Baden-Baden
Travel Blogs from Baden-Baden, Germany
Day 10: Spreading my wings, stretching my legs
... money from burning through my pockets but also because I have six months here and getting to know this place well before traveling a lot in Germany is important to me.) So we all (Hugo included) piled into their car and were off to Mannheim. I only saw a ...
Konstanz
... -wed sister and husband Benni in Konstanz. They had just returned from their honeymoon and were setting up house - and in Germany, that entails things like assembling your own kitchen and plumbing. We explored the beautiful town, which is situated at the ...
HEIDELBERG , GERMANY
... and sat on a bench and watched the sunset. Romantic city. The next day was reserved for the naked spas in Baden Baden, a town a couple hours south by train. We left early and had plenty of time to wonder around the ritzy, upper class ...
Nun's farts
Yep, I said 'Nun's Farts'... and you are probably thinking what I was when Stephan said let's have one... EEEeeeewwww... Right? Wrong. Gorgeous warm sugared doughnut filled with hot fruit sauce... Holy Cow it was good!!!Thank God for all the walking I ...
Entering World Cup Country
Took our time getting to Konstanz where kate's sister is studying. Spent the first night in a small French town, whilst the second night we somehow stumbled upon a campsite driving aimlessly around ...
I am in Germany!
Hello Everyone! I just wanted to write a quick note telling you I am safely in Germany and spending time with my friend Ulrike. Let me tell you, yesterday was the longest day ever! When I was getting off the plane, my feet were really starting to hurt ...
Geliu sala
Nors vaziuojam link Konstanz, tikrasis mūsų tikslas yra per keletą kilometrų nuo minėto miesto esantis turistų traukos objektas. Tas objektas - Bodensee ezere esanti sala-botanikos sodas pavadinimu Mainau. Patys ...
Arrival in Germany
I have just arrived a few minutes ago here in Germany. Since the weather here is very similar to the weather in Chicago, I packed things that I would normally wear in Chicago. I brought my coat, long-sleeved shirts, shirts, hoodies, and pants. I checked ...
Party in Freiburg
October 4 I woke up slowly from Ulrike's place and we discussed while having breakfast. Finally later by the afternoon she drove me to the rasthof by the highway down to Freiburg from which I could start hitch-hiking. The sun was there and the ...
Back in Germany
... morning to Madrid where I had the full day to spend as I wanted until 3 pm, to arrive at the airport flying back to Germany. I was at the airport at 2 pm, two and a half hours early....just because I was ready to be done with the city. ...
Finaler Eintrag
Alles klar, nur ganz kurz noch ein paar abschließende Worte: Ich möchte mich bei allen bedanken, die diesen Blog in den letzten zehn Monate mehr oder weniger oft mitverfolgt haben und ihre Freude daran hatten! Als Dankeschön habe ich über die letzten ...
Anmeldung
Mein erster Eintrag knapp 6 Monate vor den vermutlich schönsten 8 Monaten meines Lebens in Neuseeland. Nach langer Suche nach der richtigen Organisation sind wir zum Schluss gekommen, mich bei AIFS anzumelden. Um kurz meine geplante Reise und ...
Pizza and cars
After a culinary feast of tasty German bread and sausages I gave my machine a clean. I even tried to amend the bumping feeling as the wheel rotated and although it seems slightly less I think I'm in for a bumpy ride tomorrow, both due to the wheel and ...
Germany? America? Where am I?
... from the bridge. On the way, we passed the hotel which is known for its clerk who apparently turned away one of Germany's most famous authors, Goethe. I am sure he was unemployed shortly after that incident. Before the long trek back to the train ...
Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow!!
We're already approaching on December! How can it be? It hit me when it began to snow her last Friday, yes snow! The first time was just a few light flakes, but on Monday morning I woke up to HUGE flakes falling outside my window. Up on the hill where ...
Day 43: Prague, Germany
... as other places go, I didn’t really have a clue of where to take Dad this morning. Thankfully I had my Lonely Planet Germany book with me, grabbed hastily and on a whim as I left this morning because I was almost too busy berating myself for taking ...
Marvelous Mannheim
Guten Abend, und wilkommen to another first-class blog entry :P For the Easter long weekend, I hopped on a train to Mannheim, Germany, to catch up with Jacqueline. The train to Munich was comfortable, it was almost empty so I sat in first class and the ...
Catching up on August 5th
August 5th, 2006, Sat. Went out to vineyards today, took pictures of the villages to show you.We went over to Heike's grandparents home. She was baking plum cakes for Sunday dinner. We will return for coffee and cake on Sunday. Her whole family meets ...
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Thursday we left the Marriot in Prague and the hotel shuttle took us to the airport where we caught our flight to Cologne without incident. As I was just reading on the WT cd, Cologne was, at one point, one of the top three smelliest cities in the world. ...
Friedrichshafen und Lindau
Erster Tag! Die Reise geht los! Unsere erste Station ist Friedrichshafen am Bodensee. Die kleine Stadt erstreckt sich mehrere Kilometer am Ufer des Bodensees und ist wirklich schön. Zufälligerweise fand auch das Kulturuferfest mit vielen ...
Wieder zu hause
Hallo zusammen, seit gestern Abend bin ich, abgesehen von einer Magen-Darm-Verstimmung, wohlbehalten aus Indien zurück. Es war zwar manchmal anstrengend, aber trotzdem hat es viel Spaß gemacht, den Backpacker-Lebensstil wieder zu genießen und viele ...
Jyles´ Choice
So finally after three and a half weeks Jyles decided on a place for us to go. Stuttgart. Google it. There's nothing there. Except a Porsche museum. We went to it. It was okay. Jyles liked it. That is all we did in Stuttgart. We stayed the night, ...
Special mention for Herman the German
Special mention here of the place we stayed in a small town just north of Heidelberg. It was a campsite run by Herman and Ursula Sutter. They're not normally open during the winter, but they opened up especially for us. Twas very good of ...
I made it...barely!
Well I successfully made it to Freiburg! yay! but public transportation is so not my thing. I didn't mind the planes too much actually.It went well for my first time flying I think. I unfortunately wasn't able to sleep the entire 10 hour flight. Landing ...

