Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 678

Tag 4: Büsum - Husum, 113,68 km, Fahrzeit 6:38, Durchschn. 17,10 km/h, Gesamtstrecke: 499 km Heute mal etwas früher aufgestanden. Die T-Shirts, die ich über Nacht zum trocknen zwischen Zelt und Fahrrad aufgehängt hatte, sind fast trocken. In der Campingplatz-Rezeption nach einem Campingartikelladen erkundigt. Angeblich gibt es in Büsum sogar einen. Gegen 9:30 losgefahren, und den Laden schnell gefunden. Leider hat der sich mehr auf Wohnmobilisten spezialisiert, und Isomatten hat er zur Zeit keine da. Er meint, ich soll es mal im Kaufhaus in der Innenstadt versuchen. In der Fussgängerzone noch schnell beim Bäcker etwas für's Frühstück besorgt, aber das mit Kaufhaus lasse ich erst mal. Das Wetter ist heute morgen etwas bedeckt, was ganz gut ist, da ich mir gestern schon einen leichten Sonnenbrand geholt habe. Der Weg führt über einige Kilometer immer hinterm ... read more

Munich or München in German means "Monk" in English and is named after the monks who first started brewing beer in this Bavarian region of Germany. Munich is rich with history and is simply famous for its sausages and beer of course. It was our first time in Germany and for the first 2 days we stayed in a hostel located in the heart of the city called Wombat Hostel which was supposed to be voted one of the best and cleanest hostels in the world. We booked a private room with an ensuite bathroom and it was one of the cleanest and most well maintained hostels we have ever stayed in. We then moved over to a nice 4 star hotel courtesy of Katharine's company as this trip was business mixed with some pleasure. Over ... read more

Well, we just got back from a week of traveling with 44 students to Germany. We traveled with two other teachers, Ben and Kerrie, both of whom are from Australia. We survived five days of hearing "Are we there yet?", "How much longer?", "Can we put another film on?" (on the coach bus), "Where are we?", and "What's for dinner tonight?" It was a new experience since neither one of us has ever lead a trip before and we had a great time! We boarded the coach and left from the school at 6:30 am on Monday morning. After about 3 hours on the road we reached the Eurotunnel which connects England and France going underneath the English Channel. After exiting the Eurotunnel we stopped for fuel and food and drove for approximately another 10 hours ... read more

After thinking long and hard I have decided to write this blog mainly in English (hello, all friends abroad) but to translate some parts for those of my German friends who might give up after the first few sentences. These additions will be addressed to Maria Guevara et. al. Liebe Maria. Wenn du's bis hierhin verstanden hast, gibt es eigentlich keine Probleme. Aber ich denke trotzdem an dich. Nun zum eigentlichen. Der Countdown läuft: - inoculations/ Impfungen: all done/ mehr Einstiche als Mückenstiche - wardrobe/ Garderobe: considered/ schon mal drüber nachgedacht, okay ... viel nachgedacht - funds/ Geld: hopefully sufficient / im grünen Bereich - desk/ Schreibtisch: far from being cleared / immer noch zu voll - list of other things to do: endless - Travelblog: its up and runnning (which is why my desk is ... read more

Hey all, So you're probably wondering just WHY I can't live without my Chinese roommates... well. Peng and Jueng just made their amazing dumplings and shared with me : ) I love authentic Chinese food, and I know I will miss them terribly when we leave. Anyway, backtracking... so last Saturday Joe and I decided to take a day trip to Berlin. We started out very early in the morning, which I'm glad we did. It is 3 hours away by bus, so we got to sleep on the bus going there, and coming home. Since it was just a day trip, I didn't feel like I got to see everything I had wanted to see, but that's what you get on a limited budget. We did not get to see the part of the Berlin ... read more