Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 666

Travel Blog Day 8 Munich We arrived in Munich and headed down to the hotel… a little disappointing, we were supposed to have AC and a king size and single bed… no AC and we have a single and a queen… it is warmer here too, getting over 80 today, so it was again difficult to sleep. Josh and I are both running on low energy, we tend to walk really slowly (but a lot of people do that here). Last night since we got in kinda late, we couldn’t do any of the guided tours, so we decided to just head up to the English Garden’s, which is the worlds largest beer garden (by acreage). It was basically just a massive park, but there were boatloads of people there just sunbathing and playing in the ... read more

Indiana Jones 5 - dieser Name begleitete uns 3 (2) Monate durch Südamerika. Wir starteten nahe des Äquators und reisten fortan immer weiter gen Süden, und drehten erst wieder um, als es am südlichsten Ende der Welt in Feuerland nicht mehr weiterging. Gemeinsam erlebten wir Momente, die wir ein Leben nicht mehr vergessen werden. Dieses Buch soll uns immer an diese tollen Momente erinnern, uns die Augen öffnen und in diese einzigartigen Länder hinfliehen lassen, wenn uns vor lauter Deutschtum das fernweh packt. Da das Vorwort der eher langweilige Teil dieses Buches ist, soll an dieser Stelle Schluss und dem geneigten Leser ein fröhliches Weiterlesen gewünscht sein. Auf das wir bald wieder ein solch spannendes Abenteuer erleben werden! Indi 5.... read more

So after a big swing out west and then along the south, I am back in Munich, one week later. After my last entry we went to Mittenwald and stayed there one night. It would have been nice if it had worked out there but at the same time the place was far out of actual Mittenwald - most DJH hostels aren´t actually IN the towns after which they´re named. So we left early in the morning from Mittenwald the next day and went to Berchdesgaden, a nice little mountain town in a projection of Germany down into Austria. It´s surrounded by beautiful mountains, and a quaint little place overall. Upon getting there we immediately secured lunch, being very very hungry. We found a touristy-looking streetside restaurant (the waitresses wore traditional Bavarian dresses, complete with poufy ... read more

Hallo all, I am just wrapping up another day in Berlin. We went to visit the Reichstag today which is where all the Parliment sittings occur. There was a lot of security clearance for a rather boring tour and an awfully rude tour guide. We got to visit one of the many Holocaust memorials. I will have to post some pictures sometime because it is rather indescribable. I just got back from a meeting with a 27 year old Parliament member. She is apart of the Green (Environmental) Party and had many interesting things to say. She started off our discussion with fluent German so I could only pay attention to the first few minutes because my head was spinning (they talk waaaay too fast and spit a lot). But things got more interesting and I ... read more

I suppose this may qualify as the biggest cheater entry ever, at least in my world. I think Lana has two worse entries than I do - case in point "Antarctica" and the Greece ones from home. But I suppose it's best that they are written as opposed to being forgotten completely. It's been a whirlwind of a last few days and I will do my best to capture what I can, it may be best to ask me about some of these RIDICULOUS situations in person and we can share a good laugh about my story-telling antics. I suppose some of you are imagining me rolling my eyes or raising my voice or even flapping my hands about (as I have a tendency to do), but hey - nothing beats the real thing right? :) ... read more