Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 690

Hello all! As many of you know, I am travelling in Europe right now and promised to keep you all up to date with some kind of travelblog. So here it is . Obviously if any of you no longer want to hear about my adventures let me know and I’ll take you off the list. My crazy adventure began a little more than a week ago (Thursday) when I spent what was literally a day in transit (left my house at 6 am, got to Frankfurt at 8 am). It was a relatively smooth journey except for the pair of toddlers that refused to stop crying or sit down and caused the plane to turn around after sitting on the jetway for half an hour in order to let them off the plane. I’ve never ... read more

Our Top Deck Tour Bus is continuing north through Dresden and Berlin. Germany...whats the point of having an Autobahn where you can fly along at 160kmh, when you're stuck in a 100km traffic jam? First stop was Dresden. Remember it's dads birthday and got to go find a phone somewhere. THIS CITY HAS NO PUBLIC PHONES. Anyway, only here for a few hours so time for a coffee and a quick bit of sightseeing. The City was entirely destroyed in the war but they've rebuilt most of it, including the cathedral (brick by brick). A few hours up the road and we're in Berlin. Plenty of sightseeing here and heaps to do. First things first and we've got some Karaoke dinner to go to. Busted out a (bad) version of Losing my Religion as you do. ... read more

After saying farewell to my buddies in Amsterdam and venturing out on my own via the overnight train to Berlin (this train could have gone longer and i would not have complained- i had a bed car and was not ready to get up yet!), i was ready for some adventures to call all my own. I checked my bags with my hotel and hit the sightseeing spots right away. I must say- i did Berlin right- sightseeing right upfront and then partying! Berlin is so rich with history and theres a lot to see and do there. I loved Berlin and would have to call it one of my favorite stops on this tour! I really enjoyed the view from the top of the Reichstag and orientating myself with where everything was located. I walked ... read more

... morgen geht jaaa die Reise los... Die Planung dieser großen Reise neigt sich dem Ende zu. Da steht man nun vor einem Berg weniger Sachen, die man möglichst platzsparend versucht unterzubringen. Die Serviceabteilung der Fluggesellschaft bestätigt gleichgültig meinen Flug und überrascht mit einer Souveränität, die sich gewaschen hat: Sie liest die gleichen Zeiten vor, die auf meinem Zettel stehen. Wow! Nach monatelanger Organisaiton ein Wink, dass scheinbar alles in die richtige Richtung gelaufen ist und man hoffentlich nichts vergessen hat. Was sollte jetzt noch schief gehen? Nichts, höchstens, dass ich vor Aufregung auf die Ente von Mutti heute Abend keinen Hunger mehr habe. Er geht dahin, befreit von gesellschaftlicher Enge, hinaus in die weite Welt... (vorher isst er Ente) :-) Liebe Grüße an alle, die ich kurz vor Abreise noch sehen durfte und an die, ... read more

So today we woke up, after missing the alarm clock going off at 8am and walked to the church and had breakfast with the choir. We then discovered that after staying up late last night figuring out where to go from our German family, that the pastor of the church was giving us a bus tour instead!! I was rather upset, and we werent really able to pick out everywhere we went, but it turned out alright. We went and saw the Olympic Stadium, the what they call "Chick on a stick", Schloss Charlettenburg(castle), The White House of Germany(Schloss Belevu), the German parliament building, and the Gate in the city(cant remember these names) but its where Hitler ended his reign, saw the Holocaust Memorial, the longest stretch left of the Berlin Wall, The Alexander Plaz, which ... read more