Our day out in Whitstable was accompanied by wall-to-wall sunshine and scorching temperatures. If only all our visits to the English seaside were in such glorious weather… On the north Kent coast and long popular with the bucket and spade brigade, Whitstable’s now become a trendy destination for Londoners seeking fine food. The town’s famous…
Month: August 2016
The memorials of Berlin
From the top of the Panoramapunkt viewing platform at Potsdamer Platz, it’s easy to see the grey slabs of Berlin’s Holocaust memorial on Ebertstrasse far below. The memorial was something I’d put on my ‘to see’ list for our 2016 visit because it was still being put together when we were last in the German capital…
Berlin: Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain
In the district of Prenzlauer Berg, in what was once Communist East Berlin, is the undistinguished open space of Mauerpark. You get the feeling that it’s a bit of a disappointment on six days of the week but it comes into its own on a Sunday, when it hosts a famous flea market. It gave…