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Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich June 8th 2006

Brez'n and Lederhosen Well, we sold our house, our cars, left our jobs, and our friends, my family and came to Munich for a change. After all, they say it's often the things you don't do in life that you regret, right? We couldn't speak any German, but fortunately Levent does have a job here, and he gets to work in English. Did I mention that when we arrived in Munich, I was very large? As in 8-months-pregnant large? Yes, we thought it would be a good idea to change nearly every aspect of our lives all at once: our son Kaan was born here two months after we arrived. Who says Germans aren't friendly? We have definitely had some customer-service issues here (more on that later), but if it were not for the help of ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin June 7th 2006

Day 63 - June 7 - GERMANY - Berlin Accommodation: Odyssee Globetrotter Hostel My first night train in Europe and it was quite comfy, although I’ve heard those Germans are pretty efficient. I had to share a bunk bed with 5 other people, although I got on the train about 11pm and it was pretty quiet and a smooth trip so I actually slept pretty well. We came into the Berlin outer suburbs about 8am and I got my gear ready to go. I found out from my hostel website that I only had to go one more train station after getting off the night train to get to my hostel stop, and then it was only a 10 minute walk along a main road. It was a pretty nice hostel too. I hadn’t planned a ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Bonn June 7th 2006

We find ourselves now in this little sleepy town of Bad Godesberg, situated just south of Bonn, in time for the start of the World Cup. Our grand farewell to England with our British hosts included both a beer festival and a fair in Chalfont. Funny coincidence at the beer fest -- the Brits found us a souvenir plate from none other than Victoria, British Columbia, Canada! The only thing we could think of doing with it was to get them all to autograph it and now we will bring it home and put it on display as a memento of our trip. It was sad to say goodbye, but as we have managed to do all year it was time to look forward to our next destination, back to the European continent. We flew to ... read more
Nigel, Nick, Simon and Chris
Chris and Sarah with Autographed Plate
The Da Vinci Code Tourist

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Freiburg June 7th 2006

today is mittwoch (wednesday) and I am making curry!!!! nothing extraordinary has occured since my last post thing. I watched the socceroos V holland, arjen robben is a cheating bastard, and sterjovski is crap but other than that the game was good. We went to a theme park on monday which was absolutely awesome aside from the fact that i had consumed ridiculous amounts of alcohol and other things the night before which meant i didnt eat all day from fear of sharing it with everybody on the rollercoaster later on... we've done some more bike riding, my bum is getting used to it. if i ever had to go to prison i'd be a-ok Germany is green, really really green, and really cold, my shoes are pretty much ruined from the snow so im wearing ... read more

Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Sankt Goar June 6th 2006

6:36pm Breakfast this morning was at 7:00 am… I think I woke up a little after 5:30 am this morning. Breakfast was the same, so I had 2 Melba toast and Dramamine. Packed my overnight bag and boarded the bus at 7:30. Adios, Amsterdam! The bus ride to Germany wasn’t so bad. Our first stop was in Cologne. We had a chance to go through the Cathedral, which was gorgeous. I got some really cool shots from the inside. We had about a half hour to kill before we had to meet, so we wandered around the train station. We stopped at a stand and had a delicious wurst croissant (€1.75) which tasted just like a corndog. Mmmm.. I also bought a smoothie later, but it was not so great (€2.75). The train station is right ... read more
St. Goar Cruise
Cologne cathedral
View from top of St. Goar

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Tübingen June 5th 2006

Hello all, At the moment we are tstaying with Anja's parents in Heidenheim, a village about 2 hours drive from Tübingen. Yesterday we got our first real taste of the World Cup, and in particular Australia's involvement in it, when The Socceroos played Holland. As many of you may have heard the Dutch accused us of being a bit too rough, and actually the commentator mentioned something about "Aussie Rules Football" duting the broadcast, perhaps drawing comparisons to that game. True they did play hard but perhaps it is hard for them to do anything less than try their hardest when they are playing such an established team. It was great that they drew. The commentator also said that Australia was not just at the World Cup to make up the numbers which is encouraging, but ... read more

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Heidelberg June 5th 2006

Phill, Katy, and I walked up the mountain in Heidelberg on Monday, Whit Monday since we had off. It was a long and tiring hike that took around 45 minutes, but it was definitely worth it. It was very cool. We had some lunch up there and enjoyed ourselves. It was interesting to see where the Nazis did things and just how far from the city it is set. From the mountain you can see Heidelberg very coolly, like a plane picture.... read more
Ampitheater 2
Ampitheater 3
Ruins of one of the Monastaries

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg June 5th 2006

We have decided to split the Germany blog into two parts. This one will cover our time spent in Glückstadt, ours visits to Hamburg, Travemünde and Lübeck. The second blog, which should be sent out this coming Monday, will cover our night spent in Düsseldorf and our day trip up to Westerland on the Island of Sylt. Glückstadt, Hamburg, Travemünde and Lübeck We were in Germany for a total of 10 sunny days. Our base for the trip was Susanne and Walter’s (Kai’s Dad) place in the picturesque town of Glückstadt. Glückstadt (located in the Schleswig-Holstein region i.e. northern tip of Germany) on the river Elbe was founded by King Christian IV of Denmark in 1617. Its name, translated in English, means "Lucky City". 5 to 6 June 2006 We spent our first day catching up ... read more
Gluckstad Town Hall (Rathaus) and eagle from the candelabra
Kai and his Dad, Walter
Kai and the 10Kg Kasimir. Kasi travels everywhere.

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne June 5th 2006

Dear family and friends The offer of a trip to Germany - all expenses on work - was too good to pass up, so I signed on for the work soccer team and spent the last weekend in April hiding behind my goalie gloves in Cologne. Together with a really lovely team of girls from the London, Brussels and Paris offices (pictured), we played against a seriously scary team from Moscow, as well as teams from Bratislava (not a country in itself but actually the capital of Slovakia I discovered....the hard way), Budapest, Madrid and Germany. Whilst we may not be getting any calls to play in the World Cup, we were pretty pleased to come 4th out of 9, especially as we had 4 Aussies in the team who didn't know the rules and I ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne June 5th 2006

June 5th 2006 hey ihr zwei ! Viel Spass... read more




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