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Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin July 12th 1997

Day 11 Occasionally time is irrelevant. Sure, I was scheduled to check out of the hotel by 11AM but I was going to juice my stay for all it was worth. 8:00…9:00…9:30…my eyes were open, but I did not dare to wake up the rest of me. Covered by twelve inches of fluffy comfort, I just laid back and basked in the glory of my opulence. Usually, when one stays in hostels in Europe they wake at 7AM, have a quick shower, eat their pittance provisions and are tossed out into the street by eight. They sleep in rooms with six or eight other travellers. They get to endure the stench of others, tolerate their snores and ignore their personal eccentricities. Of the three, the last one is the hardest to cope with. Some of these ... read more

Day 10 - Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin July 11th 1997

Kidcarm

Day 10 “Achtung!!” “YOU vill get up and you vill get up NOW!!” “Achtung!! Achtung!!” Ahh…the melodic sounds of a German alarm clock. Like a good Kraut, I obediently opened my eyes to the bellow of a hoarse campground kommander at 7AM but like a good Canuck I defied Colonel Klink's orders, turned over and continued to sleep off my hangover. Ten minutes later…the colonel brought in reinforcements, namely a man who shook a bell beside my throbbing head. That worked. With ponderous pace, I gradually dragged myself out of bag. For reasons unclear, I couldn't stomach food. I was even unable to force coffee down. Sitting on picnic tables within the compound, with envy, I watched my fellow refugees suck back cups of delicious fresh hot coffee. The bastards did it just to spite me. ... read more

Day 9 - to Berlin

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin July 10th 1997

Kidcarm

Day 9 Like a good German, I arose from my sleep at 7:30 AM, bid ‘auf weidersehen’ to the noisy bastards, swiftly scarfed down my morning Muslix and coffee and headed off to the train station. I hit the train station and locked up my luggage for a few hours before my departure. For some reason, I had to get out of there. I just didn’t get the right vibes. Sure, it is beautiful, for an industrial port, but we bombed the shit out of it during the war and there aren’t many sights left to see. Looking to the bible, I passed by the Rathaus and checked it off in my guide. The Rathaus was the city’s town hall. Very nice, very closed, thus very useless to me. I followed my trek to an empty ... read more

Day 8 - Hamburg

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg July 9th 1997

Kidcarm

Day 8 (Editors note: prior to Day 8 my journal was written in point form with the intention to rewrite it once I returned to civilisation. The previous evening and sequential conversation with Veronica and Melanie caused me to rethink my personal objective as a traveller and as a writer. From this day forth I wrote in long-form. As previously noted this journal has altered from the original but the concepts, thoughts, opinions, activities etc. are pretty much the same.) Good morning world. Don't you just love dope? One can fry their brain with a few jolly j's until the smell and flavour of eggs is emitted from ones ears and be guaranteed that they will never be bedridden with gut rot from a bad batch of skunky draft. Nope. Smoking that leafy green substance accented ... read more

Raus

Europe » Germany » Saxony » Dresden June 8th 1997

celind

I've seen them before. Hundreds of times. But only in movies. Hans und Helga, the two arrogant, brusque, German customs officers. Riding alone, undisturbed in my coupe all the way from Prague to Berlin was too good to be true. "Does any of you speak any English?" Why do I even ask? I've seen the movies...what fun would it be if they did? The concept is simple: show us all your stuff! Now! "Do you have anything that you shouldn't have?", is probably a good translation from their language. "No, I don't", hoping the are not searching for booze. Of course they discover my bottle of absinthe. But they are not searching for booze. "By the way, you do not change trains in Berlin, you change trains in Dresden." About 10 minutes away, and my stuff ... read more

Heilbronn

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg March 12th 1997

Heilbronn

Moje Wedrowanie

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Bad Wimpfen

Europe » Germany » Baden-Württemberg » Bad Wimpfen March 10th 1997

Bad Wimpfen

Moje Wedrowanie

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Part 4 of the Around Europe Trip

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich February 19th 1997

cjg1

This is continued from my Amsterdam page. We woke up about 90 minutes outside of Munich. It was my first sights of Germany and I was loving it. I just sat there and watched the scenes go flying by. As we approached Munich for the first time we packed up and got ready to go. Our plan was to go to Fussen and see Neuschwanstein. But first we needed to get train tickets, breakfast, and also see if we could see some sights of Munich. My first views of this train station were amazing to me. I love the way it looks and how it is set up. We arrived on a track on the right hand side. After getting off the train we made our way to the information booth and then bought tickets to ... read more

Eue De Cologne

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne September 30th 1996

celind

The Ruhr Area is huge. Cities merge together, to the extent it is impossible to determine which one you're in at the moment. This massive zone attracts lots of people. People in cars. Even though the German Autobahn is an impressive network of roads, traffic jams are inevitable. This is one of those places, where lots of people decided to take their cars out for a ride, all at the same time, resulting in a complete standstill. An indicator on the dashboard is going into red. Smoke is coming out of the engine. A broken radiator and a traffic jam - bad combination. Pulling on to the shoulder and let the car cool down is only a temporary solution. We have to take the first exit to the first town. The town where nobody speaks English. ... read more

First trip to Europe

Europe » Germany » Hesse » Frankfurt July 10th 1996

John M

Geo: 50.0924, 8.68195Arrived in Frankfurt... read more

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