Originally Posted by
Doug64
You might want to consider the "Topography of Terror" exhibit in Berlin. It is pretty sobering. On a tour 2 years ago our route went through Berlin and then into Poland. We were planning on riding east to Warsaw then south to Auschwitz before heading for the Czech Republic. After our experience in Berlin we did not feel the need or desire to experience the place. We took a different route to the CZ.
I'll put it on the list of places to check out! Auschwitz wss one of the places of military interest I have actually visited, but I did it while I was going to school in Prague on a weekend. I probably would go out of my way on a trip to visit it tho.
Originally Posted by
avole
I'm interested in architecture and history, so buildings and museums are a part of holiday pleasure, whereas spending hours burning by a beach is not.
Yep, everyone is just different in how they enjoy vacations. I know some prefer to pound out the miles on tour, whereas I'm happy in the 55ish range. I personally can't stand beach holidays, while some love them. Others prefer a booked minute by minute itinerary, whereas I'm more of a go with the flow with only loosely defined stops. It is why I don't get hung up too much on what people prefer to do, the OP finds my stopping and taking in the bar culture in France and Belgium as pointless as I do looking, as Stadjer said, at a sea where seventy years ago two ships where shooting at each other that may be a mecca for a military history buff
