Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 823

I arrived in Giessen and finally found a place to stay. I'll be working at Firma Alexaner Binzel & desperately trying to learn German for the next few months. After that, it's back on the road. This time I'll go north and see what's there!.... read more

(June 24 through June 26 2006) June 24 Our train arrived at Traunstein mid-afternoon and Sylvia was waiting for us. She was another friend that my brother had studied with in Portugal. Our decision was to spend a relaxing weekend with her and her family before we moved onto East Europe--this was our last stop in Germany. Bavaria is beautiful, and small town after small town fill the roadway from Traunstein to Trostberg. The day we arrived was hot and the sky was clear, perfect weather to start out the weekend. As we drove towards Trostberg, the Alz River enchanted us, and we wished we could jump in--but we never got a chance. Once in town we dropped our bags off at Sylvia's place, met her family, and headed into the center of town. Her friend ... read more

So much for that last blog being the finale. It´s about 4:30 am in Frankfurt and I´m here at the airport. Unfortunately, my flight doesn´t leave until 11:05 am. By the grace of God I stumbled across an internet station and for one reason or another, I´m able to use it (probably because it´s 4:30 am and nobody works at this ungodly hour). What a great way to pass the time. I´ll probably catch up on my BBC.com and ESPN.com since I´ve neglected both over the past thirty days. My week at L´abri was fantastic, everything I could have hope it would be. The average day went study in the morning, work in the afternoon, and hang out in the evening. There were 30 of us students around the ages of 22 to 26 and we ... read more

Day 23 Thursday 8th February 2007 Rode the gondola’s down Mt Pilatus for the last time. We heard later that after lunch that day, they had to close the mountain as it was too windy for the gondolas to operate. Thank goodness we got down otherwise we would have been stuck up the top of the Swiss Alps. We entered back into Germany and travelled down the Rhine Valley along the Rhine River to St Goar. The Rhine Valley is famous for its wine. The vineyards are small and grow on the sides of very steep mountains so looking after the vineyards is mostly completed by hand. A very hard job to complete. Located along the river are many castles, built beside the river as this was once and still is a major trading area. The ... read more

I am back from a weekend in Cologne visiting my friend Jeremy. Two of the guys I work with (Phil and Jim) came along, so it was a bit of a ZPro reunion. Although I had been to Cologne in the summer, it was really fun to go back at another time of year to see how the city changes with the seasons. We were very lucky in that all of Europe is in a warm spell, so we were not subject to freak snowstorms or bitter winds off the Rhine. Quite a relief. And sorry – no photos of this trip. I frankly just didn’t get around to taking any. So – first things first. I arrived late Friday evening, about an hour after Phil and Jim because Zurich has these crazy rules about too ... read more