Rob’s Travel Blog

 Once again…where do I begin? How often does one get invited to a castle for a weekend? After 2 very busy days it was a pleasure to sit back and be driven 1.5 hours north to Brandenburg. This was after Richard retrieved his 26 year old Mercedes station wagon from 3 blocks away where Silke advised  it was parked. Cars are very rarely used in Berlin. Ok, I’m back! Sorry about the confusion caused by these few lines-written whilst waiting for the early plane to Scotland, and no time to carry on. More about that later… So it’s back to the Schloss Boitzenburg. There has been evidence of a castle on this site since the 13 th century, but the current structure was built in the mid 19th century. (Another fun fact: for many years it was owned by the Von Arnim family who must have been related to one of my favourite authors, Elizabeth Von Arnim, who was married to a Count of that name. His country house was nearby. She wrote “Elizabeth and her German Garden” and “The Enchanted April”, w...

 Now don’t get excited because it’s after 10 and time for bed after a huge and utterly amazing day in the city and I won’t last long enough to tell you about it here. Suffice to say, the walking tour exceeded all expectations for the huge amount of history covered, as well as the stories our entertaining guide told…so I will have time to write and post pics tomorrow and can’t wait to recall and reflect on the many special moments…until then, night night! There seem to be many bears in Bearlin! So sorry everyone but haven't managed to work out the wifi at Schloss Boitzenberg yet. Hopefully I can sort it out in the morning and normal services can resume.  Love from me to you💕 Good morning from the Schloss. So much to tell between Thursday and now…so I’ll start from then. Richard and I headed out to the first of many tube stations. My first impression was of the many hundreds (if not thousands) of bicycles secured all around it. Great way to get around but it’s too far to ride t...