Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 663

So I made it; at least to Munich. I’m waiting to board my flight to Florence. The flight over here wasn’t all that bad. I sat next to a Greek gentleman, and that was interesting, to say the least. But I do have to say that I had the best seat: 33K, a window seat right next to the wing. It was the perfect seat for my first international flight. And I do have to say Lufthansa is awesome. The seats were comfy, even though they were cramped. Every person had their own personal TV with movies, music, and other stuff to watch. They served us two meals and the food was actually good! The stewardesses were really nice too. I didn’t sleep very well, but I’ve never been the type of person who can easily ... read more

i am not sure how much of my blog is being covered by yusuf who is also writing simultaneously. apologies for revising the same events over and again, should that be the case. first of all, we are using german keyboards, making things incredibly difficult to write with. they have symbols such as Ä and ß which are obviously redundant in english. furthermore the y and z buttons are in opposite positions and this is succesfully driving me up the wall. no matter. right, we didnt think we'd make it to berlin last night. the odds were certainly against us. i believe yusuf has documented the epic events of the dash from hradec to prague and so theres no need for me to re-iterate. perhaps i could discuss the hostel saga. having booked our hostel earlier ... read more

To start off my entry, I have a creepy anecdote. The other day, I was riding to a soccer game on the S-Bahn. It was really cramped and more people were getting on on every stop. I was stuck up next to this homeless lady and had to be pressed against her. This was bad enough, until I glanced down at the baby carriage she was pushing. The inside where the baby would have been was covered in blood. It kind of freaked me out, but I didn't want to do anything, so I just waited and prayed to god she wasn't going to force me at knifepoint to play "family" or some other creepy thing. She got off soon and I was relieved. The german lady next to me seemed to be happy, too. Weird... ... read more

So we visitied the Berlin Wall and Check Point Charlie. We hadn't realized that the wall went up August of 1961. Before there had been travel restrictions but the wall went up then. Check Point Charlie was the place where east met west. There isn't much of the wall left. We did go to one area where they have preserved the Wall and show how the East German govenrment created a "death strip" between the wall and East Berlin, not allowing anyone to leave East Berlin. Very interesting! In addition to seeing the historical sites, we did some people watching while we ate and drank some beer. On our way to Checkpoint Charlie's, which is quite a few train rides away from the hotel (Berlin is an absolutely huge city), we stopped and had lunch at ... read more

I honestly cannot believe we made it to Germany and back in Matt's '78 MG. Don't get me wrong, it's a great running car but when you think of taking a road trip, it's rarely in a classic car such as this, unless it's a VW bus (of which we saw many). But we made it. I give props to Matt as well because he drove the entire way with only a short nap on the trip across the channel via ferry. Our destination was Spangdahlem where Matt used to be stationed and we met up with some of his old German friends. I must say the scenery in Germany blows away this portion of England. So many more trees and hills. The beer is better too, and that means alot coming from this non-beer drinking ... read more