Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 679

After thinking long and hard I have decided to write this blog mainly in English (hello, all friends abroad) but to translate some parts for those of my German friends who might give up after the first few sentences. These additions will be addressed to Maria Guevara et. al. Liebe Maria. Wenn du's bis hierhin verstanden hast, gibt es eigentlich keine Probleme. Aber ich denke trotzdem an dich. Nun zum eigentlichen. Der Countdown läuft: - inoculations/ Impfungen: all done/ mehr Einstiche als Mückenstiche - wardrobe/ Garderobe: considered/ schon mal drüber nachgedacht, okay ... viel nachgedacht - funds/ Geld: hopefully sufficient / im grünen Bereich - desk/ Schreibtisch: far from being cleared / immer noch zu voll - list of other things to do: endless - Travelblog: its up and runnning (which is why my desk is ... read more

Hey all, So you're probably wondering just WHY I can't live without my Chinese roommates... well. Peng and Jueng just made their amazing dumplings and shared with me : ) I love authentic Chinese food, and I know I will miss them terribly when we leave. Anyway, backtracking... so last Saturday Joe and I decided to take a day trip to Berlin. We started out very early in the morning, which I'm glad we did. It is 3 hours away by bus, so we got to sleep on the bus going there, and coming home. Since it was just a day trip, I didn't feel like I got to see everything I had wanted to see, but that's what you get on a limited budget. We did not get to see the part of the Berlin ... read more

Tag 4: Kollmar - Büsum, 93,41km, Fahrzeit 5:11, Durchschn. 17,97 km/h, Gesamtstrecke: 386 km Morgens im Zelt die Blog-Einträge der letzten beiden Tage vorbereitet, und erst um halb elf losgefahren. Gestern wurde mir gesagt, dass in Intzehoe auf jeden Fall ein Campingladen sei, und evtl. auch in Glückstadt. Itzehoe liegt mir ein bischen weit abseits des Wegs, aber über Glückstadt muss ich auf jeden Fall. Dort erstmal für's Frühstück eingekauft, und dann eine halbe Stunde erfolglos nach einem Campingladen gesucht. Eine Suche bei google (schön wenn man ein internetfähiges Handy hat...) zeigt einen Eintrag für Brunsbüttel, dem nächsten grösseren Ort auf dem Weg. In Brunsbüttel dank Google und GPS die Adresse schnell in einem Industriegebiet am Ortsrand gefunden, dort ist aber nur ein Festzeltverleih. Man kann erahnen, wie Google die Assoziation zu Camping hingekriegt hat, ... read more

My trip to Europe began a little rough when my plane was delayed in Nashville because of storms in the midwest in particular in Chicago. This would not be a problem except fot the fact that my plane was coming from Chicago. So therefore my plane was delayed by an hour and a half.....causing me to miss my plane to Franfurt. Thankfully there were two other United flights leaving from Dulles that night, except the one at 6.50 was full, so I had to take the 9.48 flight. My orginal flight left at 5.16 from Dulles so i had to wait in Dulles for a few hours where I spoke with a retired army guy who was going to China who lived in PA. What else was I going to do? :) It really was not ... read more

Munich is great city. I started Munich full of worry that the rain would destroy my one day there. Seriously The rain is following me. It rained in Vienna, all 3 days in Hallstatt, in Munich, and even now in Interlaken it's raining. Enough already! But the walking tour (neweuropetours.eu) still went even with the rain, and my lovely Broken Umbrella (TM) is still going strong, so no stupid rain is gonna stop me ;) The tour is great, as it's purely tip-based and therefore requires the guides to be excellent in order for them to make moneys. And I tipped the guy twice what I had originally planned, the the half-scot half-kiwi was definitely good. We started at the new town hall, with it's apparently famous Glockenspiel (which was underwhelming but I guess charming). The ... read more