July 19, Berlin Well here we are in Berlin, ready for another walking tour. We had a short walk of about 4 blocks to the U bahn (subway) that we would catch to Brandenburg Gate. While we were waiting, Brenna and I ducked into a bakery shop and we each got a huge, still warm pretzel for breakfast. We met with 156 others at the start point where they put us into smaller groups for the tour. The first Brandenburg Gate (2 pillars and a wood gate) was opened in ...

July 18, Brugge to Paris and Berlin I decided that today would be a bit of a sleep in and relax morning before heading back to Paris and on to Germany. I had originally wanted to go to the World War 1 In Flanders Field Museum in Ypres (Ieper) Belgium before returning to Paris. I thought that if we left Brugge early, we would only have an hour or possibly two at the most and that wouldn't be enough time to see all the museums exhibits, especially if we got lo...