc75lzcNPxM8PbYqDqQRHUmIixxetQb4eceNwHUXxVRVXT7bWsy_lSWKytsMvo9QBUO2yyHYAsHQOtEBUl2G8JMvhcRNR7wr_9MUl8Fe7UcyuQfdgNyZq5mHUbmPuQiexpIWN5ncy_SIaChjSRxMXH_0k71Id8f=s3088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyq4ulX5WcMN1hBZQGA0lcfX_ydYc75lzcNPxM8PbYqDqQRHUmIixxetQb4eceNwHUXxVRVXT7bWsy_lSWKytsMvo9QBUO2yyHYAsHQOtEBUl2G8JMvhcRNR7wr_9MUl8Fe7UcyuQfdgNyZq5mHUbmPuQiexpIWN5ncy_SIaChjSRxMXH_0k71Id8f=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked down and wondered the narrow streets down to the Pitti Palace because there was a lunch spot across the street from PP where we planned to have lunch. Of course, we got there and it was closed. We started to eat at the place next door, but decided it was a bit heavier of a menu than we wanted. We walked back across the river, crossing at the Ponte Vecchio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXHx_F4f0obvthIPOsu54X7fGAgVSyEkQjjK-GNODmi2FkCczRqoIJH3TdQjXGk2S-QbOOiwBXW--hegToN1k1p04LMrObMUq25hm88TaDZrMeBwyYymPGMZne8kc-0S7dAEq-MvrpnbvGwRd_AVa5C1tZuBXTOTgYAqG3btQlTEj0BuRotc51BNE6=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXHx_F4f0obvthIPOsu54X7fGAgVSyEkQjjK-GNODmi2FkCczRqoIJH3TdQjXGk2S-QbOOiwBXW--hegToN1k1p04LMrObMUq25hm88TaDZrMeBwyYymPGMZne8kc-0S7dAEq-MvrpnbvGwRd_AVa5C1tZuBXTOTgYAqG3btQlTEj0BuRotc51BNE6=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to see about THE panini place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6laJbzHn_pVotUlW3JfFtVuLG6dU8rXv2PG5nFmfqSE7RNA3BBce3PTGqI_9cy5ApGPHefZYMt3UZ6qzB3dJBNom9jpi9oiYhqhmUx2GYL8x5JcmOVH6yIngEpfTKZL_X6mynqY0XNuRI_db1qK8hP6_GJdE7rrlQmmzq4D0C6RQxc_hf6SiWORt4=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6laJbzHn_pVotUlW3JfFtVuLG6dU8rXv2PG5nFmfqSE7RNA3BBce3PTGqI_9cy5ApGPHefZYMt3UZ6qzB3dJBNom9jpi9oiYhqhmUx2GYL8x5JcmOVH6yIngEpfTKZL_X6mynqY0XNuRI_db1qK8hP6_GJdE7rrlQmmzq4D0C6RQxc_hf6SiWORt4=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The line was really only maybe 10 people in front of us. We each got a different panini. Here's a video of them making paninis.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G1m69Ve2XIA" width="462" youtube-src-id="G1m69Ve2XIA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom got the La Summer which was prosciutto, mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil. I tried a bite and think her's was better than mine. I got the Favolosa which was Schiacciata with Sbriciolona (a salami), pecorino cream, artichoke cream and spicy aubergines (eggplant). It was very good, but it was very rich and a lot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjykjUU-U8JK6AaQA8eB6dSV6g6LDEDq0a8R4nUsJru9rAynBrikQ29mp83NhKBqa_YHrN8FZDmWalHjAV2FKUstovLu4iaxYuhIr-Sd2JSqcsNVpgvZTi9RE8mFqGqXg3gYCVXiBas95MEn6o1rgm6BmKz052rEmX0tQWARwx2oH6rbAdD2PQp8FQt=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjykjUU-U8JK6AaQA8eB6dSV6g6LDEDq0a8R4nUsJru9rAynBrikQ29mp83NhKBqa_YHrN8FZDmWalHjAV2FKUstovLu4iaxYuhIr-Sd2JSqcsNVpgvZTi9RE8mFqGqXg3gYCVXiBas95MEn6o1rgm6BmKz052rEmX0tQWARwx2oH6rbAdD2PQp8FQt=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is no place to eat them but we found these round barriers to sit on.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKL3P6f2qBKYNP32l5u8UhL4xT_-1hR_14BcJ5gWDQrrm3ASBavTwFh9wGn0yMipqneOxr01DTI928y3HdmkvrRHzAsGadIIe6vmhVa7M5G8ymrlWTCQuDXHJkS7OF0LKj_tzA1twQ0jAepLK3phhAcDYSvwQg8wG8JGuFSTHSmSmeP0WaoosiAA2I=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKL3P6f2qBKYNP32l5u8UhL4xT_-1hR_14BcJ5gWDQrrm3ASBavTwFh9wGn0yMipqneOxr01DTI928y3HdmkvrRHzAsGadIIe6vmhVa7M5G8ymrlWTCQuDXHJkS7OF0LKj_tzA1twQ0jAepLK3phhAcDYSvwQg8wG8JGuFSTHSmSmeP0WaoosiAA2I=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the time we got through eating our paninis, the line was down the block!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Note: if you ever visit and want a panini, keep in mind there are 3 store fronts on the same block. It seemed like people saw the line and just got in it, but then the store front next door would have only a couple of people waiting)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After our lunch we walked to the Piazza Santa Croce and walked around the Christmas Market...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaC7kIc6eNNt0MqXVjSIk30isyLar3rt-_Rpu9JOKmizlTxLgh1jpYUqr7X0eiSe9zk79Aa28VHQn3P38kZKpGFaQEVk3At7IysCgbjj1ZInIJHToEREOKTWFpJKHSjYmgwf_q990vRBrEdHIXd37T-bGSfH2w2sSh1lqEkExrQEe3d8-vCQLa129a=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaC7kIc6eNNt0MqXVjSIk30isyLar3rt-_Rpu9JOKmizlTxLgh1jpYUqr7X0eiSe9zk79Aa28VHQn3P38kZKpGFaQEVk3At7IysCgbjj1ZInIJHToEREOKTWFpJKHSjYmgwf_q990vRBrEdHIXd37T-bGSfH2w2sSh1lqEkExrQEe3d8-vCQLa129a=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIvuTP_kd2KxYXevHSFoeBEHx6rmCZwpub4tcoPz56GSMHZ82IEwdgr_TecN25Bve6MSgcMc1l7ykFpABGYYGe3sF8It8ZL_DQ2TIhSbgtJi8jF6oH8yXH3-neDU67_xjDGuyX3wdxv43CvHAlMWrTmh8NfIPrWUk0MCJIePh9csSp5PVQBsEs0TOo=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIvuTP_kd2KxYXevHSFoeBEHx6rmCZwpub4tcoPz56GSMHZ82IEwdgr_TecN25Bve6MSgcMc1l7ykFpABGYYGe3sF8It8ZL_DQ2TIhSbgtJi8jF6oH8yXH3-neDU67_xjDGuyX3wdxv43CvHAlMWrTmh8NfIPrWUk0MCJIePh9csSp5PVQBsEs0TOo=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had a Haribo booth where you filled up your bag and paid by the weight. This made me rediculously happy! (I might have even gone back the next night for more)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpwvn4vYydC1JpUQblKEeHXEW0i9A3l5WCXbZD1inYcQrXDRkHq4-zIUaqIDIgl0AKKFihOUDk5zikNf2oF_LXXJW0Gd_ax5pdHf3qbAP2tETtjcIUM046figHTQ-sWDvoTvlqVQzIXS4eR8lcBRZ9evygZ6a4BW_1D2AnDK0K6teH_KaQyu73c465=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpwvn4vYydC1JpUQblKEeHXEW0i9A3l5WCXbZD1inYcQrXDRkHq4-zIUaqIDIgl0AKKFihOUDk5zikNf2oF_LXXJW0Gd_ax5pdHf3qbAP2tETtjcIUM046figHTQ-sWDvoTvlqVQzIXS4eR8lcBRZ9evygZ6a4BW_1D2AnDK0K6teH_KaQyu73c465=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the market, we decided we needed Gelato, so we walked to a place called <a href="http://vivoli.it/en/home-2/" target="_blank">Vivoli</a>. I had read about this place and it had been described as a legendary gelateria. They have been serving gelato since 1929 and it is the oldest gelateria in Florence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the thing to understand about gelato and gelaterias... in the heavily tourist areas and main streets, you see beautiful bright colored gelato with fruit and other props in the cases to draw you in. Keep walking. It might be good, but you can almost always find better. Better will not be as pretty, it won't be colorful, it may even be some weird flavors you wouldn't have dreamt of, but it will be better. That was the case Vivoli. I thought it was really good. Mom kept calling it the melted gelato place because it definitely wasn't as firm as some of the other gelato we had. But it was good, though you will have to take my word for it because I have no photographic proof. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After some gelato, we headed to the Uffizi Gallery. Just unbelievably uncrowded.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFBNiz8tPznOXFnxc9YEjQAE_23YMGmuWjxaOuOD51QcRfAwr_ubl33D9XYONU85tWLvmJBrnsBMm2smurVrzzHTaClXNzBwdbbirkKhwDQrBAUw2IRQnRB8LJLdXIXJHnY4Q0tKHRq_P6nAXeJYg4dKYT1WKup5eUKeU8XVo76hK3V_Gb9XYarJXV=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFBNiz8tPznOXFnxc9YEjQAE_23YMGmuWjxaOuOD51QcRfAwr_ubl33D9XYONU85tWLvmJBrnsBMm2smurVrzzHTaClXNzBwdbbirkKhwDQrBAUw2IRQnRB8LJLdXIXJHnY4Q0tKHRq_P6nAXeJYg4dKYT1WKup5eUKeU8XVo76hK3V_Gb9XYarJXV=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here was a timely piece of art just a few days before Christmas... <i>Adoration of the Magi</i> by Gentile da Fabriano was painted in the early 1400's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhec_PNKbuwrJotuFuItry9-Zoc726hLsYknThbEAgxeTh1aWT8QXn6Mysg28H2H7cVm6wqYLqrVtuAQcLBsEcEa_SK4E7mZfjjb4Es8qsDXyRZ26vRUQbChRjhj078Drm3eg5Q9isdkbawyCmoLdV6pJ9-1cYLVWsXzQLalo3bkbuYzVfIkpQT-5ek=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhec_PNKbuwrJotuFuItry9-Zoc726hLsYknThbEAgxeTh1aWT8QXn6Mysg28H2H7cVm6wqYLqrVtuAQcLBsEcEa_SK4E7mZfjjb4Es8qsDXyRZ26vRUQbChRjhj078Drm3eg5Q9isdkbawyCmoLdV6pJ9-1cYLVWsXzQLalo3bkbuYzVfIkpQT-5ek=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just tons of detail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO0_bMxwFt7gE5X4w2ViBAo1PYCDrD8zeT6bXNaQePb0Cx93RNyfQUPbsvISgZI3ZnN8mWtzA3Drbc9tqddRVbMwR-OJybG6WkyImfUECkZGpG488cvCdNK2Ryyv_OKclnQcKZ_Bd0G6jWMO4enerZXP7KZlZJ6PBgDfKHqHgHqwexgRQKnE2DT4zS=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO0_bMxwFt7gE5X4w2ViBAo1PYCDrD8zeT6bXNaQePb0Cx93RNyfQUPbsvISgZI3ZnN8mWtzA3Drbc9tqddRVbMwR-OJybG6WkyImfUECkZGpG488cvCdNK2Ryyv_OKclnQcKZ_Bd0G6jWMO4enerZXP7KZlZJ6PBgDfKHqHgHqwexgRQKnE2DT4zS=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the gold detail on the three kings almost looked like tooled leather. Just remarkable...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixhR_jSpc_iTKZTpdzwkZOaL2aAv6m7rqacvBEiq6NLx9WbXTQl7UNHDoU6HhI7-rZOU2saY5Nw2ns8gqjZDY8pws4vhodjZ7MyuYsazac8ibjOqsaHcJUzGxmaSw8fIFQisuhEkopcSh0nylT6Gk2Fv6hPpgGSSzEW9gNsnYbw7OcRqtMyrplxST5=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixhR_jSpc_iTKZTpdzwkZOaL2aAv6m7rqacvBEiq6NLx9WbXTQl7UNHDoU6HhI7-rZOU2saY5Nw2ns8gqjZDY8pws4vhodjZ7MyuYsazac8ibjOqsaHcJUzGxmaSw8fIFQisuhEkopcSh0nylT6Gk2Fv6hPpgGSSzEW9gNsnYbw7OcRqtMyrplxST5=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For me the superstars of the Uffizi are the Botticellis (from the late 1400's). I love them so much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Spring</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlgFt1MSCrg5zhun6eUiiHaNPtoR0SdMpDUa69RMq8cTUW7q7Btm0uoTb1F8q827trS5Ned_Sw9Ft_r6MYt2TzuyGYTa2UuIOQlaXq615zQO2f-eYJDWDT8fwFxkBJkllmJFtFS3-o9J5bzDIPVlOdEduQXac8heC__HDeDWmzrVFS4fUgknaefIk_=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlgFt1MSCrg5zhun6eUiiHaNPtoR0SdMpDUa69RMq8cTUW7q7Btm0uoTb1F8q827trS5Ned_Sw9Ft_r6MYt2TzuyGYTa2UuIOQlaXq615zQO2f-eYJDWDT8fwFxkBJkllmJFtFS3-o9J5bzDIPVlOdEduQXac8heC__HDeDWmzrVFS4fUgknaefIk_=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Birth of Venus</i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMxzxn9Cbp6ZrATTSRibFwUkDUzwEEoh6FuXzrjbKUnnW555yQNLaX55O_sHNCzCXKxcnICbDNqgpkhQu_uUEjJ-Efy0ByatCfkuf5Yq-aw95m-gMVNLQ7kePGtSjMHeAY8e-7KIukmuiFJIDDZnKKk34l-dRo1esBs-WBBOEAmgozXC9PU6AdObCR=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMxzxn9Cbp6ZrATTSRibFwUkDUzwEEoh6FuXzrjbKUnnW555yQNLaX55O_sHNCzCXKxcnICbDNqgpkhQu_uUEjJ-Efy0ByatCfkuf5Yq-aw95m-gMVNLQ7kePGtSjMHeAY8e-7KIukmuiFJIDDZnKKk34l-dRo1esBs-WBBOEAmgozXC9PU6AdObCR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You also get the best view of the Ponte Vecchio from the Uffizi Gallery</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzN7RpBaS1Iaqc7CKgQMEWbojy3uJgKLNwFyQ5l1ct2cou-kD-wU2sk80Js4AhfOcDgfmLVJ-6QOwmwIykBjRjqP0hHUNvpoyRuirkLCKQ2IT488nuagK4ytFzbYXID6eO8uSB-wELowWfDJ-IfmKX-mrm6RZob4uhuuCDJ7VBtUVmxPJ20m--6nsN=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzN7RpBaS1Iaqc7CKgQMEWbojy3uJgKLNwFyQ5l1ct2cou-kD-wU2sk80Js4AhfOcDgfmLVJ-6QOwmwIykBjRjqP0hHUNvpoyRuirkLCKQ2IT488nuagK4ytFzbYXID6eO8uSB-wELowWfDJ-IfmKX-mrm6RZob4uhuuCDJ7VBtUVmxPJ20m--6nsN=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the Uffizi, we headed to the Duomo. We had tickets for the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, or the Duomo Museum. They removed most everything from the inside of the Duomo (and some from the outside) for preservation and have it in this museum now. The museum includes Ghiberti's bronze doors (replicas are now on the Baptistery) and a Pietà by Michelangelo which he designed for his own tomb.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know why, but I have zero pics! Anyway, they had <i>completely</i> redone the museum since I visited in 2016.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz-Ezkipo0c9ciR2HGdH3ebyNfGrA4Wt57B-pvfGW0yOgjVwuRTB7ZuP1VNUSwuXH6gC0bCp18LXHCwi0Pwky9cYLXauyVTbzl-rEld1a22X8tTa5mpImwbTOSSvK1hX7ADCFZ6xy5UqqtdTjxTaJcL4vUdBndLy8mRyr0GvtsfgfmTsQOUGgobLBI=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz-Ezkipo0c9ciR2HGdH3ebyNfGrA4Wt57B-pvfGW0yOgjVwuRTB7ZuP1VNUSwuXH6gC0bCp18LXHCwi0Pwky9cYLXauyVTbzl-rEld1a22X8tTa5mpImwbTOSSvK1hX7ADCFZ6xy5UqqtdTjxTaJcL4vUdBndLy8mRyr0GvtsfgfmTsQOUGgobLBI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the museum we went inside the Duomo. The Duomo in Florence is very pretty on the outside and then has a great dome, but other than that, it's not that noteworthy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRtkVVwCpd1QIfSD2QcRKmIPRSYxF5mQV0KS_k2jhbaiMfsAXN34Wg3kBNT9zFQ_oY584Z6RniJx1_iwFk7VIyYgzFVyw8fTX-9cAtp2ZLkUVWlcoYdSg_5S6-rPz6r-zg2cdLTSmP3J2lFAwHVcbaYKhjbF1I5dc0P88v4M5lAhN_HcO7eR5JG0IB=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRtkVVwCpd1QIfSD2QcRKmIPRSYxF5mQV0KS_k2jhbaiMfsAXN34Wg3kBNT9zFQ_oY584Z6RniJx1_iwFk7VIyYgzFVyw8fTX-9cAtp2ZLkUVWlcoYdSg_5S6-rPz6r-zg2cdLTSmP3J2lFAwHVcbaYKhjbF1I5dc0P88v4M5lAhN_HcO7eR5JG0IB=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgea4_DpYkUA78cxmMrsGMQX94FRMZbjjExxZzutU0dEp_nM_pxWxN0tb__cdCZynuzaWSPjCkrD9ruN18nwyduqrvb_QgEYmkjxhEd0wSUsKWUlJdW_kqkAKhICjpEjtvQ58F0EaflEokY4ccEEsLZ1H0uatmagd8P5hiToXDwxwMwN1ptY7Q97L8l=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgea4_DpYkUA78cxmMrsGMQX94FRMZbjjExxZzutU0dEp_nM_pxWxN0tb__cdCZynuzaWSPjCkrD9ruN18nwyduqrvb_QgEYmkjxhEd0wSUsKWUlJdW_kqkAKhICjpEjtvQ58F0EaflEokY4ccEEsLZ1H0uatmagd8P5hiToXDwxwMwN1ptY7Q97L8l=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the baptistery and you can see the replica bronze doors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkueHDLSS3fobs_nMHOVGmZ-WOWZ-mSc1w9L6Qd5Gw-PpYcHON1GnGyp4WZ4ygnJW7Uis6hPM0GOx17a56Z93BSjd1kTfVWKYbZzWa37cr68OBXGEgnt3q-WdiNjeHvBibSNSSRu6MdYEW2JLracrWVTRbNnKQMS4b_tkN4xCm9b7xWSxQYY3Q8qY-=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkueHDLSS3fobs_nMHOVGmZ-WOWZ-mSc1w9L6Qd5Gw-PpYcHON1GnGyp4WZ4ygnJW7Uis6hPM0GOx17a56Z93BSjd1kTfVWKYbZzWa37cr68OBXGEgnt3q-WdiNjeHvBibSNSSRu6MdYEW2JLracrWVTRbNnKQMS4b_tkN4xCm9b7xWSxQYY3Q8qY-=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last thing we had tickets to that day was the Accademia to see Michelangelo's <i>David.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since everything had been so uncrowded, I thought we would see if they would let us in early and they did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEOvWCKdvMZ3Pgr0jsLCK1vpfjwOvXQ4w03Xi__wLHsE7kpjcCQ9Ku5hC_SRf-NRCXgVMLVx62CNoRUan4bGJtyTlO4kfkkZdi3NMYEL4IbA6cj6yligFzdYD22Ljfwt5P0xpYKvwSG3kuE1mdSHGHaFrr-XV0yvAeso_VbcrT_HAqt55nCetm0Hhv=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEOvWCKdvMZ3Pgr0jsLCK1vpfjwOvXQ4w03Xi__wLHsE7kpjcCQ9Ku5hC_SRf-NRCXgVMLVx62CNoRUan4bGJtyTlO4kfkkZdi3NMYEL4IbA6cj6yligFzdYD22Ljfwt5P0xpYKvwSG3kuE1mdSHGHaFrr-XV0yvAeso_VbcrT_HAqt55nCetm0Hhv=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can tell you that it is every bit as amazing upon your second viewing. And there were no crowds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiiUB-t8aqzIt6KU_W8vJX6Q1dX5cF7X0cYf49qjm-pegPCJLV9d7o5aEh8KMC44fPQ-n-LcPITGiI1YIpBJ8Wfl19eeR3t92ex_5LfdiZ_WOHkLNq9aU1eG-NYNrXJ2kpjXXZsnwjfMXeo5QNJvoaPDq5VkaJULDAHx3Na7Jx4CHNgGOMs02YFX9L=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiiUB-t8aqzIt6KU_W8vJX6Q1dX5cF7X0cYf49qjm-pegPCJLV9d7o5aEh8KMC44fPQ-n-LcPITGiI1YIpBJ8Wfl19eeR3t92ex_5LfdiZ_WOHkLNq9aU1eG-NYNrXJ2kpjXXZsnwjfMXeo5QNJvoaPDq5VkaJULDAHx3Na7Jx4CHNgGOMs02YFX9L=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went back to the hotel for a few minutes of rest before our dinner reservations. Our hotel has a rooftop area where I went for a pic of the Duomo at sunset...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrpap8GSr6ZZh-WB1IZEsvaGhaYfFwBBoTLiJYwGPml3vuTX5RuHl1xWhMRmOhPs-Tr6WIIkze4naBpFcYze9ERMbIH7AgQOWIuIGnwKIsmi6qKqzv1-9zb9X91403DA1kxQgrGL6-bWiAvquLu2h2n0IkpXx8Om0UK1-fNUe3GxFZk7vyKEk_w3yL=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrpap8GSr6ZZh-WB1IZEsvaGhaYfFwBBoTLiJYwGPml3vuTX5RuHl1xWhMRmOhPs-Tr6WIIkze4naBpFcYze9ERMbIH7AgQOWIuIGnwKIsmi6qKqzv1-9zb9X91403DA1kxQgrGL6-bWiAvquLu2h2n0IkpXx8Om0UK1-fNUe3GxFZk7vyKEk_w3yL=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wasn't able to get dinner reservations where I wanted to go, so I made them at a place called La Ménagère. I had read that it was a good place for lunch, and kept seeing the name come up when I read about restaurants in Florence, but their website was under construction and I couldn't see a menu. I read that they had sandwiches and things for lunch, but never saw a good description for dinner. I took a chance anyway and I have mixed reviews. As you can see from the menu, it's not a dinner spot. It's tapas and cocktails...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqNNQeLaNsC6p7SNuDqkyGRxLWWZFAxfnfIuSVh0fuDzS1zVd0HpVpH3Dn6V8F0rTqLZji1eJwZLQ7-F39qEhczqfEWr3g4iZLicxC3OqMQUR9GmswzsB9x01EUApvlM1lOqids_mwWcf1V4HmJrjNd6BStgDxFi8TXAPcohPaiSjERHYYLehuQASD=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqNNQeLaNsC6p7SNuDqkyGRxLWWZFAxfnfIuSVh0fuDzS1zVd0HpVpH3Dn6V8F0rTqLZji1eJwZLQ7-F39qEhczqfEWr3g4iZLicxC3OqMQUR9GmswzsB9x01EUApvlM1lOqids_mwWcf1V4HmJrjNd6BStgDxFi8TXAPcohPaiSjERHYYLehuQASD=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div>Now this isn't at all what I thought we were going to be having but we decided to go for it and here are my thoughts:<p></p><p>1) It's kind of expensive for not a lot of food. Each tapas is literally two bites and because they are so small, you have to order several for each person.</p><p>2) It was some really good stuff. That Sandwich La Menagere was a roast beef on honey meringues. I still can't really wrap my head around it. Roast beef on meringues? It was AMAZING. We also tried the Lobster Roll and it was very good. We tried several other things and nothing was bad, but that sandwich was really the high point.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzUGD1ffT4y80ZU3Dmpg-t8AcwMfx6dpRvWyGEYc43mET7kgNEjYgXIsEygemc3YMXJwYxOzeWU1RWlpS30my14gMWeYRUB8q3vebyz08lzX52g5R9Xow9Ax0CZscoEwB9L47phHTRN1lRkCpey4dkfYi6hRDDwKAHxMixnusImLXM5a2HxcXwjmdO=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzUGD1ffT4y80ZU3Dmpg-t8AcwMfx6dpRvWyGEYc43mET7kgNEjYgXIsEygemc3YMXJwYxOzeWU1RWlpS30my14gMWeYRUB8q3vebyz08lzX52g5R9Xow9Ax0CZscoEwB9L47phHTRN1lRkCpey4dkfYi6hRDDwKAHxMixnusImLXM5a2HxcXwjmdO=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had also read that the place looked like a Nancy Meyers movie and that is 100% accurate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I think my recommendation would be to hit it up for lunch, or just drinks and appetizer before dinner (so you could try that sandwich) and then head elsewhere if you wanted a larger dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a video I took...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="382" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5AYXv1LNDvw" width="460" youtube-src-id="5AYXv1LNDvw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked over to the Mercato Centrale next. We contemplated more food, but decided to only have some Gelato. Since we had been up for many hours, we headed back to the hotel.</div><p></p>For the hotel, I decided to stay at the same hotel from my previous trip, Cellai Boutique Hotel. I liked it fine from when I stayed before. It's clean, the location is good, they have a good breakfast and yall, it was really inexpensive compared to other Florence hotels. When I emailed them in March I got a great rate, so since I splurged a bit on hotels in Paris and Rome, I decided to go with something that was more affordable here since it was a known hotel.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSOchxgSx3dTq_v6tCWTzDO9palXicWbYCSNmW7dEgi_kmlzs6QYiMZM5_i6Jj6wZ0dScBPxQ-daHiNHnh6fPy5ctevotakJKN7mWBzdh-Kwn9yW-Pbs38HgT_ri6iudgL43Bu31DURUwQOz1h8MiyTfhjUAn1YeUObcuLQdYa1JMwYvShDxmtSbd0=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSOchxgSx3dTq_v6tCWTzDO9palXicWbYCSNmW7dEgi_kmlzs6QYiMZM5_i6Jj6wZ0dScBPxQ-daHiNHnh6fPy5ctevotakJKN7mWBzdh-Kwn9yW-Pbs38HgT_ri6iudgL43Bu31DURUwQOz1h8MiyTfhjUAn1YeUObcuLQdYa1JMwYvShDxmtSbd0=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stayed in a single room before, but of course got a double this time (although it would have slept 3 because of that daybed). I think they got new mattresses since I was there last though, and we definitely voted this hotel as the firmest mattresses. They were pretty hard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4HnEZelwRsVaA4YvzXNY4fbz80rjI0pSibKJRhEwbEyvJLIjmmjtM4AeRmi6tKeYiQsHrzdbsjZbPIbvG8FmB1w1fWaBRTi5_AJpywfz1Kg9oF8wtpX-B771IdkLQN4sTzq3TqW5AZFjhQjbt2QeUzzXQOaPWPB1cqP0rIhIqMbWZg1p5k1xuTi5Y=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4HnEZelwRsVaA4YvzXNY4fbz80rjI0pSibKJRhEwbEyvJLIjmmjtM4AeRmi6tKeYiQsHrzdbsjZbPIbvG8FmB1w1fWaBRTi5_AJpywfz1Kg9oF8wtpX-B771IdkLQN4sTzq3TqW5AZFjhQjbt2QeUzzXQOaPWPB1cqP0rIhIqMbWZg1p5k1xuTi5Y=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMpruqdbvjg3VvyjjPmHeM5kd4_zvCf0rzWJ2MpiZuL1Oo-sPUEjscA8jbi46GJocvBdTN7Hpzr7lJ-XzTBvs47PwwROG45FXC5CXVwgofb7VBBI82msDTmj3q5M3vn12EA8BkyMoMjNMoaxO3bF91YpeLM_UeyVYZG_hlXDqm4KhrM_05yeA5tHqQ=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMpruqdbvjg3VvyjjPmHeM5kd4_zvCf0rzWJ2MpiZuL1Oo-sPUEjscA8jbi46GJocvBdTN7Hpzr7lJ-XzTBvs47PwwROG45FXC5CXVwgofb7VBBI82msDTmj3q5M3vn12EA8BkyMoMjNMoaxO3bF91YpeLM_UeyVYZG_hlXDqm4KhrM_05yeA5tHqQ=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on Day Five when I know my mom went to bed happy that I didn't have her booked on another early morning flight or train the next morning! </div><br />Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438784306021950614.post-11525009527976394942022-01-11T05:00:00.002-06:002022-01-11T09:17:04.973-06:00France & Italy 2021 {Day Four~Venice}<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Thursday, December 16th we had an 8:15 train from Milano Centrale to Venice San Lucia, but as I mentioned in my last post, there was a bit of suspense about whether it would really happen due to the planned general strike. After waking up extra early in case we had to walk to the train station, we walked down to find at least 4 taxis lined up in front of the hotel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Breakfast options in Italy are often something sweet, and neither of us wanted that, so we opted for the exotic train station breakfast location of McDonalds. After an egg McMuffin, we headed to look at the departure board again and our train was still scheduled to leave at 8:15. While we saw a few cancellations on the board, it seemed like most things were running.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our train left on time (and we had drink service on board despite being told the night before that we wouldn't) and pulled into the Venice station at about 10:45 a.m. After dropping our bags at the hotel (more on that later), we headed to San Marco and St. Mark's Basilica. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had to walk from essentially the train station to St. Mark's and for whatever reason Google maps didn't send to a bridge where we could cross the Grand Canal, but took us to a spot where we had to take a Vaporetto (water bus) across instead...literally just across the canal! And why didn't it just have us take the Vaporetto from the hotel to St. Mark's in the first place? I had so many questions for Google, but honestly if you aren't wondering around feeling like a rat in a maze, are you really even experiencing Venice?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I thought I had noon tickets for entry, but the entire website where I purchased them was in Italian, so I was only about 75% certain. Turns out I bought the right tickets! We were a little late, but there was hardly anyone there, so it didn't matter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">St. Mark's Basilica is so unique and a must see if you are in Venice. Rick Steves describes it best writing, "Among Europe's churches, St. Mark's is peerless. From the outside, it's a riot of domes, columns, and statues, completely unlike the towering Gothic churches of northern Europe or heavy Baroque of much of the rest of Italy. Inside is a decor of mosaics, colored marbles, and oriental treasures that's rarely seen elsewhere. The Christian symbolism is unfamiliar to Western eyes, done in the style of Byzantine icons and even Islamic designs. 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Mom wasn't very opinionated about the trip, and making a decision is about her least favorite thing to do, but I pinned her down on Venice and made her choose her adventure so to speak.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Option 1) we see St. Mark's, Doge's Palace, and maybe a museum, or</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Option 2) We see St. Mark's and then wonder around Venice some, but spend a few hours going out to Burano.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We settled on Option 2, so once we had toured St. Mark's we headed out to walk to the Vaparetto stop that took us to Burano. It was across the island, but we got to see lots of Venice on the way. There is the Bridge of Sighs in the distance...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN6Lj32V_Ryw_7CuEbx9BcuQbZAlV4u-BKtdLZv1z9V7ZeDJDLbZAAxT43q2TspuuGnQ-g02lfQDgRvCnZW9WkQ20sQ1qws3DRAtMZWv20NKkhEg8_nj9_xTc-XJdgHuJmLcAZS9DAPjPA2F_mTElJEqI3YiWdRJoSQQRwQ3AsnHMpQbTn4qTyk9QY=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhN6Lj32V_Ryw_7CuEbx9BcuQbZAlV4u-BKtdLZv1z9V7ZeDJDLbZAAxT43q2TspuuGnQ-g02lfQDgRvCnZW9WkQ20sQ1qws3DRAtMZWv20NKkhEg8_nj9_xTc-XJdgHuJmLcAZS9DAPjPA2F_mTElJEqI3YiWdRJoSQQRwQ3AsnHMpQbTn4qTyk9QY=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmL433H9vn_Kzk0LwjC3qjMhw7BWtNVVqJ5_11e_k243TrZ4ATMCR29HP6gr4hiTdCbtNkIwZHfICFWZW59SWeerCh9jFGF4wPVdenTwt_K6e1hKweIOxU5C38NYc8s_JekeyK_9iUIhYL41ohH96Rifr5ua_NktFpFwrYYsCmEVAKZBoyXtTnqXqs=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmL433H9vn_Kzk0LwjC3qjMhw7BWtNVVqJ5_11e_k243TrZ4ATMCR29HP6gr4hiTdCbtNkIwZHfICFWZW59SWeerCh9jFGF4wPVdenTwt_K6e1hKweIOxU5C38NYc8s_JekeyK_9iUIhYL41ohH96Rifr5ua_NktFpFwrYYsCmEVAKZBoyXtTnqXqs=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxsmvAiBMC9i52QO88JHccJw6f0bSjv5jojofeUI5doXqZRz9HrSXEb0jzLzk46PvRL887-Bpx_XIi5DYYWqGtqGEmIpJMnrCBglSoYC3SM-VRyDF8i-TgO8VqZFntunI8xaGlTPhYTrP4hOtsHR-6cpb49HaJYdxmfzwCcN4Z7KEfl9t7fM-HYCmO=s4928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxsmvAiBMC9i52QO88JHccJw6f0bSjv5jojofeUI5doXqZRz9HrSXEb0jzLzk46PvRL887-Bpx_XIi5DYYWqGtqGEmIpJMnrCBglSoYC3SM-VRyDF8i-TgO8VqZFntunI8xaGlTPhYTrP4hOtsHR-6cpb49HaJYdxmfzwCcN4Z7KEfl9t7fM-HYCmO=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdlOGjWhZrVdo1BIuXOE7LHkYD6HspJ6BNj8wvZQ0XyukUxEMClUJVvABe_VQNJtKQK4Vi26igc1wiksByXvfCTITBLRAaIvPB59wtby8qCee4-dmzK-MMKmShitAxu0FRn9rb5-XdpY0Atk0WfmzRZ5tMEbtiOrCIb-QdhbBxpWfzJoKPTvxSmSaY=s4928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdlOGjWhZrVdo1BIuXOE7LHkYD6HspJ6BNj8wvZQ0XyukUxEMClUJVvABe_VQNJtKQK4Vi26igc1wiksByXvfCTITBLRAaIvPB59wtby8qCee4-dmzK-MMKmShitAxu0FRn9rb5-XdpY0Atk0WfmzRZ5tMEbtiOrCIb-QdhbBxpWfzJoKPTvxSmSaY=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUVsrO6_0ku4eaUV5UXIQrG2GHB8JdlwgAipJYTm2EOaWimJYgbTYpJ_dlD0GIS4u5edRkKAt29HDWAQYyUn81Z2bG-CIt_5SDqxJZyUxxngDXY-MbnTYNzxfPtJbCTLR54j1PtKH02kiCTFJaUN8cjEi-39eQ4qtcdU9pee97StT5_-HLQ7_aLFjh=s4928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUVsrO6_0ku4eaUV5UXIQrG2GHB8JdlwgAipJYTm2EOaWimJYgbTYpJ_dlD0GIS4u5edRkKAt29HDWAQYyUn81Z2bG-CIt_5SDqxJZyUxxngDXY-MbnTYNzxfPtJbCTLR54j1PtKH02kiCTFJaUN8cjEi-39eQ4qtcdU9pee97StT5_-HLQ7_aLFjh=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our walk we got to see some of "normal life" on Venice. We saw a lumber yard and a boat headed home carrying lumber (their equivalent of a trip to Home Depot), but what really fascinated us was the water ambulances and hospital. I don't know why I didn't take any pics, but here is a pic from Google Maps. Those boats lined up there with the yellow are ambulances! One was open as we walked by so we could look inside. It looked like a very compact ambulance. The other thing that was interesting on the other side of the hospital was the Emergency Entrance. You know how our ER's have the place where you can drive up right next to the doors? Well this had a covered spot where you would pull up in your boat if you brought someone to the ER. It's just such a different and interesting way of life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx2BNWPIVozvXBamgMA_QkxCQuS3rv5TkvNkuh4J3T59YCfV7oFfu4VQ72R82cd35fawEI0kf99B0ZjKOndtQ1IX5qZJSD9yLGedd3Xu7STGTPkeq80_aQ1ou0qOv2wxg-j0Z2Qcvf-egAL31B6MgxTsMXpjcAQsKqoUC1xQU8qTgg13O_ooCp-F9Y=s2778" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx2BNWPIVozvXBamgMA_QkxCQuS3rv5TkvNkuh4J3T59YCfV7oFfu4VQ72R82cd35fawEI0kf99B0ZjKOndtQ1IX5qZJSD9yLGedd3Xu7STGTPkeq80_aQ1ou0qOv2wxg-j0Z2Qcvf-egAL31B6MgxTsMXpjcAQsKqoUC1xQU8qTgg13O_ooCp-F9Y=w296-h640" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is another google map for reference. Where most of my pins are is San Marco, Venice. Burano is over on the right side with the Red pin in the blue dot. So it's a bit of a trek. It takes about 45 minutes on the vaporetto, so it is a time commitment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK8TOan2WcV_1IDiX1pIu7hmsuTZzukNis2lQCRlNX-INKwbj0FF057TyrPXk7Qvs9Q9AALoUgtbFgLWoGShVSJnSRstXWaHQjIPrx8Mu6nIOqDaYWoU3Dg-vFYiXybgTr_Nj8anqsm-0MmH2xxxWchFcS7VeVzrIrhCBIn4oBTXPoz9sFP9fs_jc8=s2500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiK8TOan2WcV_1IDiX1pIu7hmsuTZzukNis2lQCRlNX-INKwbj0FF057TyrPXk7Qvs9Q9AALoUgtbFgLWoGShVSJnSRstXWaHQjIPrx8Mu6nIOqDaYWoU3Dg-vFYiXybgTr_Nj8anqsm-0MmH2xxxWchFcS7VeVzrIrhCBIn4oBTXPoz9sFP9fs_jc8=w328-h640" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it is oh so worth it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiufDYT7PPf5Wdc-wMbhT-Fhug6hti-g1saioKsu2rBq-YTkTF4SFQ3vBoxy7cnBrmKRNDPJsH1Rs8O7rivBcrYmbUgSXmXdSnfHCFK628youMUronSETzDzGD8UM8p1jMbaQ3mOVdoNvq560R7cEglTeaHSQRbjoXPwylsQOtTZ9qXI_qQ7dBKwKlM=s4928" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Thankfully, we settled on <a href="https://www.gattonero.com" target="_blank">Trattoria al Gatto Nero</a>, and we just got in at the end of their lunch service (3:00). It's a Micheline rated restaurant and man, oh man, is it a must if you find yourself hungry on Burano.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We split the caprese salad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZaqcJ3ixvGaZaZ0pLTRVpxVkjaOEDmJnB5WUAzL5dsBcfTjB0K0pvfdsM4-kugLVyciQTFEfJlEpP2ZlvawEfjogi7Hqsbwz3NRe6l2fOJ8OAL-0UakFOs2g5srrSXM78PbB6IM5R_DWQEqr5TLa54K6GRjxMC3Zi3BOgxhw0Vn6x9GOPAFpPVAq6=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZaqcJ3ixvGaZaZ0pLTRVpxVkjaOEDmJnB5WUAzL5dsBcfTjB0K0pvfdsM4-kugLVyciQTFEfJlEpP2ZlvawEfjogi7Hqsbwz3NRe6l2fOJ8OAL-0UakFOs2g5srrSXM78PbB6IM5R_DWQEqr5TLa54K6GRjxMC3Zi3BOgxhw0Vn6x9GOPAFpPVAq6=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was like no caprese I've ever had. Oh. My. Gosh!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif6PD5liWhrN_DJqLQ-S5uYE6B0MugFWpFVhNq2rQhAs2P01nJ8twwNOwo0Bog2lKfSA3REYpCozjJcPyFETgN-UOS7Pdh1yjP9Bpv8dY1I1Dt2fs5KEblO4HL-Hj2nMhOEfep4QW6fr436mtOsMGhKhMssd4tBRE0nSRUyy25BMKmT7O-KxMzdHoQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif6PD5liWhrN_DJqLQ-S5uYE6B0MugFWpFVhNq2rQhAs2P01nJ8twwNOwo0Bog2lKfSA3REYpCozjJcPyFETgN-UOS7Pdh1yjP9Bpv8dY1I1Dt2fs5KEblO4HL-Hj2nMhOEfep4QW6fr436mtOsMGhKhMssd4tBRE0nSRUyy25BMKmT7O-KxMzdHoQ=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For our lunch, luckily we both agreed on what to order, because it required 2 people to order it. It was a Pappardelle with a Scampi and roasted ricotta. There was a little bit of Risotto in there too. Again, I say... Oh. My. Gosh!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDz7ZTMWmddDhSnjVsxVLRf4nG4P3VzX2jIyxmTDzBFpmbhhxM4rYYhFzfs_1CgezJJMs5elBAIEhIXEZzR5eRqgqAsoBm1waCscI3KtVdjhUNY-xWHK43GD4pHmYKkcFGmjokMKiFE3KK91r1LS7ukrGkYZkWG4Dkh6NNaJZJk-SzAl22kNbYZ5-F=s1800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDz7ZTMWmddDhSnjVsxVLRf4nG4P3VzX2jIyxmTDzBFpmbhhxM4rYYhFzfs_1CgezJJMs5elBAIEhIXEZzR5eRqgqAsoBm1waCscI3KtVdjhUNY-xWHK43GD4pHmYKkcFGmjokMKiFE3KK91r1LS7ukrGkYZkWG4Dkh6NNaJZJk-SzAl22kNbYZ5-F=w512-h640" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For dessert we had the house-made Tiramisu. I think we stopped ourselves from licking the bowl, but at this point, my memory is hazy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx-yWDBdzgew9xiAVUqp3-XgRsn6aWYP-bliEqUiiuPN-poBNb4uEow0WRmvSmRdyYSLSVYWoGCJdoU8RraHZHM7qMTPyAsENoo6HINH734nfMz0fvkGKQOhn3GujCI7rgSxkg2FeAWZxkMhckxk7J4D-jQOrGoiTqNmxv3SCshisR-kmNU_Kx6LjR=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx-yWDBdzgew9xiAVUqp3-XgRsn6aWYP-bliEqUiiuPN-poBNb4uEow0WRmvSmRdyYSLSVYWoGCJdoU8RraHZHM7qMTPyAsENoo6HINH734nfMz0fvkGKQOhn3GujCI7rgSxkg2FeAWZxkMhckxk7J4D-jQOrGoiTqNmxv3SCshisR-kmNU_Kx6LjR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of nights later I was watching CNN international in the hotel and I saw Richard Quest's show about travel. He was in Venice and one segment was on Burano and the restaurant we went to and the man who runs it (who seated us and came to talk to us to make sure everything was good). Here's the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2021/12/18/burano-venice-history-richard-quest-world-of-wonder-c-spc.cnn" target="_blank">link</a> if you want to check it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After lunch we walked around a little more and then headed back to the Vaporetto stop to catch the boat back to San Marco. 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text-align: center;">As we headed into the sunset, I capture a quick video...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="385" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gcEPGyVcdS8" width="464" youtube-src-id="gcEPGyVcdS8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back on San Marco, we took in the sights as the sun set...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh66zmKThSp9SgRKTKnVkpl1nnVPjwkaBH5EjR-K43Z9jywFp5ZP1nZ0kvCeAQxtI4mnC6XBcbbJiyB0EOmjVsQvT_MSH-ekzh7d7wS-L-rMbP9SmjiBr0xRaql6VQL5j0N3CkY__ig0U8H8WTV8c9qIJqI1qN5rn2Aq3Yx3zV-O8jO4J49ZjCm3XNH=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh66zmKThSp9SgRKTKnVkpl1nnVPjwkaBH5EjR-K43Z9jywFp5ZP1nZ0kvCeAQxtI4mnC6XBcbbJiyB0EOmjVsQvT_MSH-ekzh7d7wS-L-rMbP9SmjiBr0xRaql6VQL5j0N3CkY__ig0U8H8WTV8c9qIJqI1qN5rn2Aq3Yx3zV-O8jO4J49ZjCm3XNH=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We made our way over to Harry's bar...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitavb7YsXrggaoAwNkHNROvSCxJqGCDf7wPiWPJbaAU7PzDTp4CuFmIZovs58UPICivbEmmhXcen06YJ3vi6spWvy_XKJodmR-TqMtBmq_3yafriUJBYQn6O-UF5u5rpH1qMaG_TAs0lbPyC0N9_jvVcXISsl69oEpnOVSRDRHiHZndXRfXA8G5TQd=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitavb7YsXrggaoAwNkHNROvSCxJqGCDf7wPiWPJbaAU7PzDTp4CuFmIZovs58UPICivbEmmhXcen06YJ3vi6spWvy_XKJodmR-TqMtBmq_3yafriUJBYQn6O-UF5u5rpH1qMaG_TAs0lbPyC0N9_jvVcXISsl69oEpnOVSRDRHiHZndXRfXA8G5TQd=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-F0PgezauB0G1AiJBTVIkJZOZbATg2ro4Ba3Yi38DixiAw0j8K5MB4cSwQ2fEuxUobE2e0UaEFJWKSdYK3kfZH_BQPL8dgKmO_2MTGpXPw6FN_E6gSlXrEjVSh85a3gJpCCXIJcDtGbvB_4TgNJ62_1kluM0jweP27ZqwYO2wZLJoGjcrZaakj2J8=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">We walked over to the Rialto Bridge area and saw Poppy's Italian cousin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjatqYyx-PFY4vWud6cOImiVRewRaxDIAX-sERgmdy_aAAQ-CIkaKWYe-Pooa4SKDduTE0bmDIVQ8adihV3QVJsVftUhxovd27U3HhPTUZY3pGYfNQJRqpjrWmz7Ov2qHnwjDDS4-CaBqppdy4VL2Xx-AdGbr3O_i5_NabjLi-jmVLpNoaFa4rSdPLD=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjatqYyx-PFY4vWud6cOImiVRewRaxDIAX-sERgmdy_aAAQ-CIkaKWYe-Pooa4SKDduTE0bmDIVQ8adihV3QVJsVftUhxovd27U3HhPTUZY3pGYfNQJRqpjrWmz7Ov2qHnwjDDS4-CaBqppdy4VL2Xx-AdGbr3O_i5_NabjLi-jmVLpNoaFa4rSdPLD=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We thought we'd try a Trattoria/Pizzeria I had read a recommendation about, but it was closed, so instead we decided to just have Gelato for dinner! I have no photographic evidence of it, but we had our first really good gelato of the trip from Gelatoteca Suso.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took in Rialto Bridge and the area before taking the Vaporetto from Rialto to the Bus Stop (the stop right by our hotel)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1Xcwda08Gr7bJcK0t6Tn5Ugx9QyNvbaHGUpUKRpobbEH7Sy5_YgpKVQm6Ki_6CI_TQ52t5Fxcf9i_1WkiHAffLPgitwRXuSM9fLcvKye1S4IfOwqHSY9VIieovaZ6NtDjk-JH-LgSl711UswwjQqDAJaSJAbTanXbFzjrrlAzwMbWnUqxjyuRag4y=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1Xcwda08Gr7bJcK0t6Tn5Ugx9QyNvbaHGUpUKRpobbEH7Sy5_YgpKVQm6Ki_6CI_TQ52t5Fxcf9i_1WkiHAffLPgitwRXuSM9fLcvKye1S4IfOwqHSY9VIieovaZ6NtDjk-JH-LgSl711UswwjQqDAJaSJAbTanXbFzjrrlAzwMbWnUqxjyuRag4y=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed at the AC Hotel Venezia. When I was there in January 2017, I stayed at a hotel on San Marco, but my take away from that experience is (1) getting to San Marco with your luggage is a pain in the rear end, and (2) hotel rooms on San Marco are tiny and not that great for a lot of money.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I looked at several really nice and expensive hotels on San Marco for this trip as well, but then would read comments like "the bathroom is smaller than one you find on a cruise ship". So given that we were only there for one day and one night, I decided that staying close to the train station would be the best option. We could drop our bags and head into San Marco for the day, then the next morning, we would be close to the train station and not have to depend on a taxi, vaporetto, etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AC Hotel Venezia was newly refurbished and much better than my previous San Marco hotel. The outside of the hotel is pretty nondescript and I didn't get a pic of the lobby area, so I borrowed this one...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTF6-BDJ2C6gqoet3_Vvwo4uZGRZV1rg0Qts-kjZ2Q3mXPegtnWv7OwgDBbnQxCE246twcfNJ7zMCq5eHlwPYteYRTPi_-9MJ4P9L4HgCc0ZLCVvIzt1SOb_78vwAy9XB-jJB8VNazyvV8U58oStjfxzxn0mE4ytER0l6VSRl-RCZA1XiiahQNmFsY=s1284" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="861" data-original-width="1284" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTF6-BDJ2C6gqoet3_Vvwo4uZGRZV1rg0Qts-kjZ2Q3mXPegtnWv7OwgDBbnQxCE246twcfNJ7zMCq5eHlwPYteYRTPi_-9MJ4P9L4HgCc0ZLCVvIzt1SOb_78vwAy9XB-jJB8VNazyvV8U58oStjfxzxn0mE4ytER0l6VSRl-RCZA1XiiahQNmFsY=w640-h430" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had already thrown some of our things on the bed when I remembered to take some pics, but you can get the idea...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe3Qx6JohDf4ZH5a-c5CtzQjZuwCVDWJZHyHux-lANngG3_-fm9H5YCkkj4_on_P6gTNEDTivAyYgbxm0IXA-7-uKyCMoKI7qa959xkZoTLNenNVsKThOwu1eApiOR_BBRGcZ3SWjCnufqewn18_SqAuFceFdx8TT-R4qyn-oE43UX0XDtijJpQFSk=s4928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe3Qx6JohDf4ZH5a-c5CtzQjZuwCVDWJZHyHux-lANngG3_-fm9H5YCkkj4_on_P6gTNEDTivAyYgbxm0IXA-7-uKyCMoKI7qa959xkZoTLNenNVsKThOwu1eApiOR_BBRGcZ3SWjCnufqewn18_SqAuFceFdx8TT-R4qyn-oE43UX0XDtijJpQFSk=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJTu7KL-8bNNOzk2dXK1esM5sBX4ET1VIRsENj9exNjiaC1st6pA4DCM9TPwZu2xnjmkCc3lTMdPazfwn-49_zWSXhhB5P3XSn8M5CFv9vphXyM4LFFfvTreWB59L3Z2OP6PgPUXlzr5YxKYym-AacRliHvYvuM-IdrskRT0yPFpVA3Va0jA6hpf3d=s4928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJTu7KL-8bNNOzk2dXK1esM5sBX4ET1VIRsENj9exNjiaC1st6pA4DCM9TPwZu2xnjmkCc3lTMdPazfwn-49_zWSXhhB5P3XSn8M5CFv9vphXyM4LFFfvTreWB59L3Z2OP6PgPUXlzr5YxKYym-AacRliHvYvuM-IdrskRT0yPFpVA3Va0jA6hpf3d=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was very close to the train station, but you do have to cross one bridge. The bridge also has about 30 steps up and then it's flat and then 30 or so steps down. Last week, as I was reading the New York Times, I ran across an article about the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/world/europe/venice-calatrava-bridge.html" target="_blank">Slippery Bridge</a>. I'm happy to report we crossed it twice with no broken bones!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's a wrap on Venice. Stay tuned for Florence!</div><br />Karahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110287146936886192noreply@blogger.com1