Relexa Hotel Harz - Wald Braunlage

... of steel were so hot and heavy!

We listened in German which got hard after about 1 hour because focusing was difficult. It was probably a lot more interesting to the Civil and Mechanical Engineers. In any case it was a neat place to visit but I definitely did not feel like they have too many other safety precautions in place. I stayed between the "yellow walking lines" but sometimes I felt as if my shoes would melt from the hot floor!

I feel like there is so much more to organize, so much more to do... Ran a few errands today, but actually I am all set. Tomorrow I`ll get the ultimate India haircut and then I am ready for take off ;) A few days ago I went to the bank and picked up thousands of Indian Rupees, haha. It felt weird to hold a 1000 Rs bill in my hand, although that is worth only around 15 Euros. And as I was there at the bank I thought I could ...

... and malaria stories) freak me out. So today decided I will take some malaria prophylaxis too... just in case.... Or maybe I can take those Malaria pills ahead so I will be resistant to those beasts. Does anybody know?? I need to find out. So I was filled with anticipation and excitement this afternoon. Hence, I started to test-pack: 1 pair of zipp off pants (another one I will be wearing) 2 sweaters, which ...

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... dinner and then went to a brewery for a few beers with Erica's friend Vladimir who is from El Salvador. On Friday morning, I accompanied Erica to the nearby town of Goslar. Goslar is a UNESCO protected city, which means it is being preserved because of its cultural significance. From the Middle Ages until 1986, Goslar was a mining town. As a result of the mine, the town was pretty important, and was even one of the cities the Kaiser ...

... most of the time. So I decided to go on a short vacation that time.

My Indian pen pal told me about that couchsurfing a couple of month ago. So I wanted to try it. I was thinking about a destination, some place I always wanted to visit but never did. That’s why I chose London.

I booked a ticked and one week later I was on my way to the airport.

... the crowds. Despite the throng of people the scen**y out of our window was stunning, the ev** increasing amounts of snow an indication of our increasing altitude during the roughly 1 hour run up to the summit of the Brocken. It was unbelievable how many people w**e coming off our little train when we reached the t**minus, with thousands of people exploding out onto the little platform. At the summit is the old Soviet lookout and listening post, which has been conv**ted into a ...

... ved to our seat as part of the 1st class s**vice and we enjoyed them as we travelled down the riv** valley to G**many. Some sloppy halts and a long** than necessary crew change in the Czech Republic delayed our train so we arrived in Dresden some 7 minutes late. Normally this isn't such a big deal but with our connecting ICE (Electric tilting v**sion) leaving only 9 minutes aft** our scheduled arrival we w**e anxious about this connection ...

After just a short time in Mainz I went North to visit my friend Andi at my first university in the Harz mountains. And it wasn't even raining there! Normally Clausthal gets so much rain and fog that you hardly see the sun - and I have 3 years of experience to be able to say it's true :-)

... my journey to New Caledonia to friends as an adventure meant to be a process of discoveries without preconceived ideas and without positive or negative foregone conclusions. That entails discovering, being able to assimilate and being able to adapt to new culture, weather, food and concepts of life with a "time will tell at the end". This is my main baggage as I land some 50 km north of Noumea. Retrieval of luggage after the proverbial wait ...