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Europe » Germany » Saxony » Dresden June 29th 2008

Tag 1 bis 11 2.140 km von Galway Bei strahlendem Sonnenschein und 27 Grad sitzen wir im schoenen Pirna bei Dresden bei Daniel's Eltern und treffen die letzten Vorbereitungen. Morgen geht's nun endgueltig los! Bisher hat alles super geklappt, bis auf, dass wir in England fast unsere Faehre verpasst haetten (hatten in Wales ein tolles Castle entdeckt und sind natuerlich viel zu spaet von dort weitergefahren) und um ein Haar ohne Benzin liegengeblieben waeren (Autobahnausfahrt zur Tankstelle verpasst, nach abenteuerlicher Suche, x Meilen spaeter und - wie sich dann herausstellte - mit noch 300 ml (= Cola-Dose!) Benzin im Tank, fanden wir gluecklicherweise die Naechste!). Ich hatte gedacht, um Abenteuer zu erleben, muesste man nach Asien reisen, aber England reicht scheinbar auch ;-) Der Rest lief aber zum Glueck reibungslos. Von Hoek van Holland, wo unsere ... read more
Conwy Castle, Wales, UK
Schloss Paffendorf, near Juelich, Germany
Alt-Kaster, near Juelich

Europe » Germany June 28th 2008

So I know I have not written in a while...sorry. So after I spent another few nights in Berlin, which I extended my stay in because I loved it soo much. I had met this Aussie girl who had been traveling for 13 and half months!! I enjoyed her stories so much, however I do not think I will be doing that anytime soon. Berlin was amazing and I feel like I saw Berlin, however it is one of those cities you can go to a thousands times and never see the same thing twice. After Berlin I went on to Amsterdam which was a 6 and half hour train ride. I should of made a reservation for, there were very few seats on the trian, but I did find one. I talked to this couple ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 28th 2008

Letzte Etappe mit dem Zigarettentransporter (Kiew-Warschau) nach Berlin. Ich hab noch nie so viele Zigaretten auf ein mal gesehen. Und wo man in einem Zug überall was verstecken kann... Doof wurde es irgendwann, als ich aufwachte, mein Abteil keine Deckenverkleidung mehr hatte und man gerade die letzten Zigaretten dort zusammen suchte. Die Krone setzte dem ganzen aber der Schmuggler auf, der mich im Rauchteil nach einer Kippe fragte. Öhm, hast du nicht genug?... read more
So sieht ein Wagen schematisch aus
Radkontrolle mit Hämmerchen
Die Zugbegleiterin

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich June 27th 2008

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. The internet was finicky in Berlin, and in Fussen there was no internet! I should have been in Munich yesterday, but I got really sick my last night in Fussen so I decided to stay there for another night. It was kind of expensive, but I felt so horrible and, let's just say having my own bathroom to be sick in was much better than if I'd had to share. I had a lot of fun in Berlin and Fussen, and will hopefully put up a post for them soon, but here is my extra long Prague post, lol. I may not get to put to many pictures up because the internet here is kind of screwy too, but I will try :-) Praha Praha- ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 27th 2008

Mileage: 1000 miles After Matt had left for his interview in the UK, Lucy and I spent the day in Dortmund. Wandering the streets and browsing the market stalls, I picked up a cheap (no doubt fake) watch. We ate Currywurst (sausage in spiced sauce) before returning to the campsite. The following day, Lucy and I visited a modern art gallery which featured a wide range of mostly German pieces over the past 50 or so years. We visited an eiscafe and shared a really gorgeous chocolate ice cream in the warm sun. We wandered down to a park where we watched the ducks while waiting for the Germany/Turkey match to start. By the time we got to the square where the Fußballparty(!) was, it was heaving with Germany and Turkey fans who had turned out ... read more
Fußball crowd

Europe » Germany » Lower Saxony June 27th 2008

Seit zwei Tagen habe ich Stress, weil in meinem Kalender für morgen eingetragen ist: Probepacken. Das zeigt schon, also, der Eintrag zeigt schon, wie notwendig das ist. Frage ist nur: warum? Irgendwann kürzlich, ich glaube es war heute morgen um halb sechs, als ich, schon völlig unter Strom vor Reisefieber, so wach da lag - is doch (nich) normal, ey - I had an epiphany, wie der Engländer sagen würde. Denn Tatsache ist doch, ich habe immer Stress, wenn ich packen muss. Jeder weiß, die Gila verreist oft, mal kurz, mal länger, in die unterschiedlichsten Klimazonen, es müsste ihr doch leicht von der Hand gehen. Ist aber nicht so. Es liegt einfach daran, dass ich mich nicht entscheiden kann! Immer mache ich Listen, kaufe alles auf den Listen ein, wasche, bügele dies Hemd und jene Hose, ... read more

Europe » Germany » Saxony-Anhalt » Halle an der Saale June 26th 2008

24 June: THREE UNUSUAL city tours are on my program. 1. A fleet of "Trabbis" (pet word for Trabant), those notorious yet oddly endearing people's cars without frills but plenty of gasoline fumes from the German Democratic Republic days, chauffeured by local actors, take us into the world of the old East. We shop for apple and plum pie at a bakery that has produced such goods since the old days under communism in a section of town that looks as if it's in a time warp. Finally, with a backdrop of tacky cookie-cutter subdivision of cheap townhouses (that look like something from the days before reunification but are in reality a not-so-flattering product of the new West) the chauffeur/actors serenade us with songs parodying those state-prescribed tunes of old, before jumping back into the drivers' ... read more
Bakery in the old East
Mario, our tour guide
Every day is market day

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Garmisch-Partenkirchen June 26th 2008

Another enormous gap and now I realise that if I continue at this rate I´ll only do another three or five entries by the end of the trip. That´s no good. Split So. After checking into the hostel in Split, we had a bit of a chill day. Kathleena decided she was going to go shopping, and we walked around and around the old town. There are narrow cobbled streets, lots of marble, and some very, very old buildings. It´s right on the sea, but the sea isn´t quite as nice as Dubrovnik. The reason for Split being a big tourist draw is that it´s the site of Diocletian´s palace, which is not so much one building as a neighbourhood. It´s surrounded by tall walls, outside of which is the old town. Kathleena got a dress ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 26th 2008

I arrived in Berlin at 10am on Wednesday. I went to the hostel, dropped my bags and walked straight to the Brandenburg gate. I had lunch and then went on a "free tour" (it's tip based) of Berlin. The tour lasted four and a half hours and I really enjoyed it. The guide was really good and he told us some German history and showed us around former communist East Berlin. I really like Berlin, it has some weird energy. It's so steeped in history. I instantly had the feeling that my four days here will not be nearly enough. We saw the gate, the holocaust memorial in the centre of town, the site of the bunker where Hitler committed suicide, a remaining section of the Berlin wall, Checkpoint Charlie and the main sites in central ... read more
Me doing my serious face
Sachsenhausen
The Holocaust Memorial

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg) June 26th 2008

Our last Europe installment took us back to Nurnberg to view the Eurocup quarter finals (Germany vs. Turkey) back with our friends. We spent a great evening watching the game in a pub in a small town near Nurnberg where Joachim's boyfriend, Stephane, went to dental school and lived. Once again the excitement in the air was extreme, since Germany was playing Turkey, and Germany has a high Turkish population, there were high tensions. Whoever won this game would play Spain in the finals on Sunday for the championship. Germany won... and the streets went wild. An impromptu parade broke out in the streets. Cars blowing their horns and German flags being waved everywhere. It was a blast. After the show its the after party... On Saturday, we took off to Wortzberg in search of a ... read more
The gang
Big football fans
Fanatics




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