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Travel Blogs from Germany
Freezing Germany
This is a top pick! ... maximum for the day was 7) just before lunch. Incredibly, we are only at an altitude of 600 metres. Konigssee is in Germany but only just. There is a little piece of Germany that pokes into Austria just below Salzburg. Our arrival coincided with the ...
Bustling Berlin
This is a top pick! ... lets you know where the demonstrations are taking place and how traffic will be affected. Berlin, a sprawling metropolis of 3.4 million, is Germany's largest city. It covers eight times the area of Paris. There's so much to see here - so many ...
The Gluck Camping Centre
This is a top pick! ... Harmony has sent some on to Sue in Switzerland for us. It was funny when we arrived in the camp ground in Oberammergau Germany, a little boy of about 4 followed us into the campground on his tiny bike and watched us put the camper up. His older brother ...
Heidelberg, Thanksgiving, Sinterklaas
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Oh my god...
This is a top pick! ... By now, you will all be familiar with the socceroos exploits on the finest afternoon in the history of Kaiserslautern and perhaps Germany. Thus, I will spare you the details of the 3-1 victory over Japan which has left Australia at the top of Grouop F ...
Dresden for ice cream anyone???
This is a top pick! We resurface from an epic slumber and head out to grab breakfast nearby. Looking at the clock and realizing that we have a half day before I have to hop on an overnight train to Zurich, we head back for me to pack and then head down to the train ...
In The Shadow Of The Valley of Death
This is a top pick! ... up, show the colours and behave like complete twats, and so far we haven't let ourselves down. Frankfurt is like nothing else. Germany's 'victory' against Costa Rica meant that spirits were high and to be fair most of the England fans were behaving well, ...
Skyscrapers and Animals
This is a top pick! It took three days to ride out of the Black Forest to Mannheim (very industrial area), where I stayed for a day to rest/avoid rain. Frankfurt was next on my itinerary. I generally dislike riding into large cities, but this wasn't so bad. For a city with ...
Ein Bier, bitte
This is a top pick! ... out to explore Munich. Breakfast was a Turkish kebab which was actually pretty good. There is a huge Turkish community in Germany (more than any other country outside of Turkey) and kebabs are on every street corner. I think our hotel is ...
German Xmas Markets and Chris' Mom's 2nd visit
This is a top pick! ... markets. 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 ...
Trip to Central Europe - Berlin
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Day trip to Munster, Germany
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Thalkirchen
This is a top pick! ... attention to the stalls had anything to do with it. We drove through Linz and Salzburg in beautiful Austria and settled in Germany for the night. We traveled through 3 countries in one day today. No problems finding the campsite recommended in the ...
Vietnam in Germany!
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Bankrupt
This is a top pick! Well not quite bankrupt but sufficiently so for us to start making our way home. We've got the plane tickets re-routed and are missing out India for the time being, only for the time being mind! We arrived in Frankfurt to a rude awakening, it was ...
The Black Forest
This is a top pick! ... a train, landed in Zurich, and crossed the Rhine into Germany. Three countries in one day… I have found something in Germany that I have seen nowhere else in my travels…peanut butter!! For some reason, peanut butter is an American thing. ...
Last Day in Dublin & Getting to Germany!!
This is a top pick! 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 (self-proclaimed) Merry Widows
This is a top pick! ... two of her friends, Denise and Cookie, visited with us for 2 weeks in August. We had a great time exploring Amsterdam, Belgium and Germany. The trip this time was much more smooth for Mel's Mom - no delays, no sleeping in airports, none of the mess of ...
Day trip to Potsdam
This is a top pick! Over the weekend, we met with Frank's friend Ilka for a breakfast in Kreuzberg, then made our way to the lovely town of Potsdam. Ilka first took us to The Belvedere on the Pfingstberg Hill, a summer palace built by Frederick ...
Berlin, Germany
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Dusseldorf, Germany
This is a top pick! ... 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, ...
Guess where I come from
This is a top pick! ... an incident that happened in Spain. In Mallorca there are lots of Germans. The Champions league final between Bayern Munich (Germany) and Chelsea (England) had recently been played, with Chelsea winning. Bayern are like the Collingwood of German football, ...
Eating and Sleeping in Berlin
This is a top pick! We arrived in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon. Frank's parents picked us up from the airport, and we headed back to their home in Lichtenrade, on the south side of Berlin. The last few days we've mainly been eating and catching up with sleep, getting ...
Toronto To Kathmandu
This is a top pick! Subway, subway, bus, Pearson airport; long lines. Booked a hostel in Kathmandu right before boarding. Air Canada 872 Toronto Oct 16 17:30 to Frankfurt Oct 17 07:00 We slept intermittently across the chairs in the airport and said 'danke' a few ...