{"id":9112,"date":"2013-12-25T21:57:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T20:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:43","slug":"christmas-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/christmas-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin is by far the busiest city I&#8217;ve ever been in at Christmas time! 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