Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 882

So after a 5 hour journey with more beautiful scenary we made it to our campsite called camping Oase 40km north of Frieburg. Its a lovely friendly camp site that supplies fresh rolls & OJ every morning and they even do your washing for you (if you can catch reception while its open)...what more can you ask for. Well, actually theres a swimming pool just next door too with loads of sunbathing area which is useful for all the hot weather we're still having. Its quite nice in the evenings coz we get to watch a thunder storm and cool down then its nice again by the morning. Except yesterday when it was a bit over cast so we went to Europa Park. Its a big theme park about 7km from the campsite, we had a ... read more

This time last year I would have smirked at you if you had have told me I would be attending the World Cup in Germany. Furthermore, I would have scoffed at you if it was implied that I would show any form of real excitement towards a round balled game that quite often produces a scoreless draw. And, would’ve been absolutely shattered if told that I would turn down offers of more than $2000 for a ticket I paid $45 for. How things have changed. Whatever judgments are made from what is written and seen here will never completely do it justice. The atmosphere was electric. The excitement beyond compare. The anticipation unrivalled. The 2006 World Cup in Germany - was an event that simply had to be experienced to be believed. With Australia and Brazil ... read more

Now I am in Budapest using a hungarian keyboard. There will be some typos....sorry. First stop, I went to the munich soccer stadium, and then i head to BMW museum. I love Bmw, unfortunately that they are building a new museum and the old one is also in construction so thez have these small little tents to show a little bit. It was quite disappointing. I tried to get the BMW factory tour. Apparently you have to book it 3 months in advance. I tried to sweet talk the guy and they have one tour that day at 6pm in german. The tour is all walking for 3 hours. I would do it, if it was not my last night here. After BMW, I went to the English Garden which is one of the biggest garden ... read more

柏林，04年來訪時我仍然想努力尋找二戰過後的遺跡；今次再來，曾經佈滿彈痕的國會大廈，對出空地已變成「縮小了的Olympiastadion」──'Adidas World of Football'，想忘記，原來容易得很。你想它是甚麼，它便成為甚麼。 今天本來想「掃館」，但「頭盤」Deutsches Historisches Museum，已啃了3個半小時（原來04年看漏了一大部份展館！），回到街上，熱得要命，走進Fan Fest現場（瑞士對多哥），場面冷清得嚇人，最後惟有投降，買了可樂以及改為逛商場，Alexanderplatz的Saturn幾乎又釀成意外。 之後跟包包在Hbf吃完晚飯到了Olympiastadion，一如所料，完全封鎖。... read more

Another warm morning and another early-ish wake up. Nat, Todd and I went down to breakfast while Adam stayed in. He got sunburnt from the game the day before! After breakfast, we all head to Marienplatz (city centre). Todd and I went to an Internet cafe while Nat & Adam went to the Tourist Information Centre to book some tours. Afterwards we all walked down the mall area, looked for Aussie supporter gear and had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Filled with soccer fans, they had plasmas everywhere showing the game. We enjoyed a huge meal before heading to Hofbrauhaus next door. On entering Hofbrauhaus, you already knew it was filled with Aussies and Brazillians. There was a lot of yellow/gold and green about! People were enjoying 1L steins, singing, talking (shouting!) loudly and having ... read more