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Background: 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.

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By DanMons
August 24th 2008

23rd Aug - Black Forest

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St Blasien Dom

Today was our ‘black forest’ adventure day. We were going to look around the town we had stayed in for the night in Switzerland but when we headed towards all the buildings all of a sudden we found we were crossing the border into Germany! The customs man asked us if we had anything to declare?! I’m not quite sure what you’re supposed to declare between two bordering countries like that! Anyway, we started our big black forest tour at St Blasien where we had a look at the massive church/Dom there. It was completely white on the inside and looked [View Full Entry]

By Miri1988
August 22nd 2008

11 days to go

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Mannheim

Hey hey hey, fiiinally: It's only 11 more days to go! We just made our final planning, booked some of the hotels we'll stay in and tried to find out some special places to go. Our flight is starting at 10p.m. on Sep 2 and we will arrive in Jakarta at 6p.m. on Sep 2. We will directly fly to Yogyakarta that night and cure our jetlag the next day :P On Sep 6 we will fly to Bali and travel around for 14 days and fly to Bangkok on Sep 18. This is when the huge shopping-party is beginning [View Full Entry]

By ACDC World Tour
August 19th 2008

The Black Forest To Bolton - The Journey Home

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Black Forest

The Black Forest
Our journey back home began with some wonderful scenery and lovely German villages.

Unbelievably, the time had finally arrived for us to head home and drive leisurely back through the rest of mainland Europe to the Channel Tunnel. We were experiencing mixed feelings at this point; on the one hand, we were really looking forward to seeing our family and friends again and getting back to a “normal” life. On the other, we’d grown quite used to this extended and extensive holiday - what’s not to like?!! Our journey got off to a confusing start as the border between Switzerland and Germany isn’t a straight line but the road we took was. This result [View Full Entry]

By snapshotpoet
August 18th 2008

bodensee_02

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Radolfzell

rheinfall_01

Freitag haben wir nicht mehr viel gemacht, kann mich nicht mal dran erinnern.... ach doch, kuchen backen. Samstag rumhängen, Kaffee trinken mit den leckeren Kuchen. Danach ins Strandbad. und abends krass schick essen gehen, weil den 70. meiner oma nachfeiern. das war ein teures essen... aber ich hatte leckeren wein, zucchini und auberginen alla calabrese mit mozzarella überbacken, und mousse au chocolat als nachtisch. krass. sonntag noch frühstücken, packen, verabschieden. dann nach stuttgart in den zoo. wo ich mal wieder mega mega menschenhass verspürte. diese ganzen kids, die sich sowi [View Full Entry]

By libbychat
August 17th 2008

Two weeks in Germany

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg

Marketplatz Mannheim
Outdoor market

Ran around Germany for a couple of weeks, enjoying the beer gardens and catching up with friends. [View Full Entry]

By snapshotpoet
August 15th 2008

bodensee_01

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Radolfzell

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am 8. august sind wir- a., h. und ich- von wilhelmshaven nach göttingen gefahren. wie immer mit mega-proppe-vollem zug zwischen oldenburg und bremen und einer stunde aufenthalt in hannover (wo wir uns mit überteuertem kaffee, dr. pepper und ekelhafter pizza die zeit vertrieben). in göttingen angekommen war es aber sehr nett. irgendwie endete es doch wieder in bier, rumhängen und fernsehen. a. und ich sind dann auch gegen oo30h ganz fertig ins bett gefallen, haben dann aber doch noch bis 3ooh gequatscht. samstag hab ich vormittags patrick besucht, der mich auf krücken und wieder diversen ki [View Full Entry]

By Matt in Deutschland
August 13th 2008

Germany or Bust

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Radolfzell

Radolfzell Garden

My adventure in Germany has officially started. After spending the couple of days in DC with my Dad my program seminar started. I met all of the participants from all over the country. The ages are mostly 1 year out of college or just finished college. Everyone I have met is really nice and I have had a really good time getting to know people from states I have never been to. The seminar at Georgetown took was about 2 days. We went to lectures about culture shock and more details about the program. On the second day the program director [View Full Entry]

By DanMons
August 11th 2008

8th August - Heidelberg

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Heidelberg

Steve & Daniel

Today we finally arrived in Heidelberg to a nice camping spot near the Rhine. We drove down the Rhine from our previous camping ground and stopped at a town called Rodesheim. Along the way we saw some really nice scenery and heaps of castles - it seems there was a castle for every village. We stopped at Rodesheim as it looked like a nice town. We went to a castle there which had been converted into a wine museum. We took the audio tour and it was fascinating. They had all sorts of equipment for the making of wine, right back [View Full Entry]

By Tokma
August 11th 2008

2nd Week in Germany

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Schwäbisch Hall

Stuttgart
This is picture is of me when I went ot visit the Mercedes-Benz Museum

Hi, I'm writing to reflect another week in Germany. Let’s see, I have been in Stuttgart last week and have some pictures to add that are pretty cool. I also got to explore the little town that I currently reside in and its surroundings. I will elaborate on it at I add the pictures. Life in Germany seems to be going pretty good. I think that I have adopted living here quite well. One thing that I have heard some people wishing that they had is a car. I mean it would be nice and more convenient, but not necessary. The [View Full Entry]

By garrettnb
August 5th 2008

Gussenstadt.

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Ulm

Saturday: Today we spent the day in Ulm. Ulm is the birthplace of Albert Einstein, and is home to the worlds tallest church steeple. We climbed the 160 meters skyward to the top of the Ulmer Munster which is almost 700 years old. Because of all the Turkish people in Germany, there are as many Doner restaurants as there are Sushi Restaurants in Vancouver. So we ate donair for lunch… again. I’ve had it probably 10 times in the last few weeks! Walked some of the wall in Ulm then back to Gusenstadt where we are staying currently. Upon our return [View Full Entry]

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