Destination: Germany

Home is a place you carry at heart

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By inkroads | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry

The first time I ever felt at home was when my plane landed in a country I have never been to before. After 14 feverish sleepless hours on a train and a 4 hour flight I have finally arrived in München, Germany, where I was supposed to hop on a tram to ... Read more >

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Berlin - part 2, Museums

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [865]

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

A beautiful man

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By lucieschronicle | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry

‘Essen’ is the German for ‘to eat’. When I went there, I expected the city to be a sort of food fair with stands of cakes, pastries, sausages and Pretzels. This was stupid and I was disappointed; it was the middle of February, it was freezing and not ... Read more >

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Nomad lifestyle

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By emiliaorg | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry

I wake up everyday with the same feeling. I look myself in the mirror and then I close my eyes, meanwhile I imagine myself looking at the mirror before starting this journey. As soon as the light touches my eyes I feel alive again, I remember myself that ... Read more >

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Berlin at Night

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By jessicaseaborn | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry

The instructions are written in German, and I study the words as if I’ll soon know what they say. It’s 10pm and there are few people here at the train station; I don’t know how to buy my ticket, and the people I’ve approached have done little to ease ... Read more >

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Wannsee: The Birthplace of the "Final Solution"

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By ecconrad | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry

It was July. School was out for the summer and the Berlin S-Bahn was filled with families wearing swim suits and toting bicycles, enthusiastic to take advantage of the beaches and nature trails surrounding Wannsee Lake. You probably have heard of Wannsee ... Read more >

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Surprises in Bavaria

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By adventurouswanderer | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry

Two years ago, my family and I decided to try out something different for our summer holiday. Instead of sun, sea and tourist attractions, we wanted to test a new idea - road tripping across Europe. We decided to go from our home in Germany, and picked ... Read more >

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Berlin - part 1, Sightseeing

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By mattso | Views [921]

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 >

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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 [571] | 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 >

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Photos: Berlin - part 1, Sightseeing

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By mattso | Photo Gallery

waking up!

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By nomad17_ | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry

I remember the very first day of my trip to Berlin. How excited I was. It was my first step to getting out of the borders of my country, starting to live in Europe, meeting with a brand new city. I always wanted to travel, see the world, meeting with ... Read more >

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Secrets from the road

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By katerinarch | Views [271] | 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