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Buying the Cheapest Train Tickets in Berlin
The sound of the underground… We arrived in Berlin during the summer – a perfect time to be outdoors cycling or walking. However with only four days in two months without guests, we had no time to wander around our local area, let alone buy bikes. So we did the normal thing you do in London: we bought daily travel cards and discovered this fabulous city. If only we’d known how many options there are for buying train tickets in Berlin – we would have saved so much money and since we love you all so much, we are going to share what we have learnt. Tickets can be used…
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Friday Links
View post on imgur.com The best story on the internet is above. In other Friday Linkie love – has London gone mad? Here Are Some of the World’s Best Ads You Might Have Missed in 2015. How the language you speak changes your view of the world. I’m sure you all know this anyway, but Facebook ‘Most Used Words’ game is collecting huge amounts of user data, can sell to whoever it wants. Great for back pain? Here Is The Famous Japanese Method To Lose Weight And Improve Your Posture. There has been so much media bashing recently and I have to say this article sums up how I feel. I’m a…
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Underground Tours Berlin
The sound of the Underground… We’ve actually been wanting to go on an Underground Tour in Berlin for ages. We picked the subway/ bunker tour and it was amazing. Let me tell you all about it. On the website it says you will have to wait in a queue and it’s first-come-first-served, but we got there ten minutes before the start, grabbed tickets in less than 30 seconds and we were off soon after (it was a weekday in November though…). There was a random door on the street that we opened and down the stairs we went! We started in a WWII bunker that was converted into a bomb…
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Friday Links
Hey Ya… I went 200 days without buying anything new and learned how toxic our need for possessions is. Dear Husband: The Bathroom Is Not A Man Cave. This Is What Your Adult Life Looks Like In 13 Painfully Accurate Graphs. The Science of Happiness: Why complaining is literally killing you. No one could see the colour blue until modern times. Stray Cats Guard Chicago Brewery, Protect Precious Beer Grain From Rats. The homeless man who turned his life around by offering book reviews instead of begging. You’ve Been Washing Your Hair Wrong All This Time! Here’s The Right Way To Do It. Viking shield maidens have formed part of…
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Paint Your Style – Berlin
Give it all to me… I know we just told you about the Pottery Art Cafe in Cologne, but it kinda gave me a bug for drawing on ceramic and so I tried it out in Berlin as well. It is just such a lovely experience! Paint Your Style is a lovely shop all over Germany and the staff are friendly, the choice is great and there are tons of ideas all over the place to explore (AKA: steal – ahem). Here is what I made: The shop is big, has a whole area at the back that you could book out for a special occasion. I’ve heard that on a…
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Friday Links
We’ve had this battle a thousand times… 25 CRAZY NEW YEAR’S TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. Let’s Be Aware of Engrish in Japan: 4 Most Common Mistakes. Innovative “More Sky” Windows Transform into Outdoor Seating for Small Apartments. Need ideas on how to tie a scarf? See what it’s like inside Boeing’s awesome Star Wars themed plane. The Sweetest Way to Tell Your Kids the Truth About Santa. The Gay Men Who Hate Women. THE NORWEGIAN SECRET TO ENJOYING A LONG WINTER. YES to this: San Francisco Becomes The First City to Ban Sale of Plastic Bottles.
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Doublesix Dice – Board Gaming Opulence Part 1
Good afternoon internet folks. Allow me to introduce you to a short series on what I am referring to as ‘Board gaming opulence’. Essentially, items and accessories for the board/card/tabletop gaming world that are pretty much unncessary but bring a massive smile to my face for their existence! Doublesix Dice have the honour of featuring in this first installment. What are double six dice I hear you say? Well they are just like regular 6-sided dice (d6 to the dice aficionados out there) except that the dice have 12-sides (d12) with numbers 1 through 6 printed twice. What is the point of such a thing when we already have had…
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Foodie Penpals
We like to party… You all know I’m obsessed with food and so when I heard about Foodie Penpals I couldn’t resist – especially as two of my favourite bloggers Charlotte and Bev are both involved too! Milou, a lovely lady from the Netherlands, sent me the coolest package ever! Check out all these goodies. They arrived at 8pm and ten minutes later then Pims (just like Jaffa cakes) and the Snack a Jacks had been devoured! There was a lovely card and I had said to Milou that I love citrus flavours, so she had sent a load of fun lemon/ lime/ orange flavoured things to us. I’m most excited…
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Friday Links
Let in the sun… I remember this so well and always wondered why they were so low-tech. Why is hi-tech Japan using cassette tapes and faxes? I’m going to just link to all my favourite blogs and some of their amazing posts now. I have to say I feel like some of the people I stalk on the internet seem so lovely… Going to Liverpool? You need to read this list of excellent things to do – Cafe Perk is number one on my list! ARGH! I planned on going to this pumpkin festival and totally forgot. Ah well, this post has enough pics to keep me satisfied until next year…
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Board game shopping in Leipzig, Germany
Vanessa and I love to travel, it almost doesn’t matter where we go, as long as we are adventuring to fun and exciting places that have some delicious food to offer! But being the massive board game geek that I am, I always have a quick search to see if there are any board game shops in the town we are visiting. More often than not, I’m in luck! Leipzig was one of our more recent excursions and it was no exception (you can read more about Leipzig in one of our earlier posts HERE!). Leipzig is pretty close to Berlin and is a very beautiful town to visit and…