 | Munich
2008-07-25, Munich, Germany. By: gsj996 | | well, I am actuallz in interlocken, swizterland right now and the internet is reallz expencive so I am just updating this to let everzone know I am alright. Munich was a drunken fest for about 24 ho... |
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| Heidelberg
2008-07-22, Heidel-Berg, Germany. By: gsj996 | | Daz 2: We woke up as late as we could and still catch the free breakfast offered bz the Smiles hotel (I just like sazing that). And again we were greatlz suprised on how nice it was. We basiclz wer... |
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| Nurnberg
2008-07-22, Nurnberg, Germany. By: gsj996 | | Well, some how I deleted the Nurmberg storz bz mistake, so this on will be quick. Nurnberg was prettz cool. Our hotel was called Smile hotet. We checked in about 5 o`clock or so and to our suprise ... |
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| leaving Tampa
2008-07-20, Nurnberg, Germany. By: gsj996 | | 1st off, I just want to say that I didn't spell day wrong, the 'Y' is where the 'Z' is on the German key board and vice versa.....Anyway I made it to German, but not without some speed bumps. As many... |
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 | A Dreary Day in Dresden
2008-07-13, Dresden, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | A group of us decided to take a day trip to Dresden. A lot of the city was destroyed during WWII and there is a lot of construction still taking place. Unfortunately, it rained the entire time. I w... |
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 | Outdoor Concerts
2008-07-12, Leipzig, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | I went to two outdoor concerts on Friday and Saturday nights just outside of the Leipzig city center and near the zoo. Friday night was Opera and Saturday night was Russian music. I sat out on the g... |
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 | I'm still here!
2008-07-11, Leipzig, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | Finding affordable wireless internet access in Leipzig has been a challenge. I finally found a nice coffee bar with free wireless, so I bought a mango smoothie, found a seat, and here I am. I am in ... |
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 | Deutschland
2007-04-10, Rothenburg, Munich, Heidelburg, Germany. By: cassie | | Deutschland war sehr schön! Ich liebe es...meine Liebelingsland.
It was so awesome to finally be there after studying the language for so long. Our tour group traveled to the medieval town of Rothe... |
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 | Koln (Cologne), Day 6
2008-07-05, Dusseldorf, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | We took a day trip to Koln. Immediately after exiting the train station, I was amazed by the gigantic Koln Cathedral. We went inside and even climbed part of the bell tower. We then walked around t... |
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 | Dusseldorf, Day 5
2008-07-04, Dusseldorf, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | The day started in Eisenach, eating breakfast and checking out of the hotel. I walked to the central train station and caught the 9:59 to Dusseldorf. The trip lasted about 4 hours and the views remi... |
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 | Eisenach, Day 4
2008-07-03, Eisenach, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | We started with breakfast again and then a morning class. Most of the session dealt with the use of Bach's music in movies and as you can imagine his Toccata and Fugue in D was used quite a bit. I... |
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 | Eisenach, Day 3
2008-07-02, Eisenach, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | We were back in class after a day of tours around town. Class was from 9:00-12:00 followed by another delicious lunch at the hotel. We had the afternoon off. Some decided to take a train ride to We... |
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 | Eisenach, Day 2
2008-07-01, Eisenach, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | Day 2 was pretty active. After breakfast, we took a bus up to Wartburg Castle. The castle overlooks Eisenach and has a long and interesting history. An interesting note, Goethe and Luther lived the... |
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 | Eisenach, Day 1
2008-06-30, Eisenach, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | It's my first full day in Eisenach. I ate a delicious breakfast then met with my other NEH Bach Institute members for a class. We started singing a canon, discussed plans for the week, and learned a... |
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 | Luggage: Here Today, Gone Today
2008-06-29, Eisenach, Germany. By: sbennetj3 | | So, a trip to Europe on my birthday.....not bad. After a pretty long, uneventful, and delayed flight to London, I had very little time to get to my connecting flight to Berlin. I did make it, but my... |
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 | Grusse aus Nurnberg!
2008-06-25, Nurnberg, Germany. By: JLadybug | | Some pics for your viewing enjoyment :) Too tired to write much. My German is klein which makes it interesting. Beautiful areas, hope to send a pic of Happy my bike soon :) tomorrow is the big game b... |
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 | Im in Germany! :)
2008-04-18, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. By: Zuzka | | I´ve never considered Germany as an interesting country I´d want to visit, but when an opportunity to go there appeared for me in April, there was nothing to think about. Although I was ill I packed m... |
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 | Munich, Sabbatical Days 2-4
2008-05-10, Munich, Germany. By: kevingindy | | Tonight is my last night in Munich. It has been fun but I am feeling ready for Italy. I will take you through the last few days starting from the beginning.
Day 2, Arrival in Munich.
I have to ... |
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 | Frankfurt
2008-05-07, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. By: kevingindy | | Yesterday I arrived in Frankfurt after the ten hour flight, the flight really wasnt too bad, I got a little sleep. It was great, I took the train to the main train station, then i walked out and bam ... |
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 | Taste of home away from home
2008-05-27, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. By: slaveofihs | | *** All ads surrounding my journals are automatically generated by Google, not me! I have no choice of what is displayed since I don’t run this website, I only use it to post journals and pictures. **... |
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| First Month...
2008-03-16, Berlin, Germany. By: dompadua | | Hello Dear Friends and Family!
We’ve already been here for a month (23 months to go!) and decided to give you a little update as to what we’ve been up to. We apologize in advance, as some of you ha... |
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 | Arrival
2008-03-04, Berlin, Germany. By: Alecia | | We got to Germany safe and sound, despite only a few hiccups. Our flight was scheduled to leave Minneapolis at 3:30 pm, so we left from Shakopee at 12:30 pm to ensure adequate time to pass though sec... |
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 | The Hills Were NOT Alive With The Sound of Music
2008-03-02, Munich, Germany. By: Mckillip03 | | Yesterday we got up around 4:30 am so we could catch our train to Salzburg, Austria. We were so excited to go on the Sound of Music tour and run through the hills singing, "The Hills Are Alive". Righ... |
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| Living in Heidelberg
2008-03-02, Heidelberg, Germany. By: Mckillip03 | | So I've been living in Heidelberg now for about two months. The town is absolutely gorgeous, especially the castle. But unfortunately, I have not been able to see a whole lot of the area. I am livi... |
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 | Long walking tour of Berlin
2007-07-08, Berlin, Germany. By: Aardvark | | Tried to return to my room at 5:30am, but couldn’t make the electronic key work. Complained to gruff night desk clerk, who barely spoke any English. He went up and opened the door for me with my elect... |
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 | Leaving Regensburg for Potsdam/Berlin, Germany
2007-07-07, Berlin, Germany. By: Aardvark | | In Regensburg got maybe six hours of sleep overnight in two parts. Up well before other guests, because I needed to leave early and to avoid a line at the bathroom. Did not shower because I was afraid... |
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 | Walking tour of Regensburg
2007-07-06, Regensburg, Germany. By: Aardvark | | Got a late start due to bathroom situation. Was the last person out of the room area around 9:00am, because I waited for everybody else to finish before emerging from my room to use bathroom. Light sw... |
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 | Leaving Vienna for Regensburg, Germany
2007-07-05, Regensburg, Germany. By: Aardvark | | At Hutteldorf hostel, woke up too early (5:00am)-- had my cell phone alarm set for 5:30am. Still got six hours of sleep anyway. Made sure to take cell phone to bathroom so it wouldn't go off in room a... |
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 | Bavarian Bonanza
2007-09-24, Munich, Germany. By: elimatt | | It might sound strange but our next few days were going to take us out of Austria, into Germany, out of Germany and back into Austria and then eventually back to Germany again. Due to the shape of Au... |
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 | hanging in the east
2007-11-20, Berlin, Germany. By: sass | | Just a friendly little update - as I await my train in Paris, to head to Vienna, where the lovley Carrie and Catherine are currently exploring.
Carrie and I headed to Berlin to meet Catherine Swann... |
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 | Germany
2007-11-16, Stuttgart, Germany. By: kjpetez17 | | Friday, November 16, 2007 Friday, November 9, 2007
Wow, this week went FAST! I can’t believe I will be home in one month from tomorrow, crazy! This week was so busy that I didn’t even have time to ... |
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 | And now.....
2007-11-07, Berlin, Germany. By: chloedunn | | Hi from the freezing cold that is Berlin!!
Just wanted to say a few words to let you all know where I am and how I´m doing.
Arrived in Berlin this past tuesday, and have been walking the city, t... |
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 | We made it.....
2007-10-28, Nuernburg, Germany. By: blndtrvlr2 | | Well after much struggle with delay after delay we made it and are settling in nicely. As you can see from the pics we have gotten out some and are planning alot more, just kind of trying to get the f... |
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 | Frankfurt - all days
2007-10-08, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. By: mira979 | | 14.09.07 and 07-08.10.07
I didn't do much in Frankfurt and these pictures were either taken on September 14 or October 08, but for the sake of one journal entry, they're all labeled October 08.
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 | Berlin - Day 3
2007-10-02, Berlin, Germany. By: mira979 | | 2 October 07
I'm on the overnight train to Paris!
So, today. Christopher and I went to the "bombed-out-church", walked inside and saw the beautiful mosaic still in the entry way. It's really a... |
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 | Berlin - Day 1
2007-09-30, Berlin, Germany. By: mira979 | | 30 September 07
Last night I ended up talking to the Danish woman in my dorm. We talked about spirituality and books mostly, and travel. Very good time. I went for the walking tour this morning ... |
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 | Berlin - Day .5
2007-09-29, Berlin, Germany. By: mira979 | | 29 September 07
Went to the Russian Memorial in Barth with Natalia this morning. I helped her send her first text message(SMS)ever. I'm glad the Canadians also call them text-messages. I had no ... |
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 | Barth - Day 3
2007-09-28, Barth, Germany. By: mira979 | | 28 September 07
I can't begin to explain today.
We went to a high school and some kids performed: African drumming, Alicia Keyes' "Woman's Worth", and one kid sang "Blowing in the Wind" and "No... |
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 | Barth - Day 2
2007-09-27, Barth, Germany. By: mira979 | | 27 September 07
Barth definitely seems like a vacation spot for old Germans and families (in the Summer).
(Without a Trace is on, dubbed in German. The main guy sounds like himself, without the... |
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 | Barth Day 1
2007-09-26, Barth, Germany. By: mira979 | | This can be a sort of catch-all journal for 24-26.09.
24th I travelled from Cesky Krumlov to Prague on the bus. It was nice to know where I was going in Prague. I did some errands and bought a fl... |
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 | Monday in the Park with Anna
2007-10-01, Potsdam, Germany. By: mira979 | | 01 October 07
Potsdam is a pretty, small town. The perfect "weekend in the park" type place. We mostly walked around and talked while looking around the Sanssouci Palace.
The guy who built it,... |
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 | Last day to enjoy St. Englmar
2007-09-21, Sankt Englmar, Germany. By: tommyexcel | | I got back to the room about 1:30 and there was no one in sight. The sun was shining more brightly today than any other day since we arrived two weeks ago. There was a slight, gentle breeze and the ... |
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| Quick trip back to München
2007-09-21, Munich, Germany. By: tommyexcel | | I woke up especially early today, about 5:30 a.m., and decided to get dressed and make a quick run into Munich while Mom and Dad were still sleeping. I was at the Plattling Bahnhof by 7:00 in plenty ... |
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 | 2nd Day in München
2007-09-20, Munich, Germany. By: tommyexcel | | From the Hauptbahnhof (Main Station), it was only two short stops on the subway to get back into Marienplatz to return those shirts. We stopped into a C&A department store so Mom could see if she cou... |
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| Taking the train into Munich
2007-09-20, Plattling, Germany. By: tommyexcel | | Even though was physically exhausted by all the walking around the past two days, I still tossed and turned all night and finally just had to get up and out of bed this morning about 5:30 a.m. I went... |
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