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Final Days in Frankfurt and the Numbers from Germany

Sun, 5 Jun 2016 | By wanderlustgail | Views [883]

My last days in Germany found me in Frankfurt am Main, a city I had never visited despite having passed through so many times before, both by plane and train. I am not the only traveler who has been skipping it. Out of the millions of people who transit ... Read more >

Tags: asparagus, budget, craving, frankfurt, germany, main, sabbatical, solo, spargel, travel

Berlin Schmerlin

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 | By jjassen | Views [778]

Berlin... I am trying to think about what I liked about Berlin, from here in Amsterdam. And due to the contrast, it's difficult. Berlin was a good-looking, good-feeling city. HUGE. Literally, the buildings, sidewalks, archways, were all huge. It was ... Read more >

Tags: berlin germany

Tues 23 Sept - Caen to Munich via Paris and Strasbourg

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 | By pecosbiff | Views [776]

Used my railpass for the first time Caen to Paris. I kinda blank on the whole romantic Paris thing so shot off to Strasbourg. Pass may not be worth it as had to pay normal fare as no reservation. perfidious French? Truth is: I was waiting for visas and ... Read more >

Tags: camels, no reservation again

Bavaria

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 | By irenecabay | Views [634]

I arrived in Munich on 19 December, and despite not seeing each other for 39 years, Hermann & I recognized each other immediately. He took me to a small Christmas market, where my attempts at vegetarianism were shattered by a nice fat red ... Read more >

Home leg!!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By eri | Views [577]

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?

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 | By temberowa | Views [541]

Berlin....when passed by strangers, you have no predictable feeling whatsoever! Berlin is yellow, is grungy, is filled with dirt and green spots, is so organised and disorganised same time. Berlin is a heart of future thought and ... Read more >

Tags: alexander tower, berlin, bundestag, city, germany, history

moscow, moscow....

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By kjones | Views [523]

well now i am in germany. for all of my worrying about my russian visa, it all turned out fine (although the immigration officer at the moscow airport was giving my passport a few strange looks) and now i find myself thinking back to those days of german ... Read more >

I Am a Doughnut

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 | By eriklang | Views [379]

My Grandmother ( Oma ) told me this is what JFK said when he visited Berlin. But, pastry aside, folks from Berlin are called Berliners, just like volks from Hamburg are Hamburgers, and hunds from Rottweil are Rottweilers. Years before President ... Read more >

When dreams become true

Wed, 16 Apr 2014 | By | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry

That's was my question,how did i end up here? I couldn't imagine that one day I will be here at the Signal Iduna Park stadium ,far away from my country and my home,to live and experience new culture and meeting new people,people whose I used to see them ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Cologne

Sat, 18 May 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [226]

It starts! Europe, a region of the world that I've largely ignored, on a one-way ticket. After no sleep on my flight from Chiang Mai to Frankfurt via Shanghai, this grand adventure begins with a journey from Frankfurt to Cologne. Shannon and Rob were ... 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

Photos: My Scholarship entry - The soul(s) of Europe

Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By alessiacarrara | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Well, I've always been rather curious and creative. When I was a child, I used to draw or paint anything that caught my attention. I wanted to show other people how I saw the world, to show them what I found amazing and maybe they hadn't noticed. You ... Read more >
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