Blogs from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Am Freitag Nachmittag kommt der Anruf aus der Autowerkstatt "wir haben leider den falschen E-Satz bestellt - ihr Auto wird nicht fertig...." - ein Schock! Hatten wir es zuerst nicht für möglich gehalten, dass uns noch jemand eine Anhängerkupplung und Fahrradträger montiert, haben wir es nach all den positiven Signalen von ATU dann doch irgendwann geglaubt und bereits die Jugendherbergen gebucht gehabt. Schöner Mist... Uns wird noch Hoffnung gemacht, dass es doch zumindest am Samstag klappt, aber auch das Luftschloss zerplatzt noch am Abend. Frühestens Montag also. Frühestens! Es nützt nichts: wir nutzen das Wochenende zum ausgiebigen Packen und zum Wohnungsputz - mehr gibt das Wetter auch nicht her. Am Montag Nachmittag dann der erlösende Anruf: der Wagen ist fertig und kann abgeholt werden. Wir sind erleichtert, schießen zu ATU und packen den Wagen. Dann noch ... read more

Ulm Some more motorway driving and then some nice country roads led us to Ulm. It is a really nice setting with the tallest steeple in Germany, or maybe that was in Europe. The upper Danube flows through town. It is very picturesque, and quite peaceful compared to driving on the motorway. One of the Thai guys had a minor crash today, but nothing was hurt on the body or the bike.... read more

With many thanks to Roy and Gary we had little chance of getting lost as they kindly dropped us off at Epping station about midday yesterday, all we had to do then was catch 1 tube to Liverpool Street and then another one to Kings Cross and then a short walk to St Pancras. This we managed to do easily and without getting lost :) After a quick bite to eat and look around at the impressive San Pancras train station, we hopped on the Eurostar at 3:00pm, and travelled through to Paris Gare du Nord train station, where we found it raining lightly and just as many people as the centre of London. After thinking we had plenty of time to walk to Gare de L'est train station, we soon realised we had to adjust ... read more

Today we left our hotel in the Alps of Austria and headed back into Germany. It was really all about riding on the bus today. We did stop in Ulm, Germany where we saw the tallest church steeple in the world. One person in our group climbed to the top. A couple others tried but gave up. It was 768 steps to the top. I did take some pictures, but it is really hard to tell how tall it is from the pictures. The best thing we found at Ulm was a discount store which we thought might be similar to Kmart. We loaded up on snacks and drinks because they are quite expensive at the hotels and travel plazas. I was able to buy batteries and a charger for my camera a lot cheaper than ... read more

Sorry to have been slacking with the blog lately, with Oktoberfest, meeting with friends and train schedules keeping me busy, I haven't had too much time to keep this updated. As well, it takes about 15 minutes to upload each individual picture so I'm sorry for the lack of photos. Anyway! The trip so far has been wonderful. Besides sitting in Heathrow for 8 hours and paying 20$ (9.5 pounds) for a hamburger) I have to say that Europe started off just perfect. Wolfgang was at the airport to greet me and had a room and cot already set up by the time I arrived. It was just himself, me and his sister for the entire stay so the house seemed earily quiet for most of the time. He was quick to show me Bavarian (not ... read more