Nov 13, 2009 - ready to fly south

Driving days are never all that exciting be they in an RV or a rental car, but we are happy to report that everything went smoothly on this one.Driving days are never all that exciting be they in an RV or a rental car, but we are happy to report that everything went smoothly on this one....

Nov 9, 2009 - Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Fussen-- My adventures for the last 3 weeks

First, I went to Berlin three weekends ago. ... It was very fun! A big group of us took the overnight train up to Berlin on Thursday night because we got Friday off of class. ... When we go to the city on Friday we went to our hostel, which was right on the border of East and West Berlin, we changed out of our travel clothes and went to see the city. ... On the tour we saw all the major site of Berlin including the Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust memorial, Parliament, Hitler’s bunker (where he and his mistress committed suicide), the square where the Nazi book burnings occurred, Checkpoint Charlie, the hotel where Michael Jackson dangled his child over the banister (I had no idea that was in Berlin) and of course the Berlin Wall. ... After, the tour we all went to find food, it was amazing how there were so many American food options available in Berlin! I went to Duncan Doughnuts, which was a great reminder of home food. ...

Nov 8, 2009 - the next generation

Our next destination will be Vienna, where we are visiting family. With the GPS and Hartmut in the back seat, the drive back to Munich was quick and easy. ... In all our visits here we have come to know and enjoy Hartmut's children who are now young adults with families of their own.Our next destination will be Vienna, where we are visiting family. With the GPS and Hartmut in the back seat, the drive back to Munich was quick and easy. ... In all our visits here we have come to know and enjoy Hartmut's children who are now young adults with families of their own....

Nov 7, 2009 - the new is old again

In other places like Munich some of the buildings in the central area were lovingly rebuilt and preserved and that process goes on to the present day. ... Then we walked to Marienplatz, the downtown Munich spot where every tourist comes at noon to watch the glockenspiel rotate on the New Rathaus, a government building constructed in the 1800's to replace the nearby Old Rathaus originally constructed 500 years before. ... Americans must be fair weather visitors to Munich for the most part. ...

Nov 5, 2009 - wilkommen in München

German efficiency took over as soon as we boarded the flight to Munich. ... What more could we ask for? We crammed his thrifty European car with luggage floor to ceiling and headed to Munich and the Olympic Village where he lives. ... Feelings of nostalgia and deja vu swept over us as we returned to the apartment where he first was our host in 1980.German efficiency took over as soon as we boarded the flight to Munich. ... What more could we ask for? We crammed his thrifty European car with luggage floor to ceiling and headed to Munich and the Olympic Village where he lives. ... Feelings of nostalgia and deja vu swept over us as we returned to the apartment where he first was our host in 1980....

Nov 4, 2009 - Germany Adventure

So we went off to the computer and found some cheap flights into Dusseldorf Germany. ... At first i had all these fancy plans spending our first night in Dusseldorf, then going to see a castle an hour away, taking a night train to Berlin, staying with Amy’s friend for one night in Berlin, then taking a train to Hannover and couch surfing there (i actually found a gay couple we were going to stay with which would have been fun) going to Amsterdam for a night, then taking the night train back to Dusseldorf to catch our flight. ... So we got up ridiculously early to get a taxi, to get a bus, to get an airplane, to get a shuttle bus, to get a train, to get a tram, to get to Dusseldorf lol. ... So we found a car going from Dusseldorf to Berlin the next day for 20 euro, which for that distance is an amazing price. ... i would have been disastrously lost without her) we made it back, said goodbye to Des and got in our car share back to Dusseldorf. ...

Oct 27, 2009 - Frankfurt

Well here we are about to leave Europe.Well here we are about to leave Europe....

Oct 24, 2009 - Germany

I have finally arrived in Frankfort, Germany after a two hour delay. ...