Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 884

Geo: 52.5235, 13.4115I was very excited about being back in Berlin. There is a lot that I want to see that I didn't get around to last time. Had a quick shower and walked to the train station with my crappy map supplied to me by the hostel. I had to catch a train on the S-Bahn and then the U-Bahn. Was quite confused about which direction the trains were going, hoped for the best and ended up at a major station. Then caught the U-Bahn to Unter ven Linden. As I walked up the stairs the Brandenburg Gate was in front of me and so was a huge soccer ball. The city was full of tourists. I went into the huge soccer ball and saw some soccer stuff and soccer shoes. There was also the ... read more

I can't put the pics up yet. My friends have dial up internet connection. I may do it when I am in Budapest. Anyway, we went to the Marienplatz on saturday morning which is the city square of Munich. At 11am, they have a little display show of jousting knights and dancing coopers, it was quite boring. Afterward we went to the city's oldest parish church. It got damaged good in the WWII. I went up to the top of the church to see the view of Munich. It was not as exciting as I thought it would be. Now here is the good stuff, Deutsches Museum supposes to be the best science museum in the world. I wouldn't doubt about that. Their math section is very fun. Not alot of history but a lot of ... read more

June 10 to June 16 Singapore is burning. My first night in Munich at the massive Tent and my only chance at a place to sleep, crazy enviornment complete with large campfires nightly. We gathered around a semi drunk Singapore man on the guitar, a great time chatting football and listing to his very karaoke voice with matching guitar scratch. He would dive into a Bob Dylan song, say, 'the Hurricane' and not but one minute he would lose his place, re-sing the chorus three times, then reach for his mystery bottle. I walked over to take a peak at the juice and found it was a German hot sauce bottle, contents unknown. It was a laugh, sitting around a bonfire in modern Munich with 30 people, then all of a sudden he fell to his ... read more

As my title suggests I know now the entire public transport system and can navigate my well around the greater Berlin area on my own very well. As I have not updated very recently this will be quite a large post. Tuesday the 13th: I headed out early in the morning to Berlin by myself. I saw Alexander Platz, the Berliner Dom, Pergamon Museum, Bradenburger Tor (and the huge soccer ball that is currently in front of it), the Riechstag, the Jewish memorial and Potsdamer Platz. I got a feel for the city and spent a lot of time just wandering and laying in the many parks that dot the city. Berlin is so green because during the time of the wall, many parks were made and trees were put up in order to distract residents ... read more

Day 14, 14th June. Tessenderlo - Leopoldsburg - Roermond (HOLLAND) - Elmpterwald (GERMANY) Woke up early, had breakfast and set off the same time as yesterday. There was blue sky and good cycle lanes ahead of us. After passing Leopoldsburg we went through a huge military area of Belgium before getting to Bree where we used up all our Belgian francs at Aldi and ate in the town square. My appetite was back with a vengeance! After then it was a straight ride to the Dutch border and coffee shops. We just cycled in, past an empty border station and along confusing cycle ways to Roermond where I managed to post my Barbie card off to Kathryn. Afterwards, Scott, Rory and I found an internet coffee shop which sold Colombian ‘specials’. We had one and checked ... read more