Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 131

A late but worthy entry nonetheless. I didnt haul my discs halfway across the globe not to use them so i was determined to get a round in somewhere. I foolishly didnt think about it in Munich but made sure i got my A into G in Berlin. It was an early 8am Sunday morning round at the beautiful Falkspark Rehburg in Wedding, North Berlin, it was lightly raining which as always made for testing conditions. The park is huge and my friendly discgolf local Stephen Defty (ex USA) informed me that they have about 8 regularly played and marked courses throughout the park but with only 2 permanent baskets. There were a few travelling Americans also playing that morning so made for two groups of 5, my group consisted of the local grand master Steve, ... read more

hi folk. quick updates: it turns out that i'm going home a little earlier than i had originally planned, for various reasons, but essentially it boils down to the fact that 8 weeks away from home in a foreign country is long enough for me. so, i'm going home on wednesday, august 23rd, exactly two weeks from today, and i'm glad. in the meantime, though, i'm going to pack in as much as i can before i leave. tomorrow i'm going to Bonn to visit my (german) friend Tom, who was a grad student in the history department at UW for one year, and is now finishing up his degree at the university in Bonn. it should be fun, and i'm looking forward to speaking some german with actual germans, though i have a feeling that ... read more

Sorry......just amusing myself there. lacking any sort of creative vibe I was set to resort to the standard 'Ich bin ein Berliner' as the title for this entry. However, being the shocking speller that I am (yes Mel, I know.....even with English) I was just doing a quick google check of my spelling (which miraculously I had correct) when I came across a few articles debating whether Kennedy had declared that he was a jelly doughnut, or if (as intended) he had told all that he was 'at one' with the people of Berlin. As it turns out, the same phrase can be used for both - as a Berliner is (or at least was) a popular doughnut in Germany. While I like the idea of the president declaring himself to be a doughnut......of course that ... read more

Lübeck - Hamburg - Berlin (Train) 3 August Berlin currently has the newest and most modern hauptbahnhof (main train station) in the world. Finished in time for the world cup crowd, it is built behind the equally impressive Reichstag (the German parliament) in the once vacant land that was the divide between East and West. We loved Berlin when we were here in 2001. There was much construction being undertaken 5 years ago and progress was evident. Although the German’s are also very considered in their planning and will deliberate a long time on all aspects of any project to ensure it is the best use of the space. The former “death strips” between the walls, which separated East and West Berlin, has given a united Berlin something unique to any modern city: a large area ... read more

Greetings all, I'm not really sure how I want to go about doing this travel journal yet, in fact the only reason I'm starting right now is because I inadvertently bought 120 minutes worth of internet time at this piece of shit internet cafe at the hostel I'm staying at in Frankfurt. The reason I did so was to charge my mp3 player, little did I know the damn computers are boarded up. So I'm unable to upload more pictures. Anyhow, this is neither here nor there. On Tuesday afternoon, I flew in to Berlin Schoenefeld airport from London. Upon arriving there, I spent about 20 minutes waiting at the wrong baggage pickup area. I then spent the next 2 to 3 hours wandering around the airport train station pondering which train to catch into central ... read more