Destination: Germany

Berlin - part 2, Museums

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [935]

From my travels to other parts of the world I've known Berlin to hold some of the oldest and best archeological treasures in it's extensive museum collections, so our mission for our last day here was to explore some of them.  The major museums ... Read more >

Tags: museums, sightseeing

Photos: Berlin - part 2, Museums

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Berlin - part 1, Sightseeing

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [993]

Ah, Berlin! Pleased to meet you! There's always an estranged familiarity with seeing with one's own eyes the images one has been party too for a life time. Television, movies, world news, history documentaries, magazines, books - you name it, Berlin ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Photos: The Taste of the Heart

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By alisonkarlene | Photo Gallery

Tags: christmas markets, germany

The Taste of the Heart

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By alisonkarlene | Views [597] | Scholarship Entry

Snow falls from the sky in chunks of colourless cotton candy. Bea Müller and I wander through the maze of wooden stalls, nestled beneath half-timbered houses covered in white blossomed mistletoe. The Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt is ripe with aromas ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Photos: Berlin - part 1, Sightseeing

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

Secrets from the road

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By katerinarch | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry

Fragmented memories are now coming in mind. Sharp shapes, a variety of repeated angles and lines: a place bustling in geometry. BAUHAUS-an architect’s dream. It’s the first time I’ve ever sensed that air, ever felt the journey in my flesh and ever participated ... Read more >

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Photos: Berlin

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By larchanka | Photo Gallery

I’ll never forget the day that I touched the sky

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By worldpyaar | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry

I love dreaming.And I madly believe that all dreams come true.Just look at the sky.The whole universe conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work on following the dream.I’ll never forget the day that my dream came true and I touched the ... Read more >

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Border Stop

Thu, 8 May 2014 | By richerforwandering | Views [316] | Scholarship Entry

I had hitchhiked the USA a couple times, crossed the Atlantic and ended up in the UK. England was fun, Edinburgh was cold so off I went to Amsterdam and as cool a place you will find. Amsterdam is such a great cultural melting pot, and needless to say ... Read more >

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Heidelberg - all of Germany in one town

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By omarkhurshid | Views [263] | Scholarship Entry

It was my last day of the six-month stay in this rationally immeasurable city that has dazzled the old and new alike. Every memory of the adventures past was fresh in my mind as I walked on the road to Königstuhl, the highest point in Heidelberg, to visit ... Read more >

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Munich and the Royal Castles

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [1087] | Comments [1]

We managed to survive the first afternoon in this city named after it's 4th century monks (München) but only just! I think the snow in Innsbruck was a few degrees warmer than here! But as any good tourist does on coming to a new place, they get ... Read more >

Tags: castles, sightseeing

Photos: Munich and the Royal Castles

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

I saw Stupefying Pfronten

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By raydrey21 | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry

Cold! Breathtaking! An unanticipated welcome on an early spring Friday evening. We immediately took to the streets in search of the legendary German beerhouses and found one instantly. The traditional freshly brewed malt was well deserved and although ... Read more >

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Mit wenig Geld viel erleben.

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By world_calling | Views [395]

Viele Leute reisen nicht, da sie "kein Geld" dafür haben. Jedoch brauch man nicht immer viel Geld, um für ein paar Tage eine neue Stadt zu erkunden oder einfach mal "abzuschalten". Wichtig ist eine gute Planung und ein paar Abstriche, die sich ... Read more >

Tags: billig, bus, deutsch, günstig, low budget, low cost, no money, reisen, reisen ohne geld, travel