Tag Archives: Berlin

Berlin family entertains us- our first night in a house in four months

Posted on July 21, 2014 by agclontarf

On Friday, Nuala and I set off to visit Heike and her family. Nuala first met Heike thirty seven years ago when they were both au pairs in Paris. Heike reminded Nuala that it was twenty seven years since they … Continue reading →

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The Lakes around Berlin

Posted on July 14, 2014 by agclontarf

As Germany won the World Cup last night, you can guess we are in a very happy place today! We got our T.V. out and watched it ourselves. I did not realise before we came to Berlin how many large … Continue reading →

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We have reached our final destination – Berlin

Posted on July 13, 2014 by agclontarf

At 10.00am on Friday 11th July we arrived in Berlin. We entered the Spree River and after passing through the Charlottenburg Lock we moored at a designated place near the city centre. We had reached our final destination having travelled … Continue reading →

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Our First Impressions of Germany

Posted on July 9, 2014 by agclontarf

We have been in Germany nineteen days now and our first impressions are below…. After spending almost three months in France, and with Nuala having such good French, we were worried about moving to Germany. But as I reminded Nuala, … Continue reading →

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We are pushing to get to Berlin- six days to go !

Posted on July 7, 2014 by agclontarf

The Mittelland Canal is fast, efficient and boring. We are pushing hard to get to our final destination – Berlin. The boat is being run like a proper ship, motoring for 8 to 9 hours and doing up to 80 km … Continue reading →

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We are on the way to Berlin- 15 days to go!

Posted on July 2, 2014 by agclontarf

On Sunday we turned off the Rhine and onto the Rhine-Herne- Canal. It now feels like we are actually heading for Berlin as we are only 600 km away.

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Since we started our Gap Year we keep having amazing coincidences- Can someone please explain it to me?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by agclontarf

Speaking to my new account manager Ben Aliaga-Kelly in Merrion Stockbrokers yesterday, he asked did I get the email he had sent with photos of the boat?  I said I had not and he resent on the spot. It showed … Continue reading →

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