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Picture from story My Driving-Vacation to Rothenburg ob-der-Tauber

My Driving-Vacation to Rothenburg ob-der-Tauber
2009-10-07, Rothenburg ob-der-Tauber, Germany. By: andre

A few days earlier, in addition to visiting the Bavarian favorites; Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Füssen (Neuschwanstein Castle), we visited the medieval fortified town of Rothenburg o.d.T. The ...

 
Traveler rachaelb

Berlin/Frankfurt Auto Show
2009-09-25, Berlin, Germany. By: rachaelb

Wow, it's taking me a while to get all of these pictures up! Well, as you can see, we went to Berlin last weekend...it was a lot of fun :) We saw the Brandenburg gate, the many many MANY statues aroun...

 
Traveler mtsmith713

Berlin, Germany
2009-09-20, Berlin, Germany. By: mtsmith713

This past weekend I traveled to Berlin, Germany. Everyone in the house was excited for our first travel weekend, but we had to stay within Germany since our visas were still being processed an...

 
Picture from story tour of heidelberg today...

tour of heidelberg today...
2009-09-16, Heidelberg, Germany. By: rachaelb

part of our german bootcamp was to take a tour of the town with one of the history professors. He mostly took us to churches...actually I take that back, he took us to EVERY church in town! But they'r...

 
Picture from story setting this thing up!

setting this thing up!
2009-09-13, Heidelberg, Germany. By: rachaelb

Ok, I was thinking that making a "travel journal" would be easier than having to put up a bunch of pictures and then somewhat explaining what they are of, or where I've been. So, I went ahead and put ...

 
Picture from story From Los Angeles to London to Frankfurt to Heidelberg!

From Los Angeles to London to Frankfurt to Heidelberg!
2009-09-14, Heidelberg, Germany. By: mtsmith713

On Tuesday, September 8th, 2009, the Heidelberg 2009-2010 group departed from LAX. 16 hours, 2 security checks, and 1 lost luggage later, we arrived in the beautiful city of Heidelberg, Germany! I fee...

 
Picture from story Prague and more

Prague and more
2009-08-17, Prague, Germany. By: joneses

On our way to Prague, we detoured to a place called Bastei, just before the border from Germany to the Czech Republic. This is the site of a settlement from the Middle Ages, built high up (309m) in so...

 
Picture from story Part 2 - Siebigerode

Part 2 - Siebigerode
2009-08-13, Siebigerode, Germany. By: joneses

Thursday 13th August Gloria was happily taking us on a journey south from Berlin towards the country. As we travelled over the autobahn we passed hundreds of wind turbines. They didn’t look out o...

 
Picture from story Germany Part 1

Germany Part 1
2009-08-10, Berlin, Germany. By: joneses

On leaving Maastrich, we were on our way to Berlin via Cologne and Hannover. In Cologne we wanted to see the massive cathedral - and yes it was massive. In fact it was humungous! It was miraculousl...

 
Traveler farmers

Schizengiggles
2009-08-17, Munich, Germany. By: farmers

seriously, other than the very intense, educating, depressing, emotional experience that was the Dachau concentration camp....we have been hanging out in beer gardens. seriously. It sounds so much b...

 
Traveler gisi

Last day in Berlin
2009-08-13, Berlin, Germany. By: gisi

We checked out of our hostel early in the morning and dropped our bags off in the main train station. We went to the main perliment building, but it was too busy so We walked to the main square in eas...

 
Traveler gisi

Day at the zoo
2009-08-12, berlin, Germany. By: gisi

Day thirty We left the Hostel sharp so we could spend the day at the zoo. It was a very good one with a huge range of animals, including very rare ones such as the Panda. The zoo was crammed full o...

 
Traveler gisi

looking aroun Berlin
2009-08-10, berlin, Germany. By: gisi

Day twenty nine Whilst we had breakfast at the hostel we managed to find staff, check in and pay for the hostel. We then headed off to the train station to book our tickets to Brugge, booking was v...

 
Traveler gisi

First day
2009-08-09, berlin, Germany. By: gisi

Day twenty eight We changed trains early in the morning in Munich for a high speed ICE train to Berlin. We arrived in Berlin early afternoon and headed straight for the hostel. We followed the dir...

 
Picture from story Copenhagen and Winsen

Copenhagen and Winsen
2009-07-18, Winsen, Germany. By: gisi

Day 5 We woke up about 9 o’clock and got ready to leave our hostel by 10 for check out. We had one American guy in our room, four Swiss girls and some guy who never spoke. Once we had put our bags...

 
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The Day in the Life of Camp A
2009-07-12, Stuttgart, Germany. By: kategoes

This week has gone really fast. On Tuesday, I came in with Jake at 10:30 to help walk the kinder to the CDC at 11:30. The bus schedule is not very conducive to Camp A's work schedule so we are always ...

 
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An Old City Called Augsburg
2009-07-12, Stuttgart, Germany. By: kategoes

Last Saturday I went to work from 12pm to 6pm. It was pretty chill, and I think the most kids we had was four or five. I played K2 9 for a while...which is a really fun NBA game. The teen I was playin...

 
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Since I've Been Gone
2009-07-12, Stuttgart, Germany. By: kategoes

The last two weeks here in Stuttgart have been a blur. The first week pretty much consisted of prepairing for camp, sitting through impossibly endles lectuers, dealing with staff issues (which are now...

 
Picture from story Most of us go home to SoCal, bidding

Most of us go home to SoCal, bidding "auf Wiedersehen" to Europe
1991-07-09, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. By: aardvark

Today was the last day of our "official", college-sponsored trip to Europe. We checked out of the Heidelberg hostel and made the short drive north to the Frankfurt airport. Actually, I should say that...

 
Picture from story Naked and not giving a damn!-- Plus Schloss Heidelberg and final beers

Naked and not giving a damn!-- Plus Schloss Heidelberg and final beers
1991-07-08, Heidelberg, Germany. By: aardvark

Today was the day that hostel life tore asunder whatever little shred of dignity I had left-- If I had been an army recruit, it would have been the day I finally renounced any thought of being an indi...

 
Picture from story Blindfold chess while driving-- Plus, we see the Titisee

Blindfold chess while driving-- Plus, we see the Titisee
1991-07-07, Titisee, Germany. By: aardvark

This morning we said "goodbye" to Lausanne, the topless beach and Switzerland, heading northeast, crossing into southwestern Germany. By the way-- Every time we crossed a European border, most of us w...

 
Picture from story Our final day in München-- Siemens Museum & World of Music

Our final day in München-- Siemens Museum & World of Music
1991-07-02, Munich, Germany. By: aardvark

There were no official activities planned today. Some of our group visited the infamous World War 2 concentration camp in Dachau, while others visited Neuschwanstein Castle (the "Schloss" built by "Ma...

 
Traveler krisjohn

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
2009-06-23, Berlin, Germany. By: krisjohn

Berlin: Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp I just realized that we never wrote about the camp, so I’m going to add a post about it here. We met our tour group at the Brandenburg Gate and from t...

 
Picture from story Berchtesgaden performance and a lonely night

Berchtesgaden performance and a lonely night
1991-07-01, Berchtesgaden, Germany. By: aardvark

Today we left Munich, traveling southeast, for a day trip and performance at Berchtesgaden, a picturesque mountainous area near the border with Austria. During World War 2 this was reputed to be a 100...

 
Picture from story Day trip to Salzburg-- Debauchery later in Munich

Day trip to Salzburg-- Debauchery later in Munich
1991-06-30, Munich, Germany. By: aardvark

This was our first morning in Munich and we headed out for a day trip to Salzburg, Austria. We did the usual touristy things, although I probably did less than everybody else, since there were no orga...

 
Picture from story Romantic (end of the) Road-- Nordlingen and München

Romantic (end of the) Road-- Nordlingen and München
1991-06-29, Munich, Germany. By: aardvark

Today we departed Weikersheim for good, going southeast along the Romantic Road. We stopped in Nordlingen, 70 miles northwest of Munich, for lunch, where I joined Bill and Wendie at a charming restaur...

 
Picture from story The Residenz, Schlosses Wurzburg and  Weikersheim plus a performance-- whew!

The Residenz, Schlosses Wurzburg and Weikersheim plus a performance-- whew!
1991-06-28, Wurzburg, Germany. By: aardvark

Leaving home base in Weikersheim, we headed 20 miles north to the big city of Wurzburg, visiting a very impressive and opulent palace known as The Residenz. I took too many photos, but maybe you'll li...

 
Picture from story Following the Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road)

Following the Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road)
1991-06-26, Weikersheim, Germany. By: aardvark

We had a sparse breakfast at the Frankfurt hostel. O.K.-- I realize it's called a "continental breakfast", but in the U.S. we are used to a lot more! Anyway-- we then checked out of the hostel and in ...

 
Picture from story Medieval walled fortress town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Medieval walled fortress town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
1991-06-27, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. By: aardvark

After breakfast at our base of operations in Weikersheim, we headed southeast 20 miles on the Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road) to visit Rothenburg. In addition to the wall and barricades, the build...

 
Traveler krisjohn

"so, was hitler's bunker underground?"
2009-06-08, Berlin, Germany. By: krisjohn

berlin, berlin...well, after visiting munich over a week ago, i think we were expecting it to be much more like the germany we had previously visited. However, berlin is MUCH more urban feeling and i ...

 
Traveler mteezy

First Night in Berlin
2009-06-04, Hamm, Germany. By: mteezy

First thing I noticed about Berlin was that i was noticeably warmer than Iceland. Also i airport was surprisingly small for an airport in such a big city. We all got our luggage but still had to hurry...

 
Traveler mteezy

Iceland
2009-05-25, Hamm, Germany. By: mteezy

Monday, May 25, 2009 This is my first morning in Berlin. This place is truly amazing; it’s like a German LA. We literally went round the entire city yesterday through public transit. I’ve come to r...

 
Picture from story Day 14

Day 14
2009-06-03, Stuttgart, Germany. By: shessoglam

Woke up around 11 and after a huge bowl (sorry I can't pour cereal correctly) of musli (wordpad does not allow me to put those two cute dots over my u's) I realized this was probably the best cereal I...

 
Picture from story Day 13

Day 13
2009-06-02, Stuttgart, Germany. By: shessoglam

We love Anne so much she is so adorable and has been a very fantastic hostess. She lives in the apartments near the University of Stuttgart and she and her boyfriend Ruben and roomate Gerhard are j...

 
Picture from story Departure from SoCal, layover in Atlanta, arrival in Frankfurt

Departure from SoCal, layover in Atlanta, arrival in Frankfurt
1991-06-25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. By: aardvark

[b]This is a journal, with 210 photos, about a 16 day trip to Europe in 1991, but written in 2009. I remembered as many details and stories as I could. The photos were taken with old-fashioned film ca...

 
Traveler shessoglam

Day 12
2009-06-01, Stuttgart, Germany. By: shessoglam

3,50 for a breakfast buffet and 3 hours later I'm still full. Cereal, bread meat cheese, multivitamin juice (yum) and half of a seeded roll definitely filled me up and had me ready to go (well, I w...

 
Traveler shessoglam

Day 11
2009-05-31, Koln, Germany. By: shessoglam

So we're off on our way to Koln, Germany. Pretty easy to find the platform in Centraal Station (I think because we're getting much better at this) and we were able to be on our way around 2pm. It w...

 
Picture from story MUNCHEN by maggie

MUNCHEN by maggie
2009-05-27, Munich, Germany. By: krisjohn

where to start with MÜNCHEN!? we had an absolutely wonderful time there. We arrived in the early morning, around 8 am and like true americans headed for the starbucks. We also upsettingly realized th...

 
Traveler sammich

Last stop
2009-04-23, Berlin, Germany. By: sammich

Another fun overnight train, this time sharing with people (one of whom was drunk and tried to sleep on the floor). So yes, Berlin.. pretty much what I had expected, and almost the complete oppos...

 
Traveler bekahlynn

dance parties, Romans, and Hercules.... my bike riding companion
2009-04-06, Eiserfeld, Germany. By: bekahlynn

Hallo again from Eiserfeld-Siegen, Germany, Today was an interesting day. But first I'll tell of what I did yesterday(Sunday, April 5th). On Sunday morning I accidentally slept in because I took t...

 
Traveler bekahlynn

A nice day
2009-04-03, Siegen, Germany. By: bekahlynn

I actually am really enjoying it here in Eiserfeld, Siegen. At first, today, I thought it would be a boring Friday, cause I slept so late because I was still jetlagged, and I heard that weekends were ...

 
Traveler bekahlynn

Arrival into Eiserfeld, Siegen
2009-04-02, Eiserfeld, Germany. By: bekahlynn

Hello from Siegen, Germany! I safely arrived here at the Bible college yesterday right around lunch time. Inis picked me up from the airport and we drove on the Audobon for a couple hours in order ...

 
Traveler hinks133

Karneval in Köln...
2009-03-01, Cologne, Germany. By: hinks133

For the history of Karneval in Köln, please visit the website below. It is too much information for me to copy and then cite... [url]http://www.koeln.de/tourism/carnival/2000_years_of_carnival_976...

 

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