Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 676

Hamburg Hello! Here are some pictures from Hamburg! Enjoy! Hola! Aqui hay fotos de Hamburgo! Que disfruten!... read more

Having just made a solo trip to visit my long-lost husband in Berlin, I find myself writing about air travel yet again! You’d think that getting to and from Berlin from here should be a piece of cake after my trips across the Atlantic with The Toddler, but travelling with easyJet always adds the element of unknown - including mysterious delays and the strangest noise on arrival at Gatwick, like someone was sawing off a wing. EasyJet’s boarding policy is basically a free-for-all with no assigned seats - like going to the cinema - and this, I decided, brings out the worst in everyone. With no jet bridge at the low-cost airport in former East Germany, passengers simply peg it to the airplane and scramble up the steps. People who’ve paid extra for speedy boarding can’t ... read more

Neil and I successfully met up in Berlin, in what may very well be the largest train station in Europe. It's not that we planned it that well, it's more that I figured out which train he was probably arriving on and tried to stand in a place where I could see people coming down the stairs off of the platform, and we got kind of lucky. We stayed at Jetpak City Hostel. With a name like that, how could we say no? Actually, it may be the best hostel we stayed at so far. And it's won a bunch of awards for being the best hostel in Europe. So a good place to stay if you're heading to Berlin. Berlin is not expensive either. I think it's the cheapest city we've stayed in so far. ... read more

June 7, 8, 9, 2008 BERLIN, Germany After a short drive Saturday morning from Prague we arrived to a beautiful day in Berlin. Again the drive was great, on good highways, and through some more beautiful country side. We were talking today about all the scenery we have seen and for both of us the scenery around the Austrian Alps and Munich ( Bavaria ) is the most interesting we have seen so far. On this whirlwind adventure we have seen a lot ( we mean A LOT !!! ) of very beautiful places and they all have their own special character. We took the local TRAM in Berlin from our hotel to city center and some general snooping around. The tram is great and the station stop is literally accross the street from the hotel. ... read more

Heidelberg Pictures from Heidelberg! Fotos de Heidelberg!... read more

We're heading on to Lübeck today, on a sleeper night train, and planning to take a walk today. I am waiting for Owen to get back from the bakery with the beautiful sugar cookies they make here. I had real Schwartzwald Kirschekuchen (Black Forest cherry cake) yesterday and we got chatting to a random man who was a biker himself and had been several times to the rallies on the Isle of Man. Apparently one of the reasons Freiburg is so nice is because it is a liberal university town, much more tolerant of odd people and specifically in his case homosexuals than in a lot of Germany. I have to say, I really like it here. As we'd guessed though, being foodies, all our splurges money wise have been on food. And Lübeck is of ... read more