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Travel Blogs from Germany
Dresden
This is a top pick! ... architecture there were the best we´ve seen so far on the trip (Dresden aside), and the people seemed friendly. Fun Germany Fact! Public toilets here cost 50c to use. After running around trying to get correct change, we finally ...
"Wieber Fast Nacht"
This is a top pick! ... on a whole new meaning! As I walked around taking pictures, I discovered a strange irony of sorts. Since Steve and I have been in Germany, I have not seen any good-looking German men. I hate to say it, but they are all ugly here. Well, today they ...
Germanie
This is a top pick! 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 ...
The Audubon
This is a top pick! Today I had my first experience driving on the Audubon. Since Steve had to pick up his rental car from work, we had to drive to Burscheid together so I could drop him off and bring our temporary rental car back to Cologne. It was not something I wanted ...
Karneval - A Celebration for Everyone
This is a top pick! ... days but it was worth it because the chocolate was fabulous! Imagine the kind of headline that would have read..."Tourist in Germany Injured by Flying Candy Bar!" The day of the Big Parade (which concluded the Karneval celebration), people lined the ...
Checking out Charlie..
This is a top pick! <Brian's brief chronological list of "highlights" (and of whinging)> - Joined the free walking tour but decided to do the free bike riding tour instead as it took the same amount of time but covered 5 more places since they could ...
Weinachts
This is a top pick! ... serenity that we had. And then it was time to go And Finally I will be the first to admit that I've never be Christmasy, but Weinachts Markts in Germany could turn me if I lived there, but until then, I will remain bah humbug ...
Oktoberfest the 6th
This is a top pick! Friday - The Australian bar - Pissed Saturday - Oktoberfest - Pissed Sunday - Oktoberfest - Pissed Monday - Work - Pissed ...
Oktoberfest the 7th
This is a top pick! Oktoberfest Same shit Different year New hotel Great beer ...
Not Another Royal Palace!!
This is a top pick! ... bridge was once used to exchange spies from the East and West Berlin states - yes the wall came down to this part of Germany also. Potsdam was where Friedrich the Great decided to build his Royal Palace. He was named 'the Great' as he ...
Berlinoiseries
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Western Europe - been there, done that
This is a top pick! This will be my last entry from the tour around Western Europe. Some people have asked me questions like "where did you go in Italy?" and I'll start naming off most the places I went, but have already started to forget some of the names of the smaller ...
Oktoberfest the 8th
This is a top pick! Another year, A different weekend, Loads of beers, I need a liver transplant, And as usual, The Oktoberfest rocked, ...
Oktoberfest the third
This is a top pick! So once more, we back in Munich. Home of the five-storey sports store, where we relieved them of any spare rolls. We hung out and visited our usual haunts, well mainly the one, the Augustiner beer hall in the city, but we did make the effort to go the ...
Aliens in Cologne
This is a top pick! ... attraction but surprisingly enough, it ended up being one the most interesting things we've seen since we've been in Germany. Since our friend Kelly works in construction, he is fascinated with anything have to do with excavation and heavy machinery. ...
Germany, France, Switzerland, Germany
This is a top pick! Between Koblenz and Bingen, this is the most spectacular part. Castles abound everywhere. Even the railway tunnels have turrets. The reason being is that during WW2, it was agreed that monuments would not be bombed, and as trains were needed, the only ...
Munich, the first. Prost
This is a top pick! ... as this was the way to the campground. The signs ran out, only to be replaced with signs for the Thalkirken. The biggest campground in Germany. Never have I seen so many tents in my life. All the tour groups come and stay here, all the vans that have been ...
Waiting for Gufman
This is a top pick! (S) My first trip to Germany!!! After my grandfather leaving this country 80 years ago, I'm finally here. We find a hotel with limited difficulty. It would seem Chad expects my German to be perfect - even though I took it for one year when I was 16. Let's ...
Oktoberfest the 13th
This is a top pick! September means only one thing and that is Oktoberfest, and as number 13 was calling, we headed off on our usual trip Leading up to it Woggy once again supplied us with our shirts whilst PP Travel gave us our usual top floor room in the Senator which is ...
More Berlin: Galleries, Mammoths, and Protests
This is a top pick! We're near the end of our stay in Berlin and still had a lot more sightseeing to do in the city, catching up with Frank's family and friends, and also catching up on sleep! So we decided to axe Prague from the itinerary. Darn, next ...
What's Up Doc- Part IV - Where is Sleeping Beauty?
This is a top pick! ... away and the nurse gave me the rest of the sedative left in the needle until they finished the procedure. Apparently in Germany, their idea of administering sedatives is based on this theory: If you get sleepy with a little bit, then they assume you ...
Chapter 52: The Hills Are Alive...
This is a top pick! ... I can't buy a pen to update my written journal), so I figured I'd squeeze in one more online entry before I go galavanting around Germany with Ben and then Jonas. That last day in Croatia was pretty grim by all counts. Rebecca, Scott, and I were all ...
Oktoberfest, the 2nd
This is a top pick! ... beer, and what we did next was discover the nectar of the gods. Augustiner. This is easily the best beer in Munich, perhaps Germany, not the world though, and after the crap we had just had, this flowed like nothing we had had before at the Oktoberfest. ...
Weinachts, the Sixth
This is a top pick! ... it, so we had a look, and sadly to say, that is all we had time for, as we had a flight to catch back to London And Finally There is nothing like Christmas in Germany, maybe the world could learn a thing or two, but until it does, we will keep coming ...
Friesland - ah, the Moose genetic homeland
This is a top pick! (C) We had to make a stop in Oldenburg on our way across northern Germany. Found a few places and want to go back to find some more. Next trip will include Waddens, near Bremerhaven, where my great grandpa Diedrich Gerhard Luers was born - ...
Berlin - The Wall.
This is a top pick! ... A massive new monument to the Jews who were murdered (yes, the word murdered is now used) has been recently completed in Berlin. Germany is deeply in debt because it took on the problems that the communist East had when it was unified, but there is an ...
Sick as a puppy!
This is a top pick! My Saturday night in Berlin was a disappointment, given that my flu etc. has developed into one of the worst I've had this year... I went out but lasted only half an hour and one drink - I couldn't do it. I feel like absolute s*** and wish I didn't have ...