http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:32 +0000 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:32 +0000 Then at last we become 39berliners39.Transferring through Munich early morning we arrive in the Capital in time for breakfast not our highest priority following our 14 hour flight. The hotel Leonardo in the east turned out to be perfect. Very pleasing given our intended stay of 4 days. First day involved an afternoon reconnoitre on foot. Strolling past Alexanderplatz highly lauded but http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Berlin/Berlin/blog-786362.html Anonymous is not Gandhihttpswww.facebook.comphoto.php20fbid459442180808760seta.227693150650332.57914.227671663985814type1theaterGhandi didn39t dox people.FYI I am admin MF of Rapebook.See the following link. Also note that Rapebook is not a hate page. It is a page which raises awareness about hate speech particularly hate speech against women such as rape jokes and jokes about http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-786282.html And the wining Biergarten is the Biergarten on the south side of the Elbe River at Schillerplatz the Schillergarten. It was the Dixieland Ompah band that made the decision easy. The band Dixie Liberties from the Czech Republic was a mix of banjo trombone guitar trumpet and clarinet belting out among other tunes All of Me. They created a happy upbeat atmosphere for the festive open air p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-786220.html Schwarzwald 13. 16. Mai 2013Die Schlechtwetterperiode ber das verlngerte Auffahrtswochenende war wieder mal typisch kaum waren die Tage vorber und die arbeitende Bevlkerung wieder an der Arbeit besserte sich das Wetter. Wir fuhren am Montag gegen Mittag in Richtung Schluchsee. Der Himmel war zwar noch nicht strahlend blau aber es zeigten sich immer grssere Lcken in den Wolken. Der http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-Wurttemberg/Schluchsee/blog-786061.html We leave Cathay Pacific in 6 weeks. Suitcases are out and first 3 nights accommodation in Marburg booked. Beyond Marburg has not been decided yet. Thought about getting an ipad and a map app but part of the fun is sourcing directions to your hotel etc. so taking our little notebook ACER for posting on this site booking accommodation and googling things in general. This will be our fourth year of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Hesse/Frankfurt-am-Main/blog-786014.html So rather than give a blowbyblow account of the multileg 37 hour doortodoor souldestroying journey from Kathmandu to Munich during which I glided around five airports and four planes in an Ed Norton in Fight Clubstyle insomniac trance I decided to just make notes of random thoughts and conversations that took place along the way Seriously bitch jumping the queue by one person will no http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Ingolstadt/blog-785938.html From the minute I stepped out of the taxi and spotted the Johnnyjumpups framing the front door of Bulow Residenz my current accommodations I was totally charmed and completely vulnerable. My room is more than lovely but not quite grandiose. It measures approximately 25 x 20 plus the foyer plus a bathroom. Everything is framed or made with cherry wood all the cabinetry the minibar and snack http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/Dresden/blog-785927.html I39m sorry to say that Berlin really held no allure for me at all. Way too much construction too much traffic way too much materialism it was just a really a bit too much with too much on top.The remaining wall with it39s artwork was worth the effort and a tour on the Spree River was fun informative and worth a redo.My trip to the top of the TV tower was exciting and the views were defin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Berlin/blog-785925.html We sailed away from Cochem at 600 am and arrived in Koblenz at 1230 pm after coming through two more locks.Koblenz is where the Rhein Rhine an Moessel Moselle meet. On the photo you can see the difference in color between the two rivers where they meet. The pictures was made from the cable car we went on that brought us up to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress that rises 118 meters above the Rhi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Koblenz/blog-785916.html needed to add 1 more picture http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Cochem/blog-785914.html HanfsamenltspangtGeschlte Hanfsamen werden hufig als die Hanfsamen bezeichnet. Hanfsamen ist eine sehr vielseitige und nahrhafte Eiweiquelle. Es ist besser Verkostung und besser verdaulich als der Sojabohne und ist genau so vielseitig. Der Hanfsamen ist ein primrer Bestandteil in zahlreichen Lebensmitteln geworden.HanflltspangtHanfsamen enthalten 3035 l nach Gewicht. Das Ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-Wurttemberg/-berlingen/blog-785909.html After Andernach we left the Rhine and turned onto the river Moessel a much smaller and shallower river. That day we went through three different locks which was something neither of us had seen before very interesting The locks are there to accomodate the low points on the river and to avoid running aground.We docked at the beautiful little city of Cochem at 130 pm from afar we could see the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Cochem/blog-785902.html Finally we found a Starbucks we are back in Cologne and in view of the magnificent DOM. may1413On Andernach...getting there on the boat was a wonderful experience peacefully floating along the Rhine smoothly the hills and wineries outside our window we had three naps that day that was before 130 pm when we arrived in Andernach where the volunteer fire brigade was celebrating 125 years http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/blog-785871.html 3939Then I got word that a loosely organized cybermob known as Anonymous was attempting to crash feminist sites including Feministe flooding comments sections with misogynist rants and threatening feminist bloggers with rape and other violence. This had happened before but never with such organized force. A little background I lacked at the time Anonymous was not formed to carry out an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-785841.html Berlin is a city of great contrast. The beautiful helpful and generous juxtaposed to the abrupt rude and inconsiderate.Historical and architecturally beautiful buildings and monuments yet graffitiladen and desolate empty buildings juxtaposed to each other.A city of 3 12 million people with a sophisticated public transit system yet the streets are also full of horsedrawn dinnerseeving covere http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Berlin/Berlin/blog-785638.html Ja es ist wahr ich bin wieder in Deutschland. So ganz sicher dass es nicht alles nur ein Traum ist bin ich mir trotzdem immer noch nicht....Seit letzte Woche Mittwoch regnet es in Joo Pessoa ganz viel die Regenzeit und damit der Winter haben offiziell begonnen. Insofern eigentlich nicht der schlechteste Zeitpunkt zu gehen. Aber wie vermutet war der Abschied von meiner Gastfamilie ganz fur http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bremen/Bremen/blog-785608.html Today was a pretty chill day. We slept in because we really didnt have much on the agenda and I wanted to get some real sleep before the long flight home on Saturday. After we did wake up and shower we headed to have lunch at the recommended currywurst spot. Unfortunately we did not go the correct place so probably didnt have the best example of currywurst. Currywurst is sausages in ketc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Berlin/blog-785530.html This blog was written the day after the events occurred. In addition I was one third of the way when I lost power and everything I had written so things may be jumbled.I titled this an introduction to Berlin because that is basically what we did today. First a comment about the mass transit here it has to be one of the most comprehensive and perhaps confusing I have ever seen. They have 4 diff http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Berlin/blog-785512.html 07 May 2013The dom cathederal in Passau has one of the largest organs in the world with over 17000 pipes and each day at noon a recital is given on this outstanding instrument. We therefore decided to go back into the town to have a listen and were not disappointed. The resident organ master filled the building with incredibly intricate music and a staggering array of notes.In the afternoon we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-785499.html Lange ist es her bald wird wieder regelmig gebloggt. Mein nchstes Abenteuer nhert sich und nachdem im August der EWSExamensberg und noch ein paar Andere in der Schweiz hoffentlich erfolgreich erklommen werden breche ich Anfang September 45 Wochen nach Afrika auf. Im Zentrum meiner Reise stehen Sambia Botswana und Sdafrika. Hier mag sich der ein oder andere Fragen ... Afrika wieso A http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Augsburg/blog-785463.html