Maritim Hotel Magdeburg

Riding 385 miles on motorways from Rotterdam to Magdeburg on the first day is a sure recipe for one thing. Numb bum. I've always though that no matter what you do about your saddle it's always your backside that has to acclimatise itself to the saddle, not the other way around. It also doesn't feel much like an adventure. But as the plan is to get to Central Asia as quickly as possible, needs must. I had lots of ...

... While I was outside on the phone the travelers ask if the group would trust some strangers or would we just invited them to stay with them, my mom said “yes, why not”. So the guy asked her about the reason. She told him that she learned that from her daughter and her travels and that we already had travelers staying at our place. When I came back I told her that Jay arrived and she added and we actually have a guy from America staying at our ...

Noch genau 10 Tage bis zum Abflug. Bis auf ein 3-tägiges Blockseminar in der nächsten Woche habe ich jetzt keine Seminare mehr. Eigentlich sollte etwas Wehmut aufkommen, schließlich ist nun meine Zeit an der Universität vorbei, aber so wirklich habe ich wohl noch nicht begriffen, dass nun ein Lebensabschnitt zu Ende geht. Na ja, drei Hausarbeiten, ein Essay, eine ...

... and drawing books. Needless to say how happy and excited I was already seeing radiant kids`faces in front of my inner eye. Anja doesn't know yet that she'll have a 50% share of this to carry, hehe. Another funny incident that occurred to me was meeting Claudia on a party last Saturday. She went to Delhi for a 6 months internship and decided at the end that she wasn't ready to leave yet. Hence, she enrolled at an Indian ...

Tobi has been in India since July 22nd (or 23rd?) and now he is somewhere by Delhi cruising around on his moped. Haha very awesome!! He is the embodiment of the word "easy going". Hopefully he will be there to pick us up from the airport on September 1st!!! Tobi we trust you!! However, I haven't heard from you ever since I read about those heavy monsoon rains in India (more than 50 people were killed)... Oh ...

Packing our stuff and trying to put it into the car we realized, that the car is too small... or do we want to carry to much stuff with us????Could be, but Alex would say that the only person with too much baggage is me. Perhaps he`s right but who knows about the weather the next time? To be prepared for every case I feel confident. Anyway, the car was cramed from the top to the bottom. We left Magdeburg in a very good mood in the afternoon, looking forward to have a great trip.

... Eltern und mein Schwesterherz wegen der starken Nerven :-) ***************************** Yippy today is departure day. My backpack is already packed ... okay the usual 95% ;-) And of course there are too much clothes *hehe* Thanks god the train drivers stopped the strike for today (?). So just 8 hours to leave for Berlin Tegel. Cape Town - I'm coming and I'm looking forward to my first jump into the the Atlantic Ocean in this year :-))))

Nur noch 2,5 Wochen bis zum Abflug nach Südafrika -:-) Und ich versuche mal ganz "in" zu sein und eröffne den 2.000.009ten Travelogue im www. Dieser Trip zur südlichen Erdkugel soll dokumentiert werden - damit die Daheimgebliebenen sich mitfreuen können ;-)

I and Ju
Yeong met on the internet at a website for pen pals. We exchanged emails and
pictures. After a few mails she told me about he plans to come to Europe and
that she will travel through the continent for a few month. She also wanted to
come to Germany and she asks me if I would like to meet up while she is in my
country. "I would love to" I wrote back to her and ask her which cities she
will visit and where we could meet. Ju Yeong ...

Construction of the Magdeburg Cathedral, the first Gothic cathedral in the German-speaking world, began in 1209 and finished in 1520. An archaeological dig is now in progress inside the cathedral, investigating the remnants of an older Romanesque church which was built on the same site in 937 and which burned down in 1207. You will see some ...