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#AtoZChallenge: Berlin

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This post is part of the April 2016 A to Z Challenge. Find the challengers via the Blog Sign-Up or on Twitter using #AtoZChallenge.

Berlin, the German capital, is a multicultural, fashionable and thriving place. History, political power and optimism helped shape Berlin into the city it is today.

And yet, you can still find relics from its socialist past all over the city. Whether its Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall, Marx & Engels statues… the past is being kept alive.

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#AtoZChallenge: Amsterdam

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This post is part of the April 2016 A to Z Challenge. Find the challengers via the Blog Sign-Up or on Twitter using #AtoZChallenge.

Amsterdam. Who hasn’t heard stories of canals, red lights and joints? But Amsterdam is so much more than that!

It is incredibly easy to find your way around the city. Especially in the Centrum, all you have to do is follow the Grachten, the small canals that run in rings from the Amstel and the IJ all around the city centre. To find your way back, you just need to remember how often you crossed the water.

Amsterdam is full of bicycles and cyclists do have right of way. Mind you, a lot of the streets in the old town are cobblestoned, but riding your bike along the shore of the Grachten will make you feel like a native in no time.

Amsterdam's Damrak and bikes seen from Amsterdam Centraal Station @Cornelia Kaufmann
Amsterdam’s Damrak and bikes seen from Amsterdam Centraal Station ©Cornelia Kaufmann

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ROW80 Round 1, 2015 – List of Goals

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This is my second time participating in ROW80. While I didn’t quite manage to achieve all my goals for the last Round, it did get me to be more creative.

I also know what to expect now and how it all works, so without further ado, here’s my List of Goals for the first Round of Words in 2015!

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ROW80 – Round 1 of 2015

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It feels like the fourth Round of Words of 2014 only ended at Christmas (oh, wait…) but here we are, a new year, new goals and the very first Round of Words in 80 Days of the year 2015!

We’re starting today, January 5, 2015 which means that this round will be over on March 26.

If you’ve never heard of ROW80 before, here’s how it works:

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