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title: 'Day 19: Kattegat (via Kiel, Berlin, DE) to Lovosice (CZ)'
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date: 2022-09-12T22:19:44+02:00
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## Our trip today
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{{< image src="/img/day19/map.png" width="300px" float="right" >}}
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Yesterday's post will show a map of us at midnight in the middle of _Kattegat_, the water between Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The ship
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relentlessly kept its course and navigated us into the _Kiel_ harbor this morning. The boarding pass said that we had a breakfast table at
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07:00, whoops, so let's set the alarm at 06:55 and wing it. Breakfast buffet was pretty elaborate, but we don't eat much. We already ate all
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the thing yesterday evening at dinner. We kill some time by mosying around the ship a little bit, taking pictures of both the harbor as well
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as the ship itself. I particualrly like Paul's shot of the chimney stack of our ship _Color Fantasy_ taken last night. The boat still
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doesn't feel super busy - we totally could've slept in and gotten breakfast at 08:00 too, but we roll with the punches.
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We disembark pretty smoothly at the _Kiel_ harbor. Tessa still thinks we're in Norway, and it is having a hard time readjusting to the cell
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signal here in Germany, but that's not a big deal because there's really only one direction for us to go: _Berlin_. At customs, probably due
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to our Swiss license plate, the guy asks if we have any cigarettes or hard liquor. He is not interested in the shitty wine I bought (free of
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charge), so we are free to go.
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{{< image src="/img/thumbnails/2022-09-12/IMG_5871.jpg" width="400px" float="right" >}}
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Paul already has the music lined up for today - there's a DJ Tiësto album called _The Quest for Atlantis_, and it has a particular song
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we both know belongs with the destination. However, before we get there, we have to make one stop at a supercharger in _Wittenburg_ where
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there's a Van der Valk hotel with an adjoined indoor skiing center. I am continually amazed by these things, because I am not a fan of
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skiing. The only thing that makes it a little bit worth while is the views of the valleys while on the Alps. And here, there are pictures of
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mountains on the side, and really that's not the same thing.
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{{< image src="/img/thumbnails/2022-09-12/IMG_7862.jpg" width="400px" float="right" >}}
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We have lunch here - and considering we're in Germany, there's really only one thing to nosh: _Currywurst mit Pommes_ and it's fantastic.
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What we really enjoy most about this lunch is the price, as we've most definitely not become used to the prices in Norway! Paul pays for the
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party and we're off. The album is ready for the song we're waiting for just at the right time. The car is charged and we listen to track #16
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called _Berlin (Peace Mix)_ from _Berlin Inc_ and we once again try to establish contact with Berlin! At 150km/h, while ripping up the A24
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around _Marwitz_.
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{{< image src="/img/thumbnails/2022-09-12/IMG_5878.jpg" width="400px" float="right" >}}
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Our car wants to charge for a full hour in order to reach our destination for the night: _Lovosice_ in the Czech Republic. We decide to
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leave the car at the _Berlin_ supercharger, while we make a blitz-visit to the city on ... scooters! We're really good at scooting around
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cities by now. Using Google Maps, we program a bunch of sights into a self-guided tour, and like Japanese tourists we quickly stop at each
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site to make a picture (or a dorky 0.5-Selfie, which we are kind of enjoying as an art-form by now), before quickly moving on.
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We're on the clock here and we definitely don't want to incur idle charges at the Tesla station!
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Our scooters in hand, we dash to and fro, and see the following (and you can too, in the album below):
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{{< image src="/img/thumbnails/2022-09-12/IMG_5887.jpg" width="300px" float="right" >}}
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* First we visit Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.
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* Then we go to the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism, by artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset.
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* Quickly folowed by Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial
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* (interrupted by our bladders calling attention to their fullness)
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* We scoot past the Brittish Embassy in Berlin (which has many bouquets of flowers for Her Majesty)
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* We check out the Reichstag, take many pictures, only one of which is worthwhile sharing
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* The Brandenburg Gate cannot be missed on such a tour, but our time is up, so we ..
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* .. do _just one more_ (just like we're Geocaching) and visit the Berlin Victory Column
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{{< image src="img/day19/hotel-lev.jpg" width="400px" float="right" >}}
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Then we scoot back to the car, which awaits us fully charged with 420km in the battery, and we program the satnav for _Lovosice_ in Czechia.
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We arrive there at 19:40 and check into our hotel, after dropping the car off at the local supercharger once again. Our plan is go get
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dinner (which we do, Garlic Soup and Tagliatelle for Pim, Mozarella with Parmaham and Salad with Carpaccio for Paul because he is missing
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our Trunk Salads), then pay next to nothing because we're no longer in Norway (nor Germany!), celebrate by finding a geocache (my first in
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CZ!), then pick up the car, park it at the hotel, and finally turn in for the night.
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Our plan is executed to perfection. The internet is busted at the hotel, and I've ran out of credit on my phone (I should blog less, maybe?)
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and the TV remote is dog-slow, taking 5 seconds to act on any button, also I learn that the Czechs love dubbing all TV shows, so I call it
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and pass out at 21:00. No idea how late Paul was up, cuz it took me no longer than a whiff of my pillow to fall into a deep slumber.
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## Pictures of the Day
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-11/IMG_7855.jpg" caption="The chimney stack of our Color Fantasy at night">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5862.jpg" caption="The Helipad on Color Fantasy">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5864.jpg" caption="The lighthouse at the Kiel harbor">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_7862.jpg" caption="Lunch: Currywurst mit Pommes - cannot be more German">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5871.jpg" caption="An indoor skiing piste in Wittenburg (Germany)">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5873.jpg" caption="Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5877.jpg" caption="Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5878.jpg" caption="Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe ">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5882.jpg" caption="The Brittish Embassy in Berlin - homage to Queen Elizabeth">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5886.jpg" caption="Der Reichstag in Berlin">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5883.jpg" caption="Brandenburger Tor">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5887.jpg" caption="Pim and Paul enjoy their Tier scooters in Berlin">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5889.jpg" caption="Berlin Victory Column">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_7871.jpg" caption="Paul and Pim at the Berlin Victory Column">}}
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{{< gallery-photo fn="2022-09-12/IMG_5893.jpg" caption="Welcome to the Czech Republic">}}
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{{< gallery-script >}}
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