Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 801

Whew! Arriving in Germany was a whirlwind. We had gotten used to freezing temperatures, desolate countryside, and locals who all spoke English. Yesterday we arrived in Frankfurt and found it quite a challenge. It is the extreme opposite from Iceland here. Germany is experiencing unusually hot weather, and English speakers are much harder to come by. Simple things like reading a menu are pretty impossible even with our translation guide.... so beer, bratwurst, and pretzels (and I mean PRETZELS), a few of the only things we do understand, are more than getting us by so far. We arrived at our hostel in Munich today. A beautiful city. We will spend 4 days here, which is a very welcome break from moving to a new location every day. And the prices! Paying a "normal" amount for ... read more

Hallo Guys, So the flight from Athens to Berlin took about 3 hours, and was a three hour full flight so I didn´t arrive in Berlin till about 11.30. And I was really tired (I'd gotten into a habit of early nights!) and the entire flight stood and waited for our luggage to come for about an hour and a half so by the time I set off for the hostel it was about 1am. I found the train easily enough but I had to change from my train to a U-bahn train and when i went to the U-bahn station everything had closed up and all the trains had stopped for the night. A German guy came up and asked for directions I think, although all he got was a blank stare and "what the.." ... read more

Hallo alle! We arrived back home last night from our trip in Berlin and I think it is safe to say that both Jo and I had a blast. We got the opportunities to go see many things, likely that we will never see again. For instance, we went to an Opera, (I'm not entirely sure I would want to sleep through another), and we went to see the Philharmonic Orchestra. Of the two the Orchestra was my favourite, the music was incredible, almost made me want to take up music lessons...almost. We also went to the Zoo, even if it were only for an hour, we powered our way through and saw as much as we could. In the same day we made it to Checkpoint charlie and the museum there. The next day we ... read more

Marburg, GermanyAssi Visamo Hello! On Saturday May 26th I travelled with my friend Will to Marburg, about 1 hour North from Frankfurt Am Main by train. The city of Marburg is located by the Lahn River and is a beautiful German city with traditional German buildings and walking paths. "Other cities have a university, Marburg is a university" as the saying of Marburg goes. Quoting the city web site "The Phillipps-University in Marburg is very old, founded in 1529, and has about 18 000 students and 7000 employees. The majority of students come from all parts of Germany." We arrived at Marburg around lunch time and found a good place to eat just around the corner from railway station. After lunch we crossed the river and walked towards downtown. On our way there we saw t ... read more

Just some pictures from Rothenburg, Germany which is a medieval city that also has a city wall. We ate, shopped at the Chrismas store (yes, Christmas shopping in summer) and purchased some ornaments and took in the city's sights, shops and street entertainment. ... read more