Hotel Merkur Garni
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Two more weeks to go...
... das war auch total genial.
Zu meinem Abi habe ich eine Spiegelreflexkamera bekommen :D Ich kann gar nicht beschreiben, wie sehr ich mich darüber freue. Danke nochmal! Ich habe dieses Wochenende schon ein paar Fotos aufgenommen, aber es wird noch eine ganze Weile dauern, bis wirklich gute dabei herauskommen. Aber für das Jahr in Neuseeland ist die Kamera einfach perfekt!
Das ist im Moment alles, was es so zu erzählen gibt. Bis bald =)
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Finally some free time =)
Today was my last school day, so now I've got some free time to organize my trip. Most of it is already done though. I've got my Visa, an international driver's license, passport and my backpack is heavy already ;-) It is interesting to decide what you need so badly that you're willing to carry it with you for a whole year...and it would be much easier if there weren't any seasons in New Zealand^^
So, heute war mein letzter Schultag und jetzt ...
She's Got a Fahrschein
... refinery and military hardware factories it was heavily bombed during WWII. When the DDR rebuilt the city, it was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt (until after reunification) and was meant to be an example of the model East German city. That has left it with a really interesting mix of early European architecture and communist era housing and architecture. I enjoyed seeing the two ...
A good Friday
... F). We walked a lot up and down and through the formations.
We then drove to the Czech boder where we had seen shop "Free Shops" from the train earlier in our trip. I thought these might be good places for souvenir shopping but it was just shops for Germans to purchase alcohol, cigarettes, perfume and a few other goods at a lower tax rate. Crossing ...
Slower day
... Anyway, they have been gracious and we have enjoyed our stay here. Still have 2 more nights here.
Today we visited a "Time Travel" museum back to the days of East Germany. Very interesting museum of 4 floors packed with everything imaginable from the DDR days from lawnmowers to automobiles, all types of consumer goods, furniture, appliances, you name it. They had rooms set up like food markets, houses, ...