Blogs from Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 2

I'm in Dortmund at the moment. Fabian met me at the train station and told me he had a small car so he wasn't sure if we could fit the bags in...I was thinking a Lada or something. I wait at the entrace and he pulls up in a Mazda MX5! Today I'll be going to class with Fabian and then a few friends will be coming over for some beer later on tonight. He has a dog named 'Easy' that hasn't had a bath in probably a month so hopefully we can sneak him a bath sometime in between. Zürich was lots of fun, Ashleigh is doing well with an assortment of several douzen yougarts in the fridge. The family has towel heaters in the bathrooms...fancy art all over the place, a priceless view of ... read more

Friday was a rather chill day for Dennis and I. We slept in, which felt amazing. For lunch we biked to the bakery down the street and had fresh baked good and coffee :D. That afternoon we drove around and did some errands, dropped off a ticket for wednesdays match between Bayern and Dortmund at dennis' uncles house, went to go visit his oma, and then took it easy at home. That evening we went to the next towns Shutzenfest. Now i deffinetly didn't get this festival at all before, but i think i get it now. Well sorta; basically Shutzenfest translate to shooting festival, the main part of the festival is everyone shoots at a wooden bird with a shotgun, and who ever shoots it down becomes the King of the festival. Then we went ... read more

First entry here in Dortmund, Germany! We've travelled around 1000 miles on the road already and are well into the swing of things. Driving on the right has been pretty easy for us all to adjust to, though navigating on a map with only the largest roads in Europe on has proven tricky! After cramming all our junk in the car, our first stop on day 1 was in Paris via the Dover-Calais ferry connection. Arriving around 7.30pm, we had time only to plan the next day's activities. We were delayed entering Paris due to strikes but spent the morning in a lovely little cafe in the suburb we were camped in. Our whistle-stop tour of Paris included the Arc de Triomph, the Champ D'elysees (no idea on the spelling!), some of the famous streets in ... read more

in 10 tagen geht es los... am 08.10. fliegen wir nach delhi. die wichtigsten vorbereitungen sind getroffen, wir müssen nur noch kleinigkeiten besorgen und die rucksäcke packen. ziele unserer reise: mcleod ganj, varanasi und bodhgaya... read more

Hi all, Have spent the past week in Germany relaxing. Making that the holiday within the holiday. Have walked around Dortmund and looked at some of the shops and coffee shops etc. Have spent time on-line chatting to people and catching up on some e-mails. Have been reading a book and sleeping in. So basically what normal people do when they are on holiday. But had enough of that now. Too much time sitting still means too much time thinking of all the things that I have to do when I get home. Plenty of time to worry about that when I actually get there, which is now only just over 2 weeks away. So the plans which we went and organised today are for me to continue travelling by myself, which I am getting rather ... read more