Destination: Germany

Berlin

Sat, 3 Aug 2013 | By joannawong | Views [591]

Where they burn books, they will start burning people. - A very apt quote from German poet, Heinrich Heine, from 1820, at the Nazi book burning memorial   I'm taking my second last train ride with my Eurail pass. My European adventure is ... Read more >

Tags: cities, european adventure, history, sightseeing, trains

Dresden

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 | By etak91 | Views [298]

Dresden... The first location in a long while where I have been completely by myself! Lets all remember,  I'm used to being an only child. It's been great to just chill out! No small talk for a few days! I've done my own walking tour with the help ... Read more >

Thursday 1 August

Thu, 1 Aug 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [492]

Flew out of Cologne. Ute and Kerstin dropped us the airport.  Left feeling incredibly spoilt as they looked after us like you would not believe and we had a wonderful time.  Sad to go :(  Landed safely in Edinburgh.  Our car had ... Read more >

Dresden

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By joannawong | Views [713]

Visiting Dresden was a sombre experience, knowing that it was the most heavily-bombed city in WWII. It is such a stark contrast to Prague, which never took a blow from the war physically and was so well-preserved. Walking from the train station ... Read more >

Tags: buildings, churches, cities, european adventure, sightseeing

Wednesday 31 July

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [425]

Today Kerstin drove us on the autobahn to the Dokumentationsstätte Regierungsbunker that was to be the Parliaments protection from nuclear attack drug the Cold War.  It went 20km underground and was interesting.  Weird having Kerstin ... Read more >

Photos: Berlin

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 | By deanm | Photo Gallery

Tuesday 30 July

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [421]

Happy birthday Megan.  Today we went off to a genuine castle called Burg Eltz from the 12th century - not bombed or restored and been in the same family for 33 generations.  It was quite amazing.  Had Bratwurst for lunch before heading ... Read more >

From Krieg to Kiez

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 | By debas | Views [686]

Did you know that the history behing the coolest Kiez in Berlin is way older than the vintage chair you are sitting on? Walking through the streets of Neukölln, hand to hand with my terrible sense of direction, I could swear we were on the ... Read more >

Tags: berlin, europe, neukölln

Monday 29 July

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [399]

Had a nice sleep in and then brekkie with Kerstin before heading into Cologne. Of course we walked up the cathedral tower (552 steps each way) and had a look around the cathedral treasure and crypt. Then met up with Ute and went walking round the city ... Read more >

Photos: Berlin on bikes!

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 | By katfox | Photo Gallery

Berlin

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 | By deanm | Views [491] | Comments [2]

Excuse the spelling mistakes, typing on the tablet is a pain and this this has no spell check. I've also stopped putting day number in the heading because I've lost track. I'm going to start by saying this, i've had an amazing time in Berlin. I think ... Read more >

Tags: blue man group, hot as balls, rarely sober

Steins, Pretzels & Heat

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 | By etak91 | Views [285]

Steins, pretzels and heat pretty much sum up the last few days I spent in Munich. And what an awesome few days it has been! Munich is definitely up there with some of my favourite cities in the world! Lederhosens and Oom-pa-pa bands were everywhere, ... Read more >

Sunday 28 July

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 | By europe2013 | Views [368]

Left Paris early and headed via Bruxelles (so Ian got to go to Belgium ever so briefly) to Cologne and then Bonn.  Picked up from the bahnhof by Kerstin and her mum Ute. A bit surreal actually being with Kerstin in Bonn.  Had a lovely afternoon ... Read more >

Photos: Wedding of the Century

Sun, 21 Jul 2013 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

The Wedding of the Century

Sun, 21 Jul 2013 | By copperowl | Views [370]

We arrived in Oberwesel on the Thursday after spending 24 hours in Singapore. The baby is obviously a born traveller - not surprisingly given her genes - and was outnumbered 3 to 1 by adults so any minor meltdown was quickly solved. Such a busy time ... Read more >