Blogs from Hamburg, Germany, Europe - page 28

Today was another amazing day in the city! I got a late start (SOMEONE woke up late...) and Joe came over around 11:30, 12. Bryan was waiting for Mike who was just gettin in the shower, and I had already been waiting for hours... so we decided to split up. I went with Joe and later on Bryan and Mike went off together too. Joe and I took the U Bahn to Jungfernstieg. When you take the stairs up from the station the view is absolutely breathtaking.. all you see is water, right in front of you, boats, etc. Its not a dock, but its just indescribable. I forgot to take a picture of it, but maybe tomorrow. We got breakfast/lunch at one of the few places that were open, then walked around.. alot. We made ... read more

"Number 31 please" sagte der kleine alte Japaner der ein Hornbrille trug und dessen Haare, die nur noch vereinzelt auf seinem Kopf zu finden waren, so weiss waren wie sein frische gebuegelt wirkendes Hemd an dem eine Plastikkarte mit seine Namen auf Japanisch und der Aufschrift 'BOARDER CONTROL" befestigt war. Jetzt war es also so weit nach dieser Passkontrolle wuerde ich offiziell Japanischen Boden betreten und damit den ersten Schritt auf meiner Reise um die Welt tun. Nur noch wenige Schritte und das Land des Laechelns wuerde mir zu Fuessen liegen. Im warsten sinne des Worte denn mit meinen 175, so glaube ich ueberschreite ich die durchschnittsgroese der Japanischen Bevoelkerung. Doch fangen wir erst einmal dor wo alles begann. Am 12.01.1981 erblickte ich im wunderschoenen Hamburg das Licht der Welt. Ein Wonneproppen von 3 Kilo. Meine ... read more

Its been a busy couple of weeks here with lots of friendly faces! I have spent this week trying to get back to normal with school and I have now started my German language class twice a week at nights. I skipped a couple of levels from September so that is promising and im looking forward to improving my skills even more! I am continuing to apply for internships in the spring and finish up my MBA applications for next year. I still find myself with a lot of time! I am trying to appreciate the fact that I am able to sit around for an entire day and do nothing. But as many of you know, I am an active busy person and this is quite hard for me. But I have lots of fun ... read more

After finally dragging myself away from Amsterdam with a heavy heart I found myself back in Germany, this time in Hamburg to catch up with friends I had made while trekking the Colca Canyon in Peru, Jorn and Ingrid. Once again the red carpet was rolled out for my arrival, almost to the point where I couldn't help but blush. I will be so deeply indebted to my European friends by the time my travels are over that I may well need to train and maintain an auxiliary staff of helper monkeys to adequately repay the favour if any of them come out to visit Australian shores. In all seriousness, I have experienced some fine hospitality in Australia many times, but my experiences in Europe have literally left me speechless on occasion. I wouldn't be able ... read more

More friends!!! Manu and Hanna made the longest trip for our wedding last year, and we were honored! Their place in Hamburg was beautiful. We played while they were at work (I know, everybody's working while we're playing). We hope they don't notice all the cups and silverware we took! KT and I tried to start an exercise routine by walking/jogging around the beautiful lake around Manu and Hanna's place. We were so sore after the 8k loop, we promptly took 5 days off! I guess we'll give exercise some rest for now. We were also lucky enough to celebrate Manu's birthday with him at their flat. We also went to a wonderful dinner with some of their friends. It was Mallorcan themed, with 4 or 5 courses including what we think was rabbit. Manu also ... read more