http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany en-us Tue, 01 Dec 09 08:40:47 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 09 08:40:47 +0000 Berlin might me funny but there are better ones http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-456971.html Alors hallo vous lecteurslectrices Les choses ont boug cette semaine. Et sur beaucoup de plans. ENFIN thanks God. Tout d'abord mention spciale mon visa permanent que j'ai obtenu aprs plus de 3 mois de languissante attente C'est a la bureaucratie allemande a nous a pris tout ce temps pour ramasser les papiers l'argent les documents les preuves this and that and gnah gnah gnah http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Essen/blog-456794.html If you can find a good deal into europe flights in europe if you can book ahead of time and travel light can be very economical you can find accomadations throughout europe for what you would pay here in canada the same goes for car rentals. You can even find some all Inclusive resorts in Spain Some of the chartertour companies are offering direct flights from canada into not only Germany H http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Black-Forest/blog-456381.html Where does one begin when they would like to start a blog on a trip around the world Well why not the beginning I will try to update this blog at least once a week and I look forward to your comments on here As long as I'm able to have internet access I will be putting on pictures and text for my journey. As it stands right now I am scheduled to fly to Europe Asia and Australia then back t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-456298.html I've posted a few more pictures that I took on my last night in Berlin...And now they are actually there. These pictures I took the night after realizing that all of my BerlinCopenhagen photos were lost.. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-455109.html Things have been pretty calm here lately a few small excursions during the weekends last weekend to Mnster which was a very beautiful little university town with a heck of a lot of old churches. While there we saw a lot of the town as well as visiting the Zoo and learning some bizarre animal names for example 'Meerkat' translates to 'Erdmann' earth man and that 'Seal''Robbe' however mos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-454880.html Yes I am incredibly lazy. Its been a while I know and while I would like to say that I haven't really been anywhere or had time to write but the truth of the matter is I am simply lazyThere is an art to packing lightly. An art that I believe I have mastered. After travelling through Ireland with my HUGE backpack I decided that I would no longer travel with that pack unless completely necessary http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-454162.html The metropolis of Dusseldorf is located on both banks of the historic River Rhine and is a renowned city for tourists all across the world. The striking city of Dusseldorf has approximately 4.5 million tourists that visit the city each year. The city of Dusseldorf is divided in to ten administrative districts and these districts are further divided in to boroughs. All in all Dusseldorf has 49 boro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-453915.html I have been meaning for a while to write about our recent trip to the Czech Republic as well as to Southern Germany. My cousin Hana lives in Moravske Budejovice a city in the Southern Moravia region of the Czech Republic. Sylvia's best friend Janka and her husband Fred live north of Stuttgart the home of Porsche and Mercedes cars in a city called Ludwigsburg. Our first stop on the trip was to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Stuttgart/blog-453726.html Germany. I never really had any great dreams of visiting Germany but it happened to lie between Switzerland Holland and my rail pass required bordering countries so Germany got added to my itinerary by default. Despite the cold the average temperature was about 10 degrees Irsquom so glad it did. I started in Munich because the American boys in Switzerland said that if I wanted to see beer ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-453321.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 5th March '09Namibian never a picture of athleticism has taken a turn for the worse. With sunken eyes and clutching a bottle of cough mixture he looks like a Peruvian spectacled bear. His nose runs as he asks how far it is to the shopping centre. My reply ' a fifteenminute walk' has him wincing and coughing rather than attempt such an undertaking he shuffles despondently round his tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Saxony/blog-452949.html Well as most of you know this past weekend was the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Prior to my excursion to Berlin I didn't know much about the wall besides the basicswe're talking bare minimum basics. I would describe this trip as short and intense. It was a lot of information to process and experience. My traveling buddy and I went to the Jewish History Museum that was really http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-452893.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 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 Lederhosen. Weiner sausages. Oompah Bands. Welcome to Deutschland Letrsquos start at the beginning Elyse and I caught our first night train from Venice to Munich on Thursday night. We had our own beds which were super comfortable as opposed to having to sit in a stiff seat for 7 hours We arrived bright and early in Germany where we met Samantha and grabbed some Starbucks any European that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-451999.html mmm had zummz polish food last night at the hostel for free. sausages and onions bean and sausage soup some weird kind of boiled eggs with the zolks taken out and mixed with something tasted and put back in. there was beet soup too but i passed on that. potatoes with some sort of garlic sauce... then just lazed around watching kill bill for a little while before packing up and heading to bed.ha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-451793.html HeyThree more days then I am off to Singapore via Siberia by bus and train only.Maybe Australia New Zealand or South Pacific afterwards which needs to be by plane though This blog is mainly for me to share photos as I travel along.The planned route is HamburgBerlinRigaTartuSt.PetersburgMoscowIrkutskOlkhon Island Lake BaikalUlan Ude Ulan BaatarBeijingShanghaiHong KongHanoiLua http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/blog-451768.html MunchenNew Munich Walking TourOur guide for the tour wasn't phenomenal but she did show us the sights of Munich. We started at Marienplatz and watched the much overrated Glockenspiel. We saw some pretty churches and our guide told us an interesting legend about the devil stomping his foot in one of them. We also saw the New Synagogue the old and new town halls and the royal residences. Finally http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-451747.html