http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Bavaria en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:47:50 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:47:50 +0000 I woke up too early for my only stop this morning that I spent an hour to hang around the area near Alte Pinakothek and came back to the art museum five minutes before it opened.The Alte Pinakothek houses one of the worlds most important collections and is also one of the oldest galleries in the world. On display are more than 800 paintings among them numerous wellknown masterpieces of the 14t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-463060.html Day 3 and once again we sleep until noon and even then it was hard to get up Groggy as we were we pulled ourselves out of bed. Timmo and Judith volunteered to take Carter and Camille to a water park while Renee and I went exploring in Nrnberg Wow the kids were thrilled and Renee and I got to pretend it was our Honeymoon againJanni had to go back to school so Timmo dropped Renee Janni an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Nuremberg/blog-461870.html Well I'd like to say that after we went to bed we all slept peacefully until the next morning.... but that's no where near true. At one point I was up with Camille watching TV at... oh let's say 4 in the morning. I eventually fell asleep on the couch with her but she was still wide awake. Once it got light outside and Camille could see it was snowing that was another big round of surprise and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Nuremberg/blog-461475.html MerhabaYarin yola cikiyoruz. Rotamiz Mnih Viyana Prag Her sehirde 2'ser gece konaklayacagiz. Stuttgart'ta hava 6C ve su anda disarida lapa lapa kar yagiyor her yer bembeyaz Yarinki yolumuz normal sartlar altinda 225 saat sryor ancak kar yagisi ve yol calismalari nedeniyle 34 saat srebilir... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-461265.html When last I typed we were attempting to rally ourselves into going to the Erlangen Christ Kindl Markt. A Christ Kindl Markt is a Christmas Market. At this time of the year nearly every city in Germany has a Christmas Market. The one in Erlangen is fairly small and even that one had a children's merrygoround two vendors selling Gluehwein and hot chocolate and maybe 30 vendors selling handmade http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Erlangen/blog-461064.html Photos from our visit to Bamberg during our trip to Bavaria December 2009 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Bamberg/blog-461044.html We've survived the trip out. Step one accomplished. Renee and I just stayed up all night on Sunday night packing away. At 4am we woke the kids up and Jacquelyn drove us up to LAX. We arrived by 6am and so we were right on schedule since our flight was set for a 810am departure.We made it through checkin security and a quick burger king breakfast. Renee had time to chat with a nice pregnant w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Nuremberg/blog-460648.html Rothenburg ob der Tauber is totally over the top about Christmas but that makes it a great place to visit at Christmas time. I kind of imagine the locals must be something like the Who's in Whoville from How The Grinch That Stole Christmas who must plan for Christmas all year. When we visited Neuschwanstein and the Romantic Road in September on a whim we drove home via Rothenburg ob der Taube http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-459533.html Day 28Monday July 28 I sipped my coffee grabbed a knife and spread a healthy pad of creamy butter onto a piece of freshly baked bread. The table was neatly set. Nothing special. Nice. The coffee was strong. Just as I like it. Midsip I gazed up at our hostsrsquo doddling about the kitchen. The retired couple appeared to be in their early 60s. They were quite reserved conservative http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Berchtesgaden/blog-459456.html Day 27Sunday July 27 1997 I sucked in that fresh mountain air. Ahhhhhhh. It was beautiful. Fantastic. My lungs were singing with appreciation. I felt like hyperventilating just to give the two sacks of airy goodness a little treat. With the chilly refreshing mountain air and the experience of the past two days I woke with this awareness that I am not the same young lad who arrived in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Berchtesgaden/blog-459454.html Day 26Saturday July 27 Waking with a smile on your face is always a most welcome occurrence. I found one plastered on mine this morning. By the time I decided to emerge from my cot all of my fellow roommates were congregating around the cheese and hardboiled eggs in the adjoining cafeteria. Laying back and staring into the plywood ceiling above me instead of getting up I just recalled ov http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Berchtesgaden/blog-459453.html Day 23Wednesday July 24 Yesterday I gave myself with a civics lesson in ldquoUnderstanding Germans and Germanic culturerdquo. As I consider myself an educated tourist I endeavour to learn as much as possible about the people and places I visit. I donrsquot just want to buy the brochure I want to touch and feel the real things. My second day in Munich was extremely educational. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-459449.html Day 22Tuesday July 22 Located just 20 kilometers northwest of Munich is a sleepy Bavarian town. The quaint city streets are lined with mature trees forming a dense canopy over the span of the roadway. The town is situated just far enough away from Munich to be away from all the hustle and bustle. It is an everyday town. Normal. Average German men women and families go about their liv http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-459447.html Day 20July 21 1997 Beer. Is that enough of a reason for one to visit a city People decide to visit places for all sorts of reasons. Some go to New York to see a statue of some lady holding a flashlight. Others travel to China to walk on a wall. Many tourists come from across the world to my hometown Toronto just to see the worldrsquos largest phallic symbol the CN Tower. Why not http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-459446.html Day 19 I awoke to the familiar sounds that plagued my stay in Prague. No it wasnrsquot Oxlady rampaging through my room looking for her proverbial pecuniary oats. It was the ceaseless trickle of raindrops rapping upon the windowpane directly above my head. With my ambition battered once again I lay back on my cot and used the time to reflect on which direction the wind would take me n http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-459445.html Well it's been a while since I had time to sit down and write another blog entry and 4 weeks have passed since my 21st. So instead of the usual in depth rambling of what I've been up to I've decided to make this one a comparison of student life in Germany and student life in the UK. After 6 weeks of being here I've experienced a fair amount and after a nice trip back to York last weekend it's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/W-rzburg/blog-453150.html Once again we drove to Novi Sad from Zurich to pick up some stuff we left there including skis and on our way there as well as back we stopped in Munich. We didn't have much time to explore the city so we decided to just stroll around and enjoy some bratwurst and white beer Aleks not me I prefer Helles typical local lager. Unlike Milan in Munich we had amazing breakfast and dinner right http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-452730.html Oktoberfest http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-452496.html well i managed to get a few more hours sleep after on sunday night and got up around 8 zesterdaz morning. was going to salyburg for the daz but since i wanted to g oon the cheap bavaria card 20euro return vs 29euro each waz for better trains i had to wait until after 900 to go. so i got up showered and had hostel breakfast. buffet with cereal with cold milk bread jams ham and salami and c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-452141.html I had a quick breakfast and hurried to St. Jakob's Church. It was smaller than expected and it required visitors to pay Well after all it's a famous thourist spot there so fair enough. Built over a lane the construction work of this Protestant church started in 1311 and is famous for its altars principally the Heilig Blut Altar Holy Blood Altar by Tilman Riemenschneider. The altar d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-452000.html