Destination: Germany

Do's and Don't's in Germany

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 | By iloenchen | Views [11665] | Comments [4]

Do’s and Don't’s in Germany So you’ve decided to travel to Germany and are now planning your trip. If you’re anything like me, you’ve got all your guidebooks spread out around you and are trying to figure out where to go and what to ... Read more >

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Little trek through Scandinavia

Sun, 2 Sep 2007 | By thompson_girls | Views [975] | Comments [3]

Yes, it is a long time since we wrote.  But, we seem to be drifting further away from Australia the further north we go!  Now, with just three weeks left of our holiday, Australia and home seems like a far distant memory.  Phoebe and Sabrina, as all ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Holidays!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 | By dawnski | Views [578] | Comments [3]

All finished on the farm! As much as I enjoyed my time there, it was definitely time to move on and see more of the country. Natasha, Jenn and I have come to Puerto Lopez on the southern coast of Manabí kind of by accident. We were headed for an eco-... Read more >

Home leg!!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By eri | Views [573]

Have missed out Lithuania and Poland for the time being - will get back to them later.  Am now in Dresden chez Andreas and Doreen (aka my German friends from the Lake Baikal project in Siberia), enjoying a few homecomforts over my last few days of travels.... Read more >

Berlin!

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 | By suejamieson | Views [520]

On Monday morning I went to a clothes place on Oxford street. Adele and I had been there before, but it was mad, so I wanted to get back there one morning. I bought some clothes for great prices - 2 pairs of dress trousers for the equivalent of $30NZ.... Read more >

My Oktoberfest

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 | By heathdc | Views [490] | Comments [1]

Oktoberfest; Iconic 200 year old German festivity steeped in tradition and history? Monumental booze up whereby tens of thousands of people from all over the world swim about in a multi-cultural melting pot posing as a vast ocean of the finest brews Deutschland ... Read more >

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9. drink beer at oktoberfest

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 | By lauren-farr | Views [481]

And drink beer we did. On September 28th we headed to London to meet up with Contiki who would be taking us to Munich in Germany. I thought it was a 4 hr bus ride. It was 18 hrs! We arrived on Wednesday morning, the 29th. We had 3 days at the festival, ... Read more >

The first time I traveled to Germany

Sat, 3 May 2014 | By | Views [436] | Scholarship Entry

Attending the World Business Dialogue was supposed to be a happy moment. However, it turned out to redefine my perception. The World Business Dialogue is the world's largest students-run convention held annually in Cologne. I began writing proposals ... Read more >

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Oktoberfest 2010

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 | By jamesandjulie | Views [431]

We set off for our second year running at Oktoberfest, in the final week of the festival with friends, Kirk, Kate and Chris.   2010 was the 200 th Oktoberfest and after how popular the festival was last year, we decided to go mid week, in hope ... Read more >

Rein Raus Buenos Aires

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 | By funkyshades | Views [374]

Am 29. geht´s wieder los. Ab nach Argentinien. Von dort aus dann nach Peru, dazwischen einen Abstecher nach Brasilien und dann Machu Picchu zu Fuss erklimmen. What a wonderful world! Und das Beste: Wir kommen erst am 1. Februar wieder. Wenn wir wiederkommen.... Read more >

road trip

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 | By piratesontour | Views [256]

TUESDAY 19th JULY We woke up early in altenahr,so cant tell what the weather is going to be like but after riva del garda its much cooler.went for a walk into altenahr everywhere was shut they dont seem to come to life till about 10:00am.had a coffee ... Read more >

Travelling in poverty (not style)

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry

I roamed the streets of Munich, desperately in need of something to take away the throbbing pain in my head, but all the shops were closed. I stumbled across an open Internet café in my search for drugs. I explained my situation to the girl at the counter.... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

When in German swimming baths

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By | Views [193] | Scholarship Entry

The aspiration to visit a swimming pool in every city; unusual and admirable, and completely expected of my water-baby best friend. We had toyed with the idea of visiting an establishment in Paris in order to remove the sleeper train scent we were carrying, ... Read more >

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Gallery: Bonn

Thu, 8 May 2008 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

Photos: Euro Tour

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 | By hagi | Photo Gallery