Blogs from Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 4

Once again…we were up too early. Today we had a reason though, a 7 hour reason. We drove from Berlin to Wuppertal and even at 160-170km/hour it still took 7 hours and cost dad 2 speeding fines (although he doesn’t know yet). Mum and Sam were no longer direction navigators, they were now speed camera looker outerers… and not doing a very good job. Wuppertal is a little town near Dusseldorf where Sam and her boyfriend John have been living for the past 2 months. We stayed at their place for lunch and had a little look around the town. Another hour down the road and we were in Dusseldorf. We stayed her e for 1 night after eating a huge Mexican dinner. Our day was spent walking along the Rhine, eating fresh food from the ... read more

Hurra!! Heute ging es endlich los! Um 12.15 Uhr Abfahrt Richtung Düsseldorf vom Parkplatz des Autohauses Opel-Hetzer in Berlin. Astrid hat lecker Schnittchen besorgt. Heidi die letzten Ersatzteile in den Kofferraum gestopft und die Mitarbeiter uns freundlich zugewunken. 6 Stunden sollte die Fahrt dauern. Nach einem kurzen Stopp an der Raststätte Schafstrief, die erste Überraschung ... Heidi will den Motor starten ... aber kein Mucks. Wieeeehhh? Der will nicht anspringen??? Watt den dasss?? Wohl der Anlasser. Oder vielleicht die Batterie?? Nach kurzem Anschieben schnurrt der Motor wieder und weiter geht's. Angekommen im Hilton haben wir erstmal den Reparaturtermin gecheckt. Das wird schooon! Da bin ich mir ganz sicher!!! Zumal wir gleich 2 helfende Hände gefunden haben. Doch dazu mehr morgen!... read more

The start of my first full german day. I have come to marco's home in Mulheim(sp?). On the way i was given my first drive on he autobahn, IT WAS AWESOME!!!! Had a couple of great german meals, gone to an icecream bar and explored some of the German countryside. The cars here are amazing, so many brand new mercedes, bmw, audi and porsche just whizzing past you on the autobahn at 200+km/h Its been great so far.. I cant wait until we start the Rail Trip....21 days of new countries/people/bars/experiences we leave in 24 hours. My updates may be less frequent as im not sure if i will take my laptop, and where i will find a internet connection. ... read more

MORGEN! (good morning) So, its our first official day in germany and it is the middle of the night for you. I definitely woke up in the middle of the night wide awake so I played sudoku for about an hour and then fell back asleep. I have the coolest room. Very modern. Our host mom has internet but her computer is sick right now so we are internet-less for the time being. It is a little colder here than I originally thought yesterday. The morning train ride proved that. haha. We had meats and cheeses for breakfast that were really good. I actually had sausage for breakfast (cept it was salami). lol. As for first impressions of Germany...VERY clean. I am not a big fan of table water (sparkling water) but I will probably have ... read more

(June 9-June 10, 2006) June 9 We left London late afternoon on Ryan Air. They may be cheap, but very uncomfortable. The airline doesn't fly directly into Düsseldorf, rather into Weeze. The airport is tiny, and as we go through customs and get our airbags, the airport is empty, only a handful of gates, and everything is closed. The person at the information desk, very helpful, was about to leave, and we were lucky enough to get some information from her. An ATM adventure, and an hour bus drive to Düsseldorf later, we were ready to go. We got off the bus, and climbed on the first taxi that stopped. We forgot to look at the map in the bus, and we had no idea where we were compared to the hotel--ends up that there are ... read more