Germany Travel Blogs

... was one 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 fun to admire. One-up’ ...

A travel blog entry from Rothenburg 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 unique sights ...

A travel blog entry from Bacharach by eric
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... 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 that ...

A travel blog entry from Rotenburg by kimandmartin
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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 venture ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by madman96
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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 Austrian ...

A travel blog entry from Munich by stevefn
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... 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 Germany at ...

A travel blog entry from Nuremberg by foolsgold
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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 bratwurst ...

A travel blog entry from Freiburg 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 ...

A travel blog entry from Munich by marktjhung
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A travel blog entry from Lübeck by elsewhere
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... region is very rural with thatched-roof houses and lots of cuckoo clock stores. In the town of Triberg, we hiked to Germany's highest waterfall. Actually, our guidebook claimed it was an hour hike, but they must have opened a new path because we pretty ...

A travel blog entry from Baden-Baden by chronometers
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Hier soir je ssuis sorti dans un petit bar pres de mon auberge avec des americains. La place etait hyper sympa, on aurait dit qu on etait dans un salon de grand parents. Decor assey retro merci. Le monde danse drole ici! haha Aujourd hui je ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by jelg
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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 to ...

A travel blog entry from Bamburg by marktjhung
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... standing in the same spot where so much history took place. Jens insisted that we try currywurst. The official fast food of Germany. In actuality, Jens doesn't like fast food, or the idea of capitalist chains in general. So this is the Berlin alternative ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by tbassplayer
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... found it interesting that Christoph and both of his roommates all enjoyed engaging in deep philosophical conversations during our brunch. Germany is a very socialist country. For those of you Americans who think that socialism is the same as Communism, it ...

A travel blog entry from Dusseldorf by tbassplayer
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... of humor and general dourness. On our way back from Düsseldorf, we stopped by a small Medevil town of Moers in Germany. We strolled among old buildings and churches. Also, we visited a local county museum that housed furniture, tiles and artwork ...

A travel blog entry from Düsseldorf by chronometers
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Je viens d'inclure quelques photos de plus! Aujourd'hui je suis alle voir plein de choses comme un arbre, un oiseau, un pigeon, des statues, un parc, un cinema, la porte qui donnait acces de l'est vers l'ouest, un tank, des autobus, le 'holocaust ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by jelg
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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 some ...

A travel blog entry from Munich by stevefn
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J ai loue un velo hier et je me suis promene dans la ville. Il y a un immense parc au centre de Berlin, tres tres jolie. C'est tellement grand que je me suis perdu. En voulant m'arreter pour lire un peu je suis tombe sur un monsieur qui s'adonnait au ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by jelg
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Stuttgart 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. ...

A travel blog entry from Heidelberg by marktjhung
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... Heidelberg is a six hour drive from Amsterdam, which is pretty long for a weekend, but the leaves had turned beautiful colors and Germany has nice rolling hills (unlike the flat Netherlands), so it was a very nice, beautiful drive. It is easy to see why ...

A travel blog entry from Heidelberg, Germany and Amsterdam by chronometers
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by foolsgold
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Dresden by kimandmartin
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... my identity if you will. It took me back to my childhood in a small town in Manitoba that was mostly settled by people from Germany, The Ukraine and Poland. There I see now they recreated some of what they left behind in Europe and also why they felt so at ...

A travel blog entry from Frankfurt by duke_schewe
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... 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, remaining ...

A travel blog entry from Rotenburg by kimandmartin
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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 ...

A travel blog entry from Munich by marktjhung
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... . We left the house around 7:30 a.m. and arrived back home around midnight after driving to Aachen, Cologne (Koln) and Dusseldorf, Germany. It is very common in Germany for each little town to have a Christmas market in it's main square for the Christmas ...

A travel blog entry from Amsterdam, Netherlands and Aachen, Koln, and Dussledorf by chronometers
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In late July, we traveled by car from Amsterdam to Berlin, Germany; Kracow, Poland; Budapest, Hungary and then to Vienna, Austria before making the journey back to Amsterdam. Unlike previous trips, we actually were able to leave half a day EARLY on this ...

A travel blog entry from Berlin by chronometers
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Hi everybody! For several weeks we've been intending to take a day trip to Münster, Germany, and finally did so on Sunday. The weather in Amsterdam was pouring rain so we decided getting out of town would be a good idea. Münster is a 2 1/2 hour drive from ...

A travel blog entry from Munster by chronometers
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Hey hey! On dirait que je ne recois plus mes courriels sur hotmail!! Bill Gates m'en veut. Je trouve que Dresden est plus jolie que Berlin. Malgre ses 400 000 habitants on dirait un petit village. Mon auberge etait minuscule mais tres propre et assez ...

A travel blog entry from Dresden by jelg
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