Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 951

GERMANY Plus Six Driving Trip, May 20 - 31, 2005 Day 1: May 20, 2005, Friday We relaxed in the President’s Club lounge before boarding our 1:15 p.m. flight on a Continental 777 to Frankfurt via Newark. Our Business/First Class accommodations were comfortable, and the food & service were topnotch. The luxury seats featured a variety of position controls and individual monitors for dozens of movies, games, and music selections. After a few hours of sleep, we awoke in Frankfurt at 9 a.m. local time. Day 2: May 21, 2005, Saturday We picked up our rental car, a Volkswagen Golf, and set out on our driving adventure! It didn’t take long to get lost. Our intention had been to drive north along the western bank of the Rhine River, but after about an hour of driving ... read more

Our school’s student-organized design fair is better described in pictures than in words. Website... read more

So today I went to Wal-Mart and bought a bunch of stuff for my trip. The surrealness of the trip is fading into reality. I am absolutely thrilled about this trip; it's gonna be so very exciting! :) Tomorrow I will be heading to a luggage store to find something secure to hold my passport and other important documents inside. So does anyone have any information about going to Greece? While I'm in Europe I definitely want to go to Greece. There are other places I would like to go, but money is a problem. haha. I am going to Paris for a week at the beginning of August. That will be fun. During my seven weeks in Kassel, I hope to see a lot of Germany, including Berlin. The Love Parade is going to happen ... read more

Arrival Abroad My long awaited trip to reconnect with family, friends, and to log in new experiences under my already seasoned travel pro belt, has finally begun! From the time I bought my plane ticket to the day of departure, I have been waiting in anticipation for this day. It has been three years since I've returned to my homeland of Germany - far too long than I care to admit. For someone who has grown accustomed to spending summers abroad, being on lockdown in a full-time job feels like burning weights on my soul. Thankfully the young guy sitting next to me on the plane was a good looking Swed. He had just returned from a surfing adventure in South America and was on his way back home. I guess he hadn't been in the ... read more

Sorry for the delay in the update, last night I spent a lot of time at the hostel trying to find a place to stay in Venice (we leave for a night train to Venice in 2 hours), so I didn't get a lot of time to update. Yesterday we went to the Dachau concentration camp, which was very interesting and took a lot longer than we thought it would take, mostly because it was a lot bigger than we thought. It was very depressing and it made the rest of the day a bit sadder. After that we came back to Munich and walked around for a while. We went to the Marienplatz, a square by the old city hall which houses a very large cuckoo type clock, and we also saw a bunch of ... read more