Ramada Treff Ubersee Hotel Bremen

... the lard/fat stuff on the table was for. <br><br>We walked around some more, past another square area. We found the famous statue of the Donkey, Dog, Cat and Rooster near the town hall. The statue is from the Brothers Grimm tale of The Town Musicians. We never made it to the harbor or to the Universum Bremen science center since we had to get back for an event in Braunschweig. It was a fun day and I will definitely go back to explore more, maybe with a better plan for the day!

... br><br>So after once it hit about 830 and the light was out I packed up and started walking again towards our office in Bremen, it actually was really close. Google Maps had its first bad experience; it made me walk 5 blocks down, 3 blocks up, 3 blocks back to the wrong address. I knew the correct one from an email from Sven. I put this address in and Google maps took me to the wrong place but correct road to I kept walking to the correct address and ...

... cute. The centre has lots of old buildings that are pretty. It also has a area that has all little windy streets which is pretty cool. Oh yeah, Becks beer is also from this area and they have a brewery here,<br> <br> I really have just wandered around the town and rested up as I needed a bit if a break before heading up to Scandinavia in the next few days. This was a nice little town to do that in - aside from the excessive rain today it has been pretty good.

... is the same, we can all come together on common ground.<br><br>interesting to think about when just today our cross cultural mgt professor was talking about divisions in Europe. take for instance the conflict along the Serbian-Croatian border takes it roots from when Christian crusaders sacked Constantinople... nights like tonight serve as proof that with understanding, compassion and a little booze, the world might know peace.

... around for 2 hrs we stumbled upon an Irish pub and paid 4.10 euro for a perfect 42 degree Guinness.<br><br>it was worth every penny...<br><br>after the beverage. we caught the second to last bus back to the hotel. all is well and the weekend plans to Dublin a shaping up. St James Gate here i come.

I visited my new University today! <br><br>I was due on campus at 11 A.M to meet the coordinator of my summer program, but I ended up leaving my apartment slightly behind schedule. It's an easy commute though, I basically walked across the street and down a few blocks to the University. Although, map in hand, somehow I still managed to get lost once I got to campus, overshooting where I was supposed to go, and needing to backtrack a little. The extra walking was unfortunate because it was ...

... and finding meat-free food?) before returning to Northern California in late September. So! That's the background info, and now to the blog! <br><br>California to Europe is a long flight! Though since I flew KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) it was amusing watching "17 again" subtitled in Dutch. They had good-ish food, but I was more impressed when they went around at 10pm (San Francisco time) to hand out ice cream! I'd never gotten ice cream on a plane before. Also, we didn't ...

... on my way to Bremen, taking 2 ferries, chatting with one couple on one of the ferry's who were touring the area on bicycle with their 2 children. While waiting at the second ferry I met Karl who was returning home from touring Sweden on his motorcycle. He was returning early as the weather was terrible there. We chatted quite a while as this ferry ride was longer. I saw so much beauty and unique buildings during this drive, stuff that the ...

... and I went with Eurobiz to Bonn...actually we didn't sign up with them we just took the train with them and saw the sights by ourselves. Esther and Maggie had signed up so they followed the exchange students around the city! The first portion of the train ride went well...just until we had to transfer in Hamm. Saturday was the first day of the carnaval in Köln so when the train arrived, it was PACKED with people all dressed up, drinking like crazy and some were ...

... come to an end. I'll certainly be out in Bremen tomorrow night for the big game against Croatia. My sister's boyfriend Darko is of Croatian stock so he'll be running the gauntlet alone sat amongst my family and maybe 60 other English as we watch the game in Heggarty's. But then, alas, I must be off. I hope to be back on the road before another weekend kicks in. If I stay any longer I just may have to take up the offer of bar work to settle my ever increasing bar ...