Blogs from Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Europe
May 16th 2012
Nagy ko esett le a szivemrol, amikor a csapat jelentos resze ertekelheto, mas resze kiemelkedo es egy kisebb resze produkalt csak ertekelhetetlen vegzos masszazst a tanari palyafutasom elso hivatalos tanfolyama vegen. Ranyomtam a Sunshine Networkos szepseges pecsetet az oklevelekre, volt akik a karjara, volt aki a homlokara is kert:) es nem sok teketoria utan elindultunk Ralph-hoz kavezni. Az utunk a kikototn keresztul vezetett, ahol hatalmas tomeg gyult ossze a Hamburgi eves Kikoto Szulinap alkalmabol - unnepeltek a kikotot b'jos standokon pialassal, hatamas husok bekebelezesevel, reszeg tivornyaval a jo nemetek, oroszok, lengyelek es egyeb eszaki tengeresz nepek, nagy fekete tomott sorokban vidamkodott mindenki, uszkosodott a baranysult, duborgott a punk-sramli. Mi semlegesen atsasszeztunk a tomegen, es kicsit feljebb, a tengeri setanyra nezo ablakkal, verandaval megaldott kis laka... read more
March 24th 2012
Ahogy a tanfolyam elindult, kiderult hogy milyen jo kis helyen vagyunk voltakeppen. A Reeperbahn vigalmi hangulatat, Sankt Pauli karcos-harcos-dacos antiglob vilagat maga mogott hagyja a kalariba latogato, es amint a vasajto becsukodik, teljes csond es nyugalom uralkodik a kis agyagbirodalomban. Reggelente az uccso bulizokat epp elcsipve erkeztek a tanitvanyok meditaciora, melyet Csabi remek gerinkimelo ashtangaja kovetett - rendre rekordokat dontogetve, 5-10 fos csoportoknak, mely azert nagy szam, mert 1) kora reggel van, 2) a kalariban 2-3-8 fos csoportokat lattunk edzeni barmit is (bar ok fizettek erte, a mienk pedig a program resze). A kis ebed szunetunket altalaban a szomszedos pidesnel toltottuk, itt is megtalaltuk a torok papat-mamat, akik ugy helyeziuk a spenotos-kecskesajtos pidet a steinoffen-be, ahogy azt csak anatolia szulottje kepes. Nincs az a mikrohullam, melynek az energi... read more
March 18th 2012
Sziasztok, Marc 17. - ismet uton, Csabival rovid urutazas utan megerkeztunk Hamburgba, az eszaki hanza varosok egyikebe. Lucie parja, Kai fogadott a repteren, es bevitt a leendo lakhelyunkre, valamint a tanfolyamunk helyszinere, a Sankt Pauli nevu hirhedt vigalmi negyed kozepen, tobb gay kino es ketes hiru lebuj kozott csendesen meghuzodo Sutra Collective nevezetu Keralai kulturalis es harcmuveszeti kozpontba, egy tradicionalis Kalariba. A hely minden del indiai muveszetnek ottohnt ad - kathakali, azaz szinhaz es isteni atlenyegules, tancok, kalaripayattu nevu tradicionalis harcmuveszet, acroyoga Lucieval, es holnaptol pedig vipassana, ashtanga es thaimasszazstol leszhangos abaratsagos kis epulet. A hely egyebkent egy fogadoterembol, zuhanyok es oltozokbol, kis konyhabol all, majd innen lep be az ember a kalariba, mely egy dongolt agyag aljzatu, homokos agyaggal kikent terem, majdnem... read more
January 28th 2012
What a day! wasn't really much here in Hamburg that I wanted to see but wanted to make it a base to see a few places out around. Wanted to go a bit east and see some of the old Hanseatic cities on the Baltic coast, see something a little different than the usual big city spots I go to. So after some research I decided on Lubeck, Wismar and Stralsund. Sadly Stralsund is close to 3 hrs away by slow train so that was a bit too far for a day trip esp this time of year with very short days. So anyhow got up at the crack of dawn (which thankfully is around 8!) and trudge to the train station to see how to get around. In Germany they have these great little tickets ... read more
January 27th 2012
ok so i've been bad so far this trip. Been to Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and surrounds so far. first I forgot that my computer has a three pronged plug and my adapter doesn't take those - just regular two prongs. so i had no computer for hte first few days. Then I finally got that fixed (fixed=scraping out the adapter and then jamming the plug in. That was a couple days ago and I just had two busy days in Copenhagen and was too tired to blog. Also, my small bag (manbag) the zipper broke the first day! I'm so rotted. I can still open adn close it but the zipper is separating from the bag so one of these times its just going to conk out. Hopefully it'll last another week. Anyways, guess I'll start ... read more
December 1st 2011
A new day, more adventures. It's not even 5am when Monica wakes me up. YES she won a meet and greet in Hamburg. That would be three days in a row, but who cares, we love it anyway. I now had time to give my presents. We packed the car and we waited for Hannah to arrive so we could go, Finally on the road, having a great time with the three of us. We smiled, and loudly sang along with the Spencer Bell CD's i brought. It's the best thing to do, just singing along with your favorite music, together with people they actually know it. By the time we arrived in Hamburg, we had to find a parking space, and I can assure you, that's not easy to do. After driving around in circles ... read more
November 20th 2011
Im staubgesaugten "Recreation-Zimmer" mit Blick auf Sonnenuntergang in der Birke : Indonesien ist auch spannend, habe gerade die Reihenfolge der Inseln gelernt. Gestern bei "meinem" Reisebüro Globetrotter (immerhin 50,-€ für Beratung bezahlt) folgende Neuuigkeiten erfahren: 1. Es geht wohl nur mit dem "One World" ticket, alle anderen Alliancen fliegen nicht so wie ich will. Eventuell gibts im Dez. eine Änderung weil eine Fluglinie dazukommt. 2. Ich muss nix vorbuchen und umbuchen kostet nix. 3. Wahrscheinlich folgender Plan: Juli: Berlin (Weil ich vom Reisebüro STA-travel wusste, dass es geht, Globetrotter wollte mich immer von Frankfurt losschicken) Madrid-Quito August+September: surface bis Salta- Iquazu-Buenos Aires-Santiago de Chile Oktober+November:-Neuseeland+surface????? Novenmber+Dezembermitte: Australien+surface ???? Dezember um Weihnachten rum: Bangkog+???? Ja... read more
September 23rd 2011
“I might see you again if I ever come to Germany one day” were my parting words as I waved goodbye to a German backpacker at Sydney airport 6 years ago. Not really expecting to make it here, I ventured off the Busabout route and caught the train to Hamburg to see Tatiana, her husband Stefan and little boy David. I worked with Tatiana at Ozjet Boating in 2005 and was blessed to enjoy 6 days of family life and German culture 20km’s out of the city. I know some of you think this has become a bit of a food blog, well food is a passion of mine, so get used to the food frenzy and someday I might be able to re-create the yummy flavours for you when I get back home! Food Quiz: ... read more
September 7th 2011
Our last match was against Hamburg HSV which is a Bundesliga Team. The bus ride took about an hour and a half and again as it was down the Autobahn the scenery was monotonous. Actually since leaving Bavaria Germany is surprisingly flat, in this northern part at least. Many of the houses seem more Dutch in style than those in we saw in Bavaria. Hamburg has a huge harbour industry in progress and the shipping containers and cranes dominated the view. It is the 3rd largest port in Europe. We also had to go through a tunnel which goes under the Elbe River. I was told it was built 100 years ago which seems very progressive. Again the autobahn didn't permit any views of the cities occupants we only saw a few plain apartment blocks closer ... read more
August 17th 2011
Bonjour à tous, Hambourg est la deuxième plus grande ville d'Allemagne et compte parmi les plus grands ports du monde. En se rendant au centre-ville, nous nous sommes promenés aux abords du Binnenalster. Ensuite, nous nous sommes rendus au Rathaus (hotel de ville), un des points centraux d'Hambourg. Il y avait entre autres une cour intérieure avec une belle fontaine. Nous avons également visité un autre attrait incontournable d'Hambourg, soit la St-Michealis Kirche. Puis nous nous sommes dirigés vers le port à St-Pauli-Landungsbucken pour faire un tour en bateau du port. Le port d'Hambourg est le plus grand port d'Allemagne et reste l'un des principaux ports d'échange internationnaux. Nous avons pu observer l'immensité du port ainsi que des navires en chargement. Il y avait une quantité incroyable de containers et de grues de chargeme... read more
