As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro. To be updated
May 16th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich Hello all! As many of you know, I am travelling in Europe right now and promised to keep you all up to date with some kind of travelblog. So here it is . Obviously if any of you no longer want ... 65 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Weiden May Day (May 1st) is a national holiday in Germany. We went to a nearby town, Weiden, for their annual festival. We saw carnival rides and lots of great food. We brought Inmate so the rides were ou ... 7 photos[full story]
May 3rd 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Eschenbach Spring has finally arrived in Bavaria!! The sun comes up around 5am and doesn't set until after 9pm! It's amazing!! Here are a few spring pictures, including Romas mowing the lawn with our electric ... 12 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Oberwesel We left Amsterdam today and drove to Germany... happy to be leaving the country where it costs money to go to the bathroom. Though we did encounter some very interesting toilets in the Netherlands, i ... 16 photos[full story]
May 11th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate Bright and early on Mother’s Day, we head north towards the Rhine River. The bus drops us off in Rüdesheim where we meet up with the Loreley cruise ship. We settle in on the upper level, shade ... 57 photos[full story]
May 15th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich Munich or Muenchen, the heartbeat of Bavaria. Living in Freising (and studying at the TUM Technical university of munich) ons has to take the time to come here and this is exactly what I did on the fi ... 12 photos[full story]
May 15th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich 5/15/08
I have absolutely LOVED every aspect of Munich! Its beautiful, friendly, they speak English, they don’t take life too seriously and they have a great love of beer which is evident dow ... [full story]
May 15th 2008Europe » Germany » District of Berlin » Berlin After saying farewell to my buddies in Amsterdam and venturing out on my own via the overnight train to Berlin (this train could have gone longer and i would not have complained- i had a bed car and w ... [full story]
May 14th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Berchtesgaden We made a day trip to the Eagles nest in Berchtesgadel to see the Tea House give to Hitler for his 50th Birthday. As it turns out he was afraid of heights and rarely visited... ... 24 photos[full story]
May 14th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich (Slower please!)
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a learning curve. Please note that this "curve" is actually more of a ninety degree angle - which makes the "curve" more of an "obstacle resembling a wa ... [full story]
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