Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 767

The day II in Hamburg & Lübeck. Today's target: Hamburg! We took an U-bahn (Metro train) from Ahrensburg to Hamburg because it was the most convenient way of travelling to downtown Hamburg. It took about 40 minutes to get to downtown Hamburg. The city of Hamburg lies at the junction of the River Elbe with the Rivers Alster and Bille. The city center lies around two lakes, the Binnenalster ("Inner Alster") and the Aussenalster ("Outer Alster"). We started out by visiting....Lego store! Surprise! It was a nice big store with all sorts of Lego toys and things. Daniela-the-Lego-fan bought a blue Lego man T-shirt. We others just shopped with our eyes. Our official first visiting place was Hamburg Rathaus. What a building! We heard later that it holds one room more than the Buckingham Palace...and not ... read more

So last night was a great celebration in honor of our 5 year anniversary. We were able to spend a wonderful day visiting the Louvre and Musee Rodin. I can't believe we got to see Mona Lisa, The Thinker, and The Kiss, all on our special day! I definitely won't forget it! We left in the evening to celebrate our anniversary in Paris, and got to eat dinner at that lovely cafe that we had spent the day prior. We had a great dinner, and I had view of two of my favorites in the world: my husband and the Eiffel Tower. It was a great setting, we had great food and great conversation. We left to go see the Tower at around 7:30, even though I was worried we would miss the sunset. We made ... read more

Dawn Writes: We put our annoying tourist shoes back on and Erik took us to Celle, a beautiful old small town about 40 minutes from Hannover. I spent the day taking pictures of Sean and Erik taking pictures and they didn’t let me go into a single shoe store! Bastards! And of course we had more food and more beer! Later that evening back in Hannover Erik and Sarah took us to their favourite Irish bar for some German karaoke and Irish beer. Erik and Sarah, or as they’re known here Frank Sinatra and Celine Dion, had no problem karaoking (I don’t know how to spell that) but Sean and I would be needing a lot of liquid courage… which of course was in no short supply. We had way too much to drink and at ... read more

My last trip in Germany before heading back home to Finland. So this time I update my Travelblog right after the trip. Unusual, I know, but I bet a nice surprise too! The travels that I still haven't updated here will be written to Travelblog some time soon... Target: Hamburg & Lübeck in northern Germany! I travelled with my Erasmus friends Christina, Daniela and Francesco. Christina is an Erasmus student from Bordeaux but is a German. Daniela comes from Portugal and Francesco from Italy. I...well you know where I come from! This trip was a surprise trip. We "planned" it on Tuesday night in an Erasmus party at Karlshof, Darmstadt. (And if you doubt it - no, alcohol had nothing to do with this trip planning!) "The plan" was to drive up to Hamburg with Christina's ... read more

After three delicious days in Berlin, we are on the move again. Currently on board Zug 241, from Berlin to Krakow, we are heading to Zagan in Poland to visit the Museum of Allied Prisoners of War Martyrdom, Stalag Luft III where my (Hero’s) grandfather was a POW during the last part of WWII. We are happy to be on the train again, as both Keira and I have fallen in love with train travel and particularly on a day like today which is cold and rainy and miserable, it feels wonderful to be comfy in our carriage watching the rain beating down on our window as we peer out to the beautiful and green and grey landscape outside. Berlin was fantastic and although we are happy to be back on a train (after the Trans-Siberian ... read more