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.
July 6th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Bingen am Rhein Nuestro recorrido por el fascinante Rin Romántico terminó en la ciudad de .
Esta ciudad debe su nombre a Hildegard von Bingen, considerada la primera bióloga alemana, la primera médica y la primer ... 20 photos[full story]
July 6th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Bingen am Rhein El tramo del río Rin que va desde Koblenz hasta Bingen, es conocido como el . Fue declarado patrimonio de la humanidad en el 2002 por la UNESCO y debe su nombre a que es un tramo zigzagueante del río, ... 15 photos[full story]
July 5th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Koblenz Todavía shockeados por el tamaño de la salchicha que se comió nuestro querido tío Gaby en la Marcha del Orgullo Gay, nos levantamos por la mañana a desayunar. El comedor donde estaba servido el desayu ... 20 photos[full story]
April 27th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Sankt Goar Welcome back to the TravelBlog! Yes, I am still alive!
It has been six months since my last trip, six months since I arrived in London aboard the Eurostar from Paris.
So it seems only fair that I s ... 17 photos[full story]
July 2nd 2006Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Trier Trier is a magical place where history maniacs (like myself) can step back in time to the era of the Late Roman Empire or the age of Charlemagne.
The ruins of the amphiteather are incredible, but the ... 7 photos[full story]
June 15th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Koblenz
It all happened faster than the eye could comprehend. One second Christie was behind me, the next she was on the ground. The thing was, I caused it and that wasn't so good. Before today we'd on ... [full story]
June 14th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Bacharach
When people talk about 'Cycling the Rhein', this is the section they talk about from Mainz down to Cologne. Just beyond Mainz, the river narrows as it passes through a range of hills, and because ... [full story]
June 13th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Mainz It was with some irony that after my last long blog, I stepped out of the internet cafe in Mannheim, only to be hit by yet another shower of rain. Still we had a lovely hostel to keep us dry and all ... [full story]
June 10th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Koblenz PHOTOS TO COME
A fair journey on the bus, arrived Koblenz in a beautiful 30/32 degrees which was much appreciated. Tents quickly up on a pitch with a beautiful view onto the river, the castle an ... [full story]
June 24th 2008Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Bacharach Just a few days here in the Rhine Valley - stayed in a nice, central hotel in Bacharach with a huge suite but it was all rather odd in it's decor..........! Had 3 nights here in all, spent the days t ... 31 photos[full story]
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