Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 804

Our next stop was Munich, Germany. The train ride was not as beautiful as the one to Salzburg but at least it was shorter. Munich is a very happening place filled with shopping and good food. Our first stop lead us to the largest church in Bavaria, Frauenkirche. The Gothic style cathedral has two towers reaching 325 feet high. Hike up the south tower to get a spectacular view of the city. When you first enter the cathedral look down at the Devil’s Footstep. The footprint with a small hooked tail at the heel is legend to be where the devil once stood when the church was first built. The devil was making fun of the windowless church that he thought he stood in. But he was tricked, from where he stood he could see no ... read more

UntitledIn May of 2007 I took a trip through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. T is in Germany for the summer, so I went out to visit on a 10-day trip. I flew into Frankfurt, Germany, and T met me there. We rented a car and set out on our trip. The car had a navigation system with a female voice, so we named her Clara. ... read more

OK, I admit it. I was getting a little nervous. After I hadn't heard from our home exchange partner in over a month, a short note arrived last Saturday with the question what day we would arrive. Relief! That was the kind of news I had been waiting for. Our email correspondence had been sporadic since we had both agreed to a non-simultaneous home exchange a few months ago; however, a few important details of our swap puzzle were still missing. Like exchanging addresses and keys! I mailed back right away, asking for these details. No answer. I knew our partner was very heavily engaged at work and he was about to head out on an overseas business trip. Also, he had never done a home exchange before. In all of my correspondence with him, I ... read more

Hello all! in case you're wondering what the title means it just asks "How are you?" (in the plural that is). So how is everyone? Sarah and I are doing just fine. I'm a little jealous of Sarah as she has a computer in her room with internet access anytime...alas i must use the computers at school to do all my e-mails...occasionally i can use the computer at home but it belongs to the son so i feel a little awkward asking to sit in his room and check my e-mails...for now the school will do. So what have we been up to since we have arrived? Well we did a tour of the city..in German...which was a little hard to follow what with the wind and the traffic in some areas..oh well...it's a nice town ... read more

At 1pm we had an optional excursion to POTSDAM to see SANSSOUCI PALACE and CECILIENHOF PALACE. And see was what we did in the front and back of Sanssouci. What a damn disappointment. Excuse my English. Evidently when our pamphlets stated SEE it must mean from the outside and VISIT must mean an inside tour. We had a nice guide but we thought we were to go inside but we only walked around the front and back of the grounds. Southwest of Berlin, Prussian kings lived here and so there are a few palaces in this area. We SAW Sanssouci, also known as Schloss Sanssouci first which is a long, one story building and yellow in color. Being built in the 1740's, it was the summer home of Frederick the Great, the King of Prussia. We ... read more