Blogs from Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Päätin viettää viimeisen yön Düsseldorfissa lentokentän lähellä. Kölnistä on toki hyvät yhteydet Düsseldorfin kentälle, mutta varauduin siihen, että junat eivät kulkisikaan vaikka lakon takia, joten lentokentälle voisi mennä vaikka taksilla. Nukuin huonosti: ehkä lähtö hermostutti. Onneksi talviaikaan siirtyminen antoi ylimääräisen tunnin. Hawa tuli paikalle klo 11. Ovihan piti lukita avaimella eikä siinä ollut postilaatikkoa, joten en voinut vain lyödä lähtiessäni ovea kiinni ja jättää avaimia sisälle. Aplikaatio oli neuvonut hyvän yhteyden seuraavaan majapaikkaan. Ensin menin ratikka 1:llä Deutzin asemalle joen itärannalle ja sieltä RE-junalla (Regional Express) Düsseldorfin asemalle, josta jatkoin metrolla vanhassakaupungissa sijainneeseen hotelliin. Huone oli tilava. Tuli ongelmia Düsseldorfin paikallisliikenteen aplikaation kanssa. Vaikka annoin tietoni ja maksoin päivälipun, ... read more

Our last night was plagued by thunder and lightening so the planned pleasant stroll in the Saturday Market nearby and breakfast at Winterfelt was not looking promising. And it wasn’t. The cafe wasn’t open and the rain barely allowed time for a quick look, buy some supplies at a bakery for the train ride to Dusseldorf and have breakfast at a popular cafe that took your order at the counter and then the waitress came empty handed to the table to tell us it was ready to pick up. It was obviously popular because the coffee and food were good; there was no service. The public transport in Berlin is very organised and efficient. We had been on and off trains and buses many times and never waited more than 4 minutes for a connection. A ... read more

Alright so we're gonna play a little catch up here. So been about a week since I put some words down here. I was particularly inspired today though and thought I would come back and talk about whats happened since then. So lets start with Karneval. During this festival I ended up meeting this girl from America by total accident because I was lost looking for a certain place a friend of mine I had just met was. This friend I met on a carpool from Berlin. Everything has been spontaneous since I've been here. No shit... Like stuff just happens.. I meet people... and it has me questioning daily. Is it fate or coicindence that guides our lives? Either or I'm cool with it all. I'm in the right spots at the right time. So ... read more

Our trip to Düsseldorf and Köln... read more

Last time I wrote I was getting ready for 10 days of cycling through the borderlands of Germany and Poland. Er, that seems like a lifetime ago. Well, since then I've been there and done that, and from what I can remember, it was enjoyable (when the weather was agreeable). Really. I have a vague recollection of us being somewhere around Berlin. I know I was in Poland because I was paying with zlotys for a couple of days. I know the places I overnighted because I made a point of writing it down. The rest though is all a bit of a blur. I've been racking my brain to understand why and come up with a theory. Here goes... For the last 18 years I've done these types of bike trips on my own. Suffice ... read more