Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 670

Where to start... we’ve packed a helluva lot into the past four days, including our return trip from Vienna (Monday), daytrip to Salzburg (Tuesday), a great walking tour of Munich (Wednesday) and an ok bike tour of Munich (Thursday). In between, we managed to become football fans, (we even have the hats to prove it!), Tony learned how to play rummy (something I thought ‘not possible’), and yes, we drank a lot of beer and jagermeister! So here we go; sad to leave Vienna, we woke up to fantastic weather and we were going to Munich which was forecast to be rainy (and it was). The good part about that is that continued our run on the weather. Virtually every day but one in Vienna (Saturday) and then today in Munich, we have had sun, cloud, ... read more

Just a quick one from Roho since I've got a bit of time... Richard's hand flared up again while we were here in Munich - and the German medical system is much more efficient than the Czech Republic's! In about three hours yesterday we saw a few doctors, had an X Ray and blood tests. None of which showed up anything, but the gaggle of doctors, students and nurses gathered around the X Ray decided to at least treat the symptoms (pain and swelling). This involved wrapping the hand in alcohol soaked bandages and supporting the whole forearm on a sort of half cast thing. Richard can keep taking painkillers and keep pouring alcohol on the top - it's apparently cooling and soothing and take the cast off when the symptoms disappear (what about when they ... read more

Again, speeding down the Autobahn, we flew to Berlin in about 5 hours. We actually didnt stay in Berlin, but outside of the city about 40 minutes in Joachims family farmhouse. The house was in former East Germany, and it was very interesting to see the differences there. The farms around the house had lettuce patches and horses. It was really quiet and peaceful. We went into Berlin and did some sight seeing. All the neat government buildings and monuments, and then went over to the Holocaust memorial. After that, Checkpoint Charlie, an old gate between East and West Berlin where tensions rose during the Cold War, and also to pieces of the Berlin Wall. That night, we went to the area of town hosting the gay festival that attracted over 300,000 gays from outside of ... read more

Travel Blog: Day 5 (I think) Cologne/Heidelburg Welcome back to the good life. I hope that all is going well in America, but I must say, things are better here than they are there… this is simply because I am living a glorified life, traveling around, meeting strange people everyday and having fun everywhere I go… sure beats working. We are on the train right now, going from Cologne to Heidelberg. Heidelberg is known in Germany as a students city, there are a lot of universities and colleges there, and it is supposed to be very good to the youth. Problem there, is that when we planned the trip, Josh and I both had different places that we wanted to go to. Cologne was my main choice, because I am very interested in the Kolsch beer ... read more

OK so I know I have not written in a few days, it is because I am having such an awesome time in Berlin!! In fact I am staying 2 days longer because I love it sooo much. I made this choice on the first day. I feel in love with this city, it is not beautiful as Salzburg or the country side, however the history is what made me fall in love with this city. Most of you know how much I enjoy history especially post WW2, and if you did not, well now you do. The great divide in Berlin after WWII of the Soviet occupied area and the West (American, French and the British occupied area) is so interesting. To see how one side of the world lived and then go 20 min ... read more