http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , North Rhine-Westphalia , Dortmund en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:48:30 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:48:30 +0000 One of the most depressing things when you're travelling is that you often have to wait in depressing locations. I got really depressed in Hamm waiting for my connection yesterday and I'm still suffering from it. I wish some cities didn't exist. I also wish some people didn't exist but this set by no means matches up with the set of people who live in the cities that I wish didn't exist. I might b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-431536.html I dont think I mentioned previously that I did a crash course in German when I was in Paris. I had looked up most of the common words and phrases on the internet. I did this based off what Id encountered in France. I knew Id need numbers the word for night the days of the week etcetera. One of the hostels I stayed at fortunately had some lovely German ladies that were more than happy to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-336927.html It's roughly 5 km or 3.2 miles to the hostel I stayed at for the evening my first night in Nancy. It was the first legitimate one I've been to thusfar. A stand alone building in the middle of a giant field near some schools. It even had Chateau in the name Anyhow after much duress in trying to figure out where my room was located the lady wrote a four digit number down and told me it was f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-335421.html I'm in Dortmund at the moment. Fabian met me at the train station and told me he had a small car so he wasn't sure if we could fit the bags in...I was thinking a Lada or something. I wait at the entrace and he pulls up in a Mazda MX5 Today I'll be going to class with Fabian and then a few friends will be coming over for some beer later on tonight. He has a dog named 'Easy' that hasn't had a bath http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-334543.html This post is going to be broken down day by day because there is so much to cover.Monday Woke up early as we were driving to the North Sea. Packed up the van picked up dennis' friend Nicole and then off. 350km further north we arrived in Wellhemhaven. It was pouring rain so we walked around the mall then went for a late lunch at the McDrive. Which is what they call the drive through over here http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-304065.html Friday was a rather chill day for Dennis and I. We slept in which felt amazing. For lunch we biked to the bakery down the street and had fresh baked good and coffee D. That afternoon we drove around and did some errands dropped off a ticket for wednesdays match between Bayern and Dortmund at dennis' uncles house went to go visit his oma and then took it easy at home. That evening we went to t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-302441.html Well I am currently just outside of dortmund staying with dennis. But i will fill everybody in on whats been going on in the last few days. On Tuesday Jonas Fabian and I took the train to Nurnberg and went to go see the WWII museum. Which is housed in a building that is on the original site of the Nazi grounds and I'm not sure if the next part is impressive or creepy. But none the less the muse http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-301496.html First entry here in Dortmund Germany We've travelled around 1000 miles on the road already and are well into the swing of things. Driving on the right has been pretty easy for us all to adjust to though navigating on a map with only the largest roads in Europe on has proven trickyAfter cramming all our junk in the car our first stop on day 1 was in Paris via the DoverCalais ferry connection. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-291220.html just one week left...next week well go to india this time for 6 weeks. we start in DelhiMcleod Ganj Himachal Pradesh Varanasi Uttar Pradesh and Bodhgaya Biharif you want to read more www.klaudiablue.de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-207178.html in 10 tagen geht es los... am 08.10. fliegen wir nach delhi. die wichtigsten vorbereitungen sind getroffen wir mssen nur noch kleinigkeiten besorgen und die ruckscke packen.ziele unserer reisemcleod ganj varanasi und bodhgaya http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-206357.html Hi allHave just spent the weekend in Amsterdam and am heading back to London later today. No longer have to use Euro back to pounds and back to where they speak english or at least a version of it.Had a huge day on Saturday. Got up at 5 to make it to the train. Couldn't really sleep on the train as I ahd many stops along the way where I was actually switching trains. Thankfully all the tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-89455.html Hi allHave spent the past week in Germany relaxing. Making that the holiday within the holiday. Have walked around Dortmund and looked at some of the shops and coffee shops etc. Have spent time online chatting to people and catching up on some emails. Have been reading a book and sleeping in. So basically what normal people do when they are on holiday. But had enough of that now. Too much http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-87416.html Have made it to Germany. Enjoyed Ireland staying with Collette was great met most of her sisters ate well and drank would have been rude not to. Spent one night with Anne and David and their children the glass seemed to be magic as it kept filling up. Was a great night just sitting and chatting about all sorts of random stuff. Went out for lunch the next day to Dunmore which is a small f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-86466.html While staying in the Netherlands and keeping up with what I consider greater than the Olympics the World Cup I decided it'd be fun to see if I can catch the next game in Germany. The next match was going to be held in Dortmund on the 4th of July better yet the teams were Germany vs. Italy so I knew the city was going to go nuts regardles of the outcome.The ride from Hoopsdorf Netherlands http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-73168.html Leaving Luton I was once again suspected of being a hooligan. Once through Luton security check I was corralled by a police office into a line of brutishlooking blokes. I tried to pull out my most American of accents to seem too gullible and epicene to be a hooligan. Didn't work. We waited while a team of three officers equipped with laptops checked our background information. I had heard http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dortmund/blog-70194.html