Blogs from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe - page 2

Saturday: Today we spent the day in Ulm. Ulm is the birthplace of Albert Einstein, and is home to the worlds tallest church steeple. We climbed the 160 meters skyward to the top of the Ulmer Munster which is almost 700 years old. Because of all the Turkish people in Germany, there are as many Doner restaurants as there are Sushi Restaurants in Vancouver. So we ate donair for lunch… again. I’ve had it probably 10 times in the last few weeks! Walked some of the wall in Ulm then back to Gusenstadt where we are staying currently. Upon our return we had a BBQ which consisted of 4 salads and 6 different meats: Bratwurst, Kasewurst (meat with cheese in the middle), ribs, chicken breast, pork chops, and steak! Sunday: We started the day by going ... read more

July 30, 2008 We have now left Texel on a beautiful sunny morning with promises of being 30C today. The short ferry ride to Den Helder was scenic and very busy for the 10am crossing. No reservations are needed and you only pay when going the other direction. From there we found our way across the top part of Northern Holland and then down about half way of the Wadden Zee and then crossed a dike of 30km with water on both sides with a draw bridge on either end to let the tall boats and barges thru. We had to stop on the east end as the bridge was open to let a sailboat with a tall mast thru. From there we travelled along the west side of and through a new province that was ... read more

So... Back in Ulm... where it just kept getting colder and colder. On Sunday, Doris and Hugo (Christine's parents) came up from Oberstaufen to visit the Weihnachtsmarkts. I don't think that we had ventured outside all day, so come 3pm when we left the house... Ho-ly craaaaaa-puh! it was so cold. so very cold! I think it was about -6 degrees. I have never been that cold... and it was so windy! Walking around at the markets I stopped feeling everything, and then I regained feeling in my feet, but only if you can call searing pain beyond anything else simply a feeling. When we wandering into the heated city centre I slipped off my shoes to let my feet defrost (coz my shoes were still frozen solid) which I think freaked out Doris :) And ... read more

Okay... I don't have any photos to go along with this blog... alas I am not wanting to be a complete Japanese tourist and take my camera everywhere... I will work on that though. Last Tuesday Warren and I were invited by his friend Ann-maree (whose name I can't spell obviously, thus I shall refer to her by her pseudonym Rosie) to be guests on her radio show - she runs a show every fortnight called 'Oz it Up!' on Ulm Free Radio (a radio station that has no endorsement advertising at all - pretty cool). It was pretty fun, we played form Architecture in Helsinki, talked politics a little bit, discussed Missy Higgins' sexuality... as EVERYONE is doing nowadays. I may go back in two weeks... if I do, I'll let you all know as ... read more

Okay... so shit loads of pictures here... awesome, awesome day! I would just like to begin with an apology for my appalling spelling and grammar throughout the last couple of blogs... I noticed that I had used they're instead of their at one point. I blame the German course I am doing (yes, german, not english as I wrote in my first blog... idiot - thanks Anne :P) see I'm learning so much new stuff that it is pushing all the old stuff out - remember when I took that home beer making course and I forgot how to drive? Annnywho... When Saturday finally started (for me, waking up hungover at Rosie's and eating potatoes - and then waiting for Warren's call... for Warren, waking up feeling better from his cold, but without much of a ... read more