Destination: Germany

Berlin

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By stevenpbrown | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry

I cannot say that I was overly frilled when I booked a holiday to Berlin. It never interested me. I am more of an ‘ancient history’ kind of guy rather than ‘modern warfare’ and I was sceptical the entire flight there. Maybe it was the company I was with ... Read more >

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Photos: Partnachklamm

Tue, 12 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery

Photos: Zugspitze

Tue, 12 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery

Sipadan

Tue, 12 May 2015 | By laurasorganisedchaos | Views [111] | Scholarship Entry

What do you do when you want to dive on one of the worlds most famous diving sites, that requires a permit which you should book several months in advance and you haven't gotten around to doing this? Take a series of chances and land yourself the best ... Read more >

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Cologne Cathedral

Tue, 12 May 2015 | By tripology | Views [159] | Scholarship Entry

My trip to Cologne is very special to me because it was my very first time traveling by my own. I decided to go there because I love Germany because a live show of one of my favourites bands ever, Radiohead, and I though it would be interesting see them ... Read more >

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AMSTERDAM

Sat, 9 May 2015 | By theaverageskylar | Views [84] | Scholarship Entry

I really dont know what you meant by Travel Treasure so here i go basically i would go to amsterdam to see some of my family and perhaps go to a concert or two ..

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Opa in the Alps

Fri, 8 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Views [458]

it is hard to imagine a lovelier setting than the Bavarian Alps in Spring with log work huts dotting the fields of yellow and white wildflowears in the sunshine, backed by the very close and pointed granite spires of the peaks, with their patches of ... Read more >

Tags: bavarian alps, cheese, monastery, wild flowers

Photos: Bavarian Alps

Fri, 8 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery

Jet-lagged in Munich

Thu, 7 May 2015 | By empressintraining | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry

We are on day two of our European Adventure, and I'm pleased to report that we're still alive, and thanks to some homeopathic jet-lag pills, rather hopeful that we'll catch a glimpse of some Fußball-Club Bayern München players. That said, we are not ... Read more >

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When the heart beats fast

Wed, 6 May 2015 | By nadyasupertramp | Views [97] | Scholarship Entry

What I love about travellings is the possibility not only to escape from the routine and visit very new places you have never been to before but as well to challenge oneself, to look inside of you, to learn something new and unexpected about oneself. ... Read more >

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Eisfabrik

Tue, 5 May 2015 | By weiminchen | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry

“It’s here.” The first brave explorer helped us over the crumbling concrete wall after scouting ahead in the shadows. There were only a handful of us left after the group splintered at the beginning of the night, but this was to be expected from such ... Read more >

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Photos: Freilicht Schwarzwald museum

Fri, 1 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery

Erste Mai

Fri, 1 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Views [337]

Well, we survived Witch's Night with no outside furniture removed, and May Day dawned with another morning of drippy rain. After nearly 3 months of perfectly pleasant touring weather from Seattle to Germany and only using umbrellas for three brief periods, ... Read more >

Tags: forest, may pole

Photos: Rhineland -Palatinate

Fri, 1 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery

Photos: Black Forest and Mosel Valley

Fri, 1 May 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery