Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 880

We arrived at our relatives' place in Munich early Saturday morning, in good time to prepare for the match at 5pm that afternoon. A few beers were inbibed in preparation for the main event later on, and so we headed off for the stadium, in an extremely packed S-Bahn train. When we got there, lo and behold there was no record of our tickets, nor of the security man we'd gotten to know in Stuttgart, so we went away somewhat saddened, but really only with confirmation of the scam we'd known all along. Then I remembered that I'd managed to get a rather nice photo of our 'FIFA Friend', and also had his mobile number which I'd previously reached him on, so we decided to file a report with the police. We were taken in, through ... read more

Day 3 - The End of the Romantic Strausse (Road) We let the girls sleep in so Ted and I went for a walk top the inner wall of Rotherburg. It was still cool and no one was really up yet. We started at one of the watch towers near our B&B and walked thorough three or four before heading back down to the main square. The overhead cross beams were so low that Ted had to duck the whole time so we made it a short walk. In the walls of the inner wall, there are bricks that are engraved with peoples names that have contributed money to the city to reconstruct after the war. In the beginning these brinks cost less than 1 Euro. Now you can buy them for about 1500 Euro. Don’t ... read more

Day 3 - Stop One - Wurzburg - The beginning of the Romantic Road. It is another beautiful city. Large churches and huge old buildings The first stop was the Wurzburg Residenz. It was the prince’s palace. The gardens were beautiful. Everything was in bloom. The smell of the roses was incredible. Awesome! We heard that 15 to 20 weddings happen each day there in the spring and summer. We saw 3 brides and their parties taking pictures in the gardens when we were there. There were many gardens so they probably didn’t know the other was there. A short 5 minutes walk took us through the market square to the Old Main Bridge. The market square had all kinds of fruits and flowers for sale. There was a Germany high school band playing “Dancing Queen” ... read more

so to start z is the new y because im layz and these crayz german bastards have screwed up the computer somehow. we left amsterdam for a town called kaiserslautern which is the smallest host of the world cup. it was so cool there. we stazed about 2 miles outside of the citz center. in a 13th centurz monk barn. outside of the citz center about 200 zards is forrest. and we walked about 2 miles through the forrest to our place. huge forest with weird monuments all over. some nayi stuff....it was weird.. thez had a huge beer garten though which made up for anz previous apprehension i had previouslz had... we hung out there for a bit and then went into the town for the us game. thez have these things called fan fests ... read more

Day 23, 23rd June. Röshof - Großhubersdorf - Nürnberg - Pommelsbruhn We were on the road early again, a lovely day again. We stopped off at a village to finish off last nights pasta on a brötchen. It was a short ride into Nürnberg, a confusing city and very busy until we entered the Altstadt - it was amazingly beautiful. We bought our pepper-sprays here and tried to find bike bits but with no luck. Scot and Rory went to McDonald’s against my advice, paid €5 each (twice the price of last night’s meal I cooked for all of us) and ended up saying it was the most disgusting food they’d tasted for ages, Ha! I stocked up on Spiritus* before the shops closed and we headed off east out of town. Just outside the city ... read more

well i have very little time. we have stopped off at a little town to catch our next train to leipzig called mannheim. i forget the last time that i updated this thing but i am fine everything is ok. we left amsterdam...what a freaken city it was soo discusting words cant even describe. we left their two days ago and headed to kaiserslautern a small town in the palatine forest...just past the reine river. we stayed at the sweetist little hotel in the forest. we didnt know how far awaz it was so we went on a little hike. it was deep into the forest like a little bed and breakfast. very nice people... it had a small (very small) town feel. i have a bunch of pics and will try and upload them now ... read more