http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Skeebs/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Skeebs en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:58:21 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:58:21 UTC By the way you can always use this link here to check out my pictures.httpcommunity.webshots.comuserskeebs02vhostcommunity http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/blog-219270.html So last weekend the 1st through the 4th our group had an excursion to Berlin. It was great to finally ge there and see it after reading so much abour it in history books and always hearing about it.One of the best things about this excursion was even though it was a Furman excursion we didn't have to go to 8000 museums and 40000 other boring places while we were there. Frau Chew our Furman http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-219269.html Here's the link to my pics...httpgoodtimes.webshots.comalbum561159467sXtlSVvhostgoodtimes http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-213969.html I am going to warn all of you ahead of time this blog is going to be a long one.This past weekend was a long weekend and I spent it in Madrid. I had a really great time. Sallie and I flew in to Madrid Friday night and checked into our hostel. We were trying to meet up with Furman friends who were on their study abroad program there but had some difficulties contacting each other at first. Even http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-213954.html I'm going to try to keep this short because we are in the middle of midterms and I have tons of work to do but I have alot to tell.So this past weekend we went on a 3 day excursion through German wine country. I enjoyed it alot because it was much more laid back and relaxing and thw weather was much better. What was not better however was our transportation. Our bus driver was basically in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Trier/blog-211785.html Hey everyone Well since I last spoke to all of you 2 major thing happened.First of all I spent this past weekend in Vienna. Vienna was a really beautiful city and we had perfect weather the entire weekend. We got to see alot of great places while we were there you can see the pictures at httpgoodtimes.webshots.comalbum560986302hGnUGuvhostgoodtimes. We saw alot of churches parks an http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-210100.html Hello Everyone. I know itrsquos been while since Irsquove written my last blog but things have been rather busy here and I donrsquot think it will be slowing down anytime soon.From Sunday the 23rd until Sunday the 30th of September our group went on a tour of East Germany The Former DDRSoviet Occupied Zone. During those 8 days we visited a total of 9 cities Eisenach Erfurt Weimar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Bonn/blog-208275.html So since I have last written a few new things have happened. Not much happened last week during the week but I had a long weekend this past weekend and got to do a lot of really cool things.On Friday we had a tour of Beethovenrsquos birthplace right here in Bonn and then went to a ldquoBeethovenfestrdquo concert. The music was nice but it wasnrsquot his best stuff that they played a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Maastricht/blog-203984.html Hello Everyone. It hasnrsquot been so long since I last wrote a blog but a lot has actually happened in the meantime. I also have some pictures to share with everyone.Well on Friday we went on a short tour of the sights around the academy in Bonn. We got a lot of indepth history lessons and it was actually really interesting. Some of the more interesting facts about Bonn are It was the capi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Bonn/blog-201012.html Hello Everyone I'm pretty sure most of you know by now but some of you might not that I am spending my fall trimester in Bonn Germany. Bonn is a comparitively small Germany city not far from Cologne. I am staying in a small village within the city limits called Ueckesdorf. It's about a 20 minute bus ride from the center of Bonn. The family I am staying with is very nice. The father is a doct http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Bonn/blog-199847.html