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Vietnam in Germany!, Nonnenhorn, Germany travel blog

Vietnam in Germany!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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For our first day in Nonnenhorn the rain didn`t go away (we all kind of joked that James and I had brought it with us from Ireland since the rain came the night before right after we got down to the lake). Sylvia was in the greenhouse preparing flower ...

The Rhine & Mosel Rivers, Bacharach, Germany travel blog

The Rhine & Mosel Rivers

A travel blog entry by eric

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... - hand-written notes in the windows listing some date in March. Every few miles along the Rhine is a new castle.  Germany as a country is the unification of numerous city-states ruled by nobles.  Feudalism thrived here.  One of the most ...

Getting shafted in the salt mine, Berchtesgaden, Germany travel blog

Getting shafted in the salt mine

A travel blog entry by davefremland

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So today, on the recommendation of my father, I took a tour of the salt mines for which Salzburg is named.  Before I go on, I would like to compliment the tour operators at Panorama Tours.  They are excellent, well organized, informative and ...

Last Day in Dublin & Getting to Germany!!, Nonnenhorn, Germany travel blog

Last Day in Dublin & Getting to Germany!!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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 The 16th wasn't any more interesting than the 15th, we mostly just tried to work on the blog and watched tv in the common room at the hostel. We did go out for lunch though at a mongolian restaurant which is just like the Mongolian Express in ...

The mad king's lair.  Castle Neuswanstein, Munich, Germany travel blog

The mad king's lair. Castle Neuswanstein

A travel blog entry by davefremland

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So early this morning I awoke so excited!! I had booked a tour of the most famous castle in the world.  Castle Neuswanstein!!  This castle was used by Walt Disney as the model for the "Sleeping beauty castle" which is the centerpiece of the ...

A morbid compulsion, Dachau, Germany travel blog

A morbid compulsion

A travel blog entry by davefremland

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Concentration camps.  Even the words create images of death and torture.  As a young child I remember learning about the holocaust during ww2.  But I never in my wildest imagination could fathom the depth of human suffering that could ...

Bavaria's Romantic Road, Rothenburg, Germany travel blog

Bavaria's Romantic Road

A travel blog entry by eric

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... of the cities destroyed by WWII.  However, Prince Bishop’s Residenz survived.  One of the best palaces found in Germany.  Rococo interior with Baroque, sculpted gardens.  Is it as grand as Vienna?  No.  But still ...

The Kindness of Strangers, Rotenburg, Germany travel blog

The Kindness of Strangers

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin

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... there was no train at the platform that had been indicated on our itinerary. The train was late? This just wasn't possible in Germany where everything runs on time! So Martin went to the conductor of the train on the adjoining platform and asked him if ...

Back Home to Nonnenhorn, Nonnenhorn, Germany travel blog

Back Home to Nonnenhorn

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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 We left Tom and Louise's appartment around 10am and just barely got on our 1st train before it left to the main station, oops. We got back to Nonnenhorn around 1:30pm and dropped our stuff off and then went up to Sylvia and Dieter's place to say ...

Berlin Mayhem, Berlin, Germany travel blog

Berlin Mayhem

A travel blog entry by madman96

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We wake up and enjoy a leisurely breakfast at an outdoor café overlooking the same river we sat by yesterday.  It quickly feels as though we have seen each other plenty since college and I'm enjoying my time outside yet again.  We ...

Sailing the Bodensee!, Nonnenhorn, Germany travel blog

Sailing the Bodensee!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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James woke up in the morning feeling just as bad and so he layed around and rested for the first half of the day but I (Jackie) did manage to convince him to do some of that laying around down by the lake for a bit as the sun had come out. In the ...

Nobody's Right If Everybody's Wrong, Nuremberg, Germany travel blog

Nobody's Right If Everybody's Wrong

A travel blog entry by foolsgold

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... in the city's main square there were masses of German and England fans all happily co-existing and having a good time. And, of course, Germany winning makes things great for us, as now we're set to meet Ecuador in the fourth round and we won't see ...

...the most exotic thing out there., Munich, Germany travel blog

...the most exotic thing out there.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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... I mean... I have been many times to Munich over the last ten years or so, and it is a city I actually quite enjoy. Germany is maybe not the most exotic thing out there, but this part of Germany, being so close to the Bavarian Alps and the ...

The adventure begins, Munich, Germany travel blog

The adventure begins

A travel blog entry by davefremland

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Well, after an 11 hour train ride, I finally arrived in Munich at about 7:00 this morning. The police were randomly checking passports and I got stopped and questioned for about 3 minutes while the nice cop lady looked in vain for the entry stamp in my ...

Arriving in Berlin, Berlin, Germany travel blog

Arriving in Berlin

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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We got up early in the morning to make the long walk once more with our heavy bags to the train station. Of course once again it was a very unexciting train ride, but we did eat some more of the cheese we bought at the cheese markte, and it was ...

For than just a cake..., Freiburg, Germany travel blog

For than just a cake...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... the history of Australia, Strasbourg, in my opinion, has fallen short in every respect. Firstly, 10km over the border from Germany, everything is significantly more expensive. Killing me. I don't know about you, but after paying 1.50 euro for ...

Looking for Freedom, Berlin, Germany travel blog

Looking for Freedom

A travel blog entry by danly

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... from all different times in Berlin’s history.  We were shown statues and buildings from during the communist times in East Germany like a large sculpture of Marx and Engels and the huge TV Tower which was built during this time and remains the ...

Kaka..., Munich, Germany travel blog

Kaka...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... 's Vanny Van Van Van is also home to such a person. Anyway, that stuff certainly doesn't seem to happen anywhere else in germany except munich. In fact, the lederhosen count at the moment reads: munich 24 - rest of germany 2. The rest of germany has a ...

Fairytales and Madmen, Munich, Germany travel blog

Fairytales and Madmen

A travel blog entry by danly

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... station who was a young American girl (all our tour guides seem to be American) who had studied German history before coming to Germany.  The castle is about two hours outside of Munich in the Bavarian countryside so we had to catch a few trains and ...

You're killing me..., Bamburg, Germany travel blog

You're killing me...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... be remembered. The finest of the Rheingau's Jagerschnitzel and Rose was enjoyed as we overlooked the sweeping vineyards of Germany's Riesling Trail. Reuly the finest meal we have enjoyed in Germany, complete with must needed salad. Many thanks again ...

Home Alone!!, Nonnenhorn, Germany travel blog

Home Alone!!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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 This day Hans and Diane left for Canada to visit family and so we got up to say goodbye and Dieter took them to Frankfurt for their flight. The day was pretty crappy again and so James and I (Jackie) just went up to Sylvia and Dieter's to hang out ...

Australia - last 16 of the world, Stuttgart, Germany travel blog

Australia - last 16 of the world

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... And so to the Top 5. Well, while we're on food, we may as well stick with it. Reflecting on the food so far in germany, one thing dominates my mind - meat. Just a whole heap of meat. Sure = there's sometimes bread and cheese, but it seems it's all ...

Just let me sleep..., Heidelberg, Germany travel blog

Just let me sleep...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... the raucous displays of the previous night - a night borne from 2 german goals and 0 swedish goals. Towns go silly when germany plays. Unfortunately, we normally get taken for the ride. Today is an alone day, no doubt. A much needed alone day. ...

The Calm Before The Storm, Berlin, Germany travel blog

The Calm Before The Storm

A travel blog entry by foolsgold

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Quote of the Moment "I'm not saying I was directly responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall, just that I made a contribution through the gift of music" - David Hasslehoff. We've just spent a quality two days in Berlin with Karim and Polly, who ...

München mag Dich., Munich, Germany travel blog

München mag Dich.

A travel blog entry by stevefn

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I am back in Munich for the third time in about 3 months. It is work this time as well, so unfortunately no time to visit the Bavarian Alps (as kind of promised back in July). Next time maybe??? Heck, what a boring blog entry, not even a photo of ...

The Jewel of Germany, Dresden, Germany travel blog

The Jewel of Germany

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin

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... focus of the holiday weekend, I asked Karina her thoughts on the Berlin Wall coming down/the reunification of East and West Germany. She does remember the events (though she was only 9/10 at the time). She recalls that her mother was particularly happy ...

Wunderbar, Berlin, Germany travel blog

Wunderbar

A travel blog entry by danly

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Daniel here again, Well we have been in Berlin for a few days now and not really done much except relax.  The last two days everything has been shut because it is a long weekend here so we haven’t had the opportunity to do much.  We ...

Across the Border to Germany, Rotenburg, Germany travel blog

Across the Border to Germany

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin

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... "again, please!" Ulrike has lived in Rotenburg all her life. Heiko came to Rotenburg from the northeast (located in the former East Germany). His grandfather came from Poland and was in the Polish army. During WWI he was sent to a German POW camp, ...

The World Cup dream of the Devil of the Death, Munich, Germany travel blog

The World Cup dream of the Devil of the Death

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... , but there is always google. This name is, without a doubt, the finest name of all the campervans containing Australians in all of Germany. And let me tell you, there are a bloody heap. And not only campervans, but everywhere. That's right. Well, at ...

King Ludwig 2's castle Neuschwanstein, Obergammergau, Germany travel blog

King Ludwig 2's castle Neuschwanstein

A travel blog entry by jennykelly

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19.7.06 King Ludwig 11 von Bayern's castle Schloss Neuschwanstein Lynn and I took the new bikes to the tourist office to get information and maps to the local attractions. We photographed many of the beautifully decorated housed and businesses on ...

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