Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 894

Well today was quite interesting. Got up had a shower, then left to go see the Viktualienmarkt. Its an open air market. I just call it the Alien Market. Anyhow, we went there to get some food, lots of fresh fruit markets and such as well as other restaurants. First I got chicken nugget things and chips (french fries) and that didnt fill me so I bought the biggest pretzel I have ever seen, it was great. After we explored that market for a couple hours we decided to go to the worlds oldest beer hall, Hofbräuns. Thats where Jocelyne and I both ordered a liter of beer and she had her lunch since she didnt eat at the market. We had quite a good time there. The beer was excellent in that beer hall. Then ... read more

the flight was disgusting, an hour delayed, lots of meals, repeated turning on and off of the lights. i've slept for only about 4 hours during this 18-hour journey. this time was the german police officer to ask me the purpose of going to germany, and he asked me to show of my euro prepared. i know what did he mean. so i directly showed my credit card. ALLES GUTE! as shown in weather forecast, Düsseldorf is rainy and cold. my eurail pass is yet activated and i had to calculate if there were any cheaper way to buy some discounted ticket. i knew nothing and my brain refused to calculate. manman helped me a lot, maybe i owed her a loft of bread! the atmosphere in köln is strange. no huge poster, no special decoration. ... read more

Took a day trip to Rothenburg. Need photos but it is a medieval town surrounded by the original wall so we just had a wnoder around taking a few snaps before heading back for a swim at the hotel - very cruisy day.... read more

Well Ive been in Munich for a day now, but I dont like it as much as Berlin. Perhaps because berlin had better maps available, or maybe because I understood the stuff that was there better, the berlin wall and such. Or maybe it was becaue of the Döner Kebabs. Lol I dont know, but today was very rainy, and I think that tomorrow we will try to find the famous beer hall here. Oh, and it was funny, 2 guys staying at my hostel were stationed in germany and are on leave right now, made me think of you joe. Its sunday so everything is closed, markets, stores pretty much everything, very different from the US. We just walked around and since its sunday we can get into some cathedrals for free and look around. ... read more

Day 52: May 27 - CZECH REPUBLIC - Prague, GERMANY - Dachau, Munich Accommodation: Haus International Hostel, Munich It was time to leave the Czech Republic and visit Germany. We didn't get stopped at the border by passport control this time. It took another 5 or 6 hours or so with a few stops before Tash asked us something important. She said we were coming close to Dachau Concentration Camp but asked if any of us wanted to visit and if anyone did not want to visit the camp as it could be a very emotionally disturbing experience for some people. A fair few people were very interesting in going and no-one objected to it so we made a stop. We've all heard the stories from World War II where Hitler secretly ordered the Nazis to ... read more