Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 657

Geo: 52.5235, 13.4115 GÜN 17 Günlerden Pazartesi Saat 05:30 da uyandım. Kahvemi hazırladım . Aracı toparladım. Yakıtımı aldım ve yola çıktım.... MIO bir yerde sapıttı fakat derhal müdahale edip doğru yolu bulduk. Bu arada bir bilgi verelim. GPS kullanımı ilk bakışta çok kolay gözükmesine rağmen ,benim gibi çok sık kullananlar, bu aletin yola çıkmadan önce mutlaka iyi incelenmesi gerektiğini geç te olsa öğrenmektedir. Genelde eğilimimiz aleti suçlama yönünde olmaktadır . Halbuki alet, biz ne dersek onu yapmaktadır. Bir kere ,aletin haritasını mutlaka yenileyiniz. Yenilemediğiniz taktirde ,ortadan kalkan yolları görünce hem siz sapıtırsınız ,hem de alet ... Madde bir.... en güncel haritaları kullanınız... Madde iki ....aleti... read more

Hello All! Life has taken it's twists & turns recently, but somehow I safely made it to Köln in one piece! Well, I'm actually staying with this amazing guy, David, right outside of Cologne in a prompt town called Hürth. Just a 15 minute tram ride to the heart of Cologne, which makes it perfect for me to progress in my new novel, ''Twilight.'' I finished studying in Berlin and explored everything from art museums to concentration camps to the animal park. I was fortunate enough to meet with 2 ladies from Parliament and a German author. All very intriguing people with different views on the world. Alongside learning much about Germany, I learned more about the U.S. and all the cruel things Pres. Bush is/has done. Ironically, environmental issues seem to arise, yet Berlin is ... read more

Our assult on Munchen coincided with a gigantic lesbian street festival, highlighting the party vibe you'd expect from ze crazy Germans. We quickly assimilated, scoffing bratwurst and swilling Lowenbraus in the street surrounded by The Village People lookalikes and a host of latexed and feathered friends. Dinner involved a rowdy bier hall complete with a totally German menu and a menapausal bier wench. Thank god for the friendly locals and their exceptional translation skills. A day in Dachau Concentration Camp brought down the festive mood a bit whilst expanding our intelligence for the first time in months. It's been raining solidly for a week. What happenned to the European summer? However, we discovered the world's most extensive collection of Belgian chocolates in concoctions of insane flavours that must been seen (and tasted) to be believed. We ... read more

On Friday afternoon we took the U-Bahn from St Pauli Backpackers, the hostel where we´d stayed, to the Hauptbahnhof, and caught a train for Berlin. On the train we ran into some eighteen year old backpackers from Florida. The Americans we do run into come uniformly from the southern states, for some reason. We chatted with them for the ride (they told us about how they´d liked Sweden), though I was tempted again and again back to my book. The Book of Lost Things, it´s called, kind of a twisted Alice in Wonderland thing. It may be set aside though; I recently purchased Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep by Philip K Dick and I´m really looking forward to it. I read A Scanner Darkly in like two days, a few days ago. Couldn´t put it ... read more

Saksalainen arkkitehtiopiskelija, jonka olin tavannut Suomessa keväällä, kutsui minut Darmstadtissa pidettäviin bileisiin. Lähdin perjantai-iltapäivällä Berliinistä kohti lounasta. Tällä kertaa suuntasin pikkuteitä pitkin. Yövyin Rudolstadt-nimisessä pikkukaupungissa. Lauantaina rauhallista tahtia maaseututeitä eteenpäin. Pikkukyliä oli poikkeuksetta vähintään 5 km välein. Tämä maa on täynnä niitä! Saavuin illalla Darmstadtiin ja juhlat olivat juuri alkamaisillaan. Ihan perusmeininki, paitsi että kaikki joi vain olutta ihan niin kuin se olisi ollut maailman ainoa alkoholijuoma. Kulttuurieroja, heh... Niin ja kaikki puhui tietenkin saksaa. Yritin välillä aloitaa kuskustelua englanniksi, mutta puolen minuutin jälkeen kieli oli jo vaihtunut takaisin saksaksi. No, olin ajamisesta väsynyt ja vetäydyin jo aikaisessa vaiheessa nukkumaan.... read more