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Inside World Festivals: Oktoberfest

Tue, 4 May 2010 | By worldfestivals | Views [4628]

Oktoberfest: The World's Largest Fair There is perhaps nothing that epitomizes the perception of German and Bavarian cultures as that of Oktoberfest. Officially the world’s largest fair, Oktoberfest is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, ... Read more >

Tags: bavarian culture, beer, europe, germany, munich, octoberfest, oktoberfest, party, safety, world festivals

Lover's Lubeck

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [2248] | Comments [1]

I'd never heard of the place. It was purely by chance that we went. Albert and I were going to meet, for the first time, on 'neutral territory'. We’d met in Hamar, Norway , and in Barcelona, Spain . Now it was time to meet without friends ... Read more >

Tags: relationships, romantic

To Hamburg!

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 | By schmodude | Views [562]

I bummed around in the hostel for a lot of the morning. My flight was in the afternoon and checkout of the hostel was 10:00am. I did not have quite enough time to explore the city anymore. I finished one of my books and then took the bullet train to ... Read more >

Tags: airport, currywurst, germany, hamburg, stockholm, sweden

Alemanha

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 | By goiano_keep-walking | Views [544]

Brother, meu Brother, isto é por ti Munique é uma cidade bem turística, bem animada, cheia de lugares interessantes para conhecer, como o estádio de futebol, os museus de tecnologia e as construcoes antigas. A cerveja impera ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

The Tour of Duty Begins!

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 | By jenko7 | Views [521]

The flight was a shocker. It's been a while since I have done a long haul flight and I feel like I have been cramped in a box for 24 hrs. Not to mention my in flight TV monitor did not work. Great, just what I needed. As we decended into Frankfurt ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Update 4 : Germany

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 | By bendwyer | Views [503]

so,,,,our bus takes us into the backstreets of berlin- we had no idea where...we were off the limits of our lonely planet berlin map. we eventually realised it was a subway ride along a very complex network of lines to get close to our targetted accommodation, ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Pizzeria "Mama Rose" in Mützingen

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [350] | Scholarship Entry

The second time I helped a German family in exchange for food and accommodation, I expected all kind of excitement and energy, which I felt, but I wasn’t expecting fear and anxiousness as well. The house was huge, self-built and its tree trunk walls ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Bedtime in Beelitz

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry

Okay so maybe my chest wasn’t as busty and I wasn't sporting a pair of Heckler & Koch handguns hanging off of my curvy hips, but this was the closest I felt to the infamous fictional female tomb raider in my life. Beelitz-Heilstätten puts forth its best ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

beingBerlin

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry

The first time I went to Berlin was kind of a blur. I was 23 and it was at the end of whirlwind month in Copenhagen spent exploring the city and its outer limits, making what turned out to be lifelong friends, and getting to know Denmark through a human ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Lost and help

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By | Views [193] | Scholarship Entry

Everything can can happen for the first time. I've never been abroad alone before, I've never used trains even in my country, I had no idea how to deal with all those time tables, ticket machines, tracks, and crowds of people. But, surprisingly, I was ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip