Destination: Germany

Gallery: Bamberg

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Munich

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [891]

Hi All, Another fitful nights sleep in our dorm.At one stage during the night it felt like we were under attack from our arch enemies the late night dorm invaders . Imagine this if you will.The first room invasion happened relatively ... Read more >

Missing mail

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [886]

Hi All, We packed up a box with some items, including a hard drive with a backup of our travel images, to send to Australia just before leaving London. We used Royal Mail as we expected it to be a reliable and responsible company but the box has ... Read more >

Numerous days of travel in Germany rolled into one blog entry

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [2486]

Hi All, Rathaus (Rat House)- German for Town hall. Makes sense to me :-) Too many towns and not enough enthusiasm to write much so we will just give the order and a few comments to catch up with the blog. Hamburg We arrived from Berlin on the train ... Read more >

Still raining and cold in Berlin

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 | By kreydatus | Views [839] | Comments [1]

So I guess it's going to raining here non-stop for the next 10 days as the extended forecast predicts.  That's awful.  I really want to go out and experience the city life and nature that is all around me, comfortably.   I'm doing some research on how ... Read more >

Berlin is cold these days..

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 | By kreydatus | Views [799]

Right now I could use my winter clothes that are packed away in boxes in the basement of 67 Wyman St.  It's been a shitty, cold and rainy day here in Berlin today and it will continue for the rest of the week. I'm not complaining ! and if it sounds like ... Read more >

Gallery: Meißen

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Dresden

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hamburg

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Potsdam

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [767]

Hi All, Some german from the hostel cheat sheet. 'Danke fur den ausritt in ihrem streifenwagen' - many thanks for the ride in your patrol car :-) Figured out why they have posters of David Hasselhoff at the hostel. He sung his hit song 'looking for ... Read more >

Gallery: Berlin 1

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Potsdam

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Berlin 2

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [891]

Hi All, 'Ich bin ein Berliner'. JFK famously said this but it turns out that the literal translation is 'I am a jelly donut' not the intended 'I am a Berliner'. Bugger. Something got lost in the translation but then politicians tend not to make much ... Read more >

Gallery: Berlin

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Germany

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By jamesandjulie | Photo Gallery