In a Nutshell...

Checkpoint Mickey. Not that hip to be square. Chocolatey education. Cook the books. Holocaust selfies. They paved Hitler’s bunker and put up a parking lot. Red flags. Endangered gates. A well-run anti-establishment. Arts OR entertainment. An island of curiosity. Smooth-ish sailing. Run-down and dirty. All in all, you’re just another brush in the wall. Take off your shoes and move right in. Anne Frank-level adversity. Define beach. History for “visual learners” (stupid people). Fear and loathing in Nazi Germany. Gone off rails. Soothe your inner Nazi. Float and grind. Fatal attractions. Make Russia great again. A molecule of water. A public pool party. Excite your inner Bowie. Divine in-SPIRE-ation. Mass-transit, mass-murder. The hills have ears. Summer goals. Work will (not) set you free. Checkpoint, counter-checkpoint. Nazi summer goals. The artist’s struggle is real. Bridge over troubled waters. No love lost between two tyrants. Go Dutch on it. Hakuna Matata in German. Hit the ground drinking. Not so humble abode. Einstein summer goals. Get some nice R&Rx. The closest you will get to Russia, the Caribbean, Venice or Poland. The best offense is a Slavic defense. Sell your chicken to the devil. Adolph in Wonderland. Close encounters of the Nicholas Cagey-kind. Neurathen? More like Alt-Rathen! Or just Rathen, rather. Uphill battle. Dresden vs. aliens. Delusions of grandeur. Battle tested, Wagner-approved. All them Saxons look alike. That new castle smell. A pirate’s wet dream. Zwingers club. Division bells. The life and times of a butcher. Off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Leipzig. Bach on track. Bach in action. Back in time. Bottle of wine and bucket to puke in. Monday, non-bloody Monday. This revolution has been brought to you by Marriott. Human centipede, except with plants. Burying yourself in your work. Literary bromance. Martin Luther rookie card. Castle in a cave. Hate mail from Martin Luther. A different kind of waterpark. Forget the banks - bail out the castles! Shiver me timber homes. Wonka-vators and red threading. From Whom the Bell Tolls. Doesn’t ring a bell. Garden variety. In living color. Five star concentration camp. Going down with the ship. Recklessly-flown UFO. ‘Milling’ about. Drinking and drawing. There goes the neighborhood. What happens in Bremen stays in Bremen. Where have the fishermen gone?

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

Part 1: Berlin

Part 2: Berlin Expanded

Part 3: BRandenburg

Part 4: SPREEWALD & SAXONY

Part 5: Dresden & Leipzig

Part 6: Hannover & Bremen

Suggested Itinerary - Based on Length of stay

3 Days: Part 1. 6 Days: Parts 1 and 6. 9 Days: Parts 1 and 5-6. 12 Days: Parts 1 and 4-6. 15 Days: Parts: 1, 3 and 4-6. 18 Days: All