Beautiful bright blue skies today in Berlin - perfect day for a swim!
Air -8C, Water 3C and partially frozen
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Merry Christmas All!
@kierandrake
A life in photos: ๐ฌ๐ง Deputy Ambassador @UKinGermany. Living in Berlin. Often to be found in, on or near a lake. Previously in ๐ฎ๐ณ. Also father & Londoner, Fellow @RGS_IBG & @RAS_Soc. Happiest outdoors. Still on X @kieran_drake On insta @kieran_travels
Beautiful bright blue skies today in Berlin - perfect day for a swim!
Air -8C, Water 3C and partially frozen
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Merry Christmas All!
Great to have some time off with the family over Easter : walking in Saxony, canoeing in the Spreewald and camping in beautiful places. Now back to Berlin fully recharged for the weeks aheadโฆ
Great to see you too Andrew! Hopefully weโll have longer next time, either here or in Kolkata!
A great video on Stadtbad Neukรถlln. For more on Berlinโs historic pools, read @kierandrake.bsky.socialโs article here: www.slowtravelberlin.com/berlins-hist...
Thanks Helene - it was wonderful. And this morning I even had company from my favourite person! Happy Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Air 3C, Water 5C
First December swim this year:
Half-light, steely grey skies, and the kingfisher flashing by
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Fishing not swimming
#Berlinlakes #orankesee
Christmas lights on a drizzly evening. #Berlin
Mist rising off the water, sun peeping through the trees. Perfect - if chilly - start to the day. ๐โโ๏ธ
Air 4C, Water 6C
The tree is up! But much too nice weather to feel Christmasy!
Great list Paul! The ones Iโve read Iโve loved and the others I havenโt even heard of and now look forward to discovering them!
Great coverage of the visit to Hamburg of ๐ฌ๐ง flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
And a real pleasure to host friends and partners on board yesterday to celebrate our growing defence partnership.
m.bild.de/news/inland/...
We cannot allow aggressors like Putin to succeed. Now more than ever, ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช& our partners & allies must support Ukraine's fight for freedom, independence and victory - read @andrewmitchell67.bsky.socialโs op-ed in Die Zeit (German)
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Lots of coffee in Hamburg!
One for you @berlintypography.bsky.social!
Always a delight to be back in Hamburg, even on a particularly cold & grey day!
Welcome Willie - good to see you here. Hope alls well wherever your global wandering and book touring finds you!
How lovely to see you here too - your pictures were always a bright spot in my day in tโother place.
Brilliant idea - I wonder if itโs useful for adults learning German too?! (Asking for a friend!)
Morning mist, Norderney, October 2024
Thanks David - feels like the last bursts of colour here before winter sets in!
Some final bursts of colour before the monochrome greys of winter take over #berlin
Autumn colours in Berlin - such a beautiful time of year here.
Beautiful Moabit!! #Spreebogen #berlin #walkingberlin
Brillant evening celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Deutsch Britische Gesellschaft which has done so much for ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง relations.
Wonderful speeches Timothy Garton Ash, Jens Zimmermann & UK Ambassador to Berlin Andrew Mitchell.
Here's to the next 75 years! ๐
Cold, damp and grey this morning โฆ but still the best possible start to the day.
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Air 5C, Water 9C
Great panels, important debates and good conversations: another excellent #BerlinForum. Congratulations to all @koerberip.bsky.social
It was great fun and a real pleasure to talk to @johnkampfner.bsky.social at the British Embassy last night about his new book โIn Search of Berlinโ - thanks to everyone who joined us.
Thanks Leigh!
Looks beautiful