Europe '26 Blog

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Day 14 - Potsdam, Germany

September 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM

Potsdam is a fascinating place. It is a suburb of Berlin where we are staying in due to the Berlin Marathon which happened today. It is home of the 1945 conference between Churchill, Stalin and Truman...

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Day 13 - First we take The Train & then we take Berlin

September 27, 2026 at 5:04 AM

We made the almost 650K train trip from Amsterdam to Berlin today. Although it is a long way, the train was very comfortable and the first part of the trip went well. On the way we passed the VW W...

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Day 12 - Anne Frank Museum

September 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM

Our final full day in Amsterdam. We spent the morning resting and catching up on some chores such as laundry and banking. (imagine having to take a rest from being on holiday!!). We would then head in...

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Day 11 - Gentrified Red Light District & Van Gogh

September 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM

Checked out the Red Light district first thing. It has been gentrified and much different to the early 90's when Mike was last there. Considering all of the sex trafficking and exploitation issues, it...

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Day 10 - Amsterdam

September 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM

Took the morning train from Brussels to Amsterdam. It was a very comfortable train ride as our car had plush seats and even had couches that one could relax on. At the Amsterdam train station we met y...

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