If you are in Berlin and it is hot, I recommend you make your way to the train and head'er straight to the lake. There are many lakes around Berlin, but Schlachtensee is said to be the cleanest and most scenic. We didn't need to be told twice on a hot May holiday: we packed up our towels, sunscreen, and snacks and headed west on the S1.
Read MoreNobody rains out my staycation. Unless it is the sky.
Read MoreHistoric reconstruction (i.e., the German propensity to complain about anything remotely interesting in architecture), coffee in too-cool Weserstrasse, and second-hand English books in Berlin.
Read MoreThe topography of terror is apparently very, very flat and stony. Also, holidays are successfully making me not want to return to work.
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