Blogs from Hamburg, Germany, Europe - page 30

Oh my god I forgot to learn German! I’ve become so accustomed to understanding at least some of what’s going on around me and being able to communicate my wants and needs in French that I totally forgot what it would feel like to all of a sudden be in a country that speaks a language of which I am completely unfamiliar. And even though I don’t speak a word of Dutch, travelling to Holland never posed that kind of problem to me because everyone there seems to speak English. Germany however, is a different story. After Janna came to visit me in Strasbourg for a few days, I went up to Hamburg with her to spend some time in the city where she grew up. I was there from June 25-29 but haven’t had internet ... read more

our final full day in Berlin was depressing, to say the least. we decided that since we were in Germany we must go see a concentration camp. we found a day tour to one just north of Berlin called Sachsenhausen. we met up with our tour guide at 10:30am on Sunday. we weren't really sure what to expect. our tour guide was amazing. she has been doing the tours for over 2 years and definately knows her stuff. we headed up to the camp via train, just as its prisioners had just decades ago. we marched through the small town that was once known as "S.S. ville" because there were so many S.S. officers occupying it during the camp's operating years. the camp opened up during Hitler's reign in the early 1930s and stayed operating well ... read more

wollte nur mal meine tagebuchadresse versenden..... bin schon sooooooo aufgeregt:-)... read more

Aaron and I crashed in a hostel we found in Hamburg for the night and slept until 11am when we had to check out. We grabbed a bite to eat and Aaron decided that he would head to Berlin instead of Amsterdam as he would only be able to spend an evening there and it would be pointless to train so much for one night. We parted ways after an amazing month in europe together and I headed off to the train station for a six hour ride to Amsterdam. I sat on the train next to a cute Swedish girl who had actually been at the Hurricane festival the same as myself. We chatted the entire trip and parted ways when arriving in amsterdam as I headed off to my hostel and she met ... read more

Even vlug wat blabla tot hier want ik zit hier weer niet rustig. De weg tot Hamburg was heel regelmatig slecht. Kiezelwegen, los zand. Ja wat ze fietsroutes durven noemen. Dan is het weer omgeslagen. Het is nu wisselvallig met een verloren druppel. Hopelijk blijft het zo of een beetje meer zon. Op woe-avond in Hamburg op de camping aangekomen. Ik had al veel zin om direct terug te vertrekken. Heel ongezellig, lawaai van de straat, harde ondergrond. Ik ben dan toch maar gebleven. Dan de ochtend erna naar de stad. Eerst langs de toeristische dienst en dan met plannetje door de stad. Het heeft niet lang geduurd eer ik gewoon in het rondreed. 's middags frietje gegeten, dat smaakte. Daarna naar de camping en een vlugge snack en vooreenvolgens de metro in naar Harburg ... read more