Germany

Germany To Austria Via Impromptu Liechtenstein Stop (Friedrichshafen, Bregenz, Vaduz)

Rake — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:26:34 -0400

5/3/2005 Saturday

Woke up to a picturesque window view of snow falling. Apparently there was a storm in France and it is going to snow here for at least two days. Made the trek to the train station and booked a ticket to St Anton via Bregenz. I will probably stop off in Bregenz to check the place out and perhaps see if I can scope out the situation with accommodation. I have a feeling that if I lob up in St Anton I could be sleeping with the snow bunnies... the real ones.

Old German House (Friedrichshafen)

Rake — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:21:47 -0400

4/3/2005 Friday

My luck started to turn alright, straight down. A dire day filled with walking into the large selections of banks to find that nobody wants to give me any money from my emergency Visa card. I also spent some time trying to find a wireless network allowing me internet access. I found lots of wireless networks, even lots with no security, but no internet access *sigh*. I ended up booking a room in the old house I had found on the internet and had orginally been meaning to stay at. I believe it was one of about 3 houses to have survived the war and Christian the owner, has been renovating it. My room was very nice, if perhaps a touch cold even with the big water heater cranked up all the way. Christian was very nice and let me use the internet on his booking computer when the guest one did not work. He seems like a top bloke and I would recommend a stay with him.

Friedrichshafen – My Gateway To Skiing (London, Friedrichshafen)

Rake — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:20:09 -0400

3/3/2005 Thursday

Woke up this morning and talked to an American and Canadian that had jumped all around Europe on EasyJet flights for 2 weeks spending about 2 days in each place. Apparently they like them all, but said Paris was a bit of a disappointment. We were talking about how expensive things were and the American said he felt like bending over every time he had to pay for something. The Nirvana song came on, "Rape Me". It was suggested that this was a fitting song for their trip, singing, "Europe raped me". I think I will also take it up as my travel song for the rest of the trip.

Ulm

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:16:05 -0400

Ulm, Germany, was interesting as it had the tallest climbable steeple in the world (161.53m high and 768 steps). I think it was 470+ feet of stairs. Just when you thought it couldn't go on, there were more steps to be found. I thought I was at the end at least a couple of times. By the time you do actually get to the top it is pretty freaky with about a 3 metre radius on the top platform.

Berlin

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:12:36 -0400

Berlin was a city that many people I meet in my travels have high praises for. I ended up staying there for a week. About three days of this was spent travelling to Potsdam, which is about 20 kilometres outside of Berlin.

Berlin is currently in an interesting state of trying to merge a city that was divided between communism and democracy.
There seems to be plenty of development going on and the cities areas are in a state of flux.

This city has so much history and there are plenty of guides and attractions willing to tell you about how this city was at the centre of plunging many of t

Potsdam

Travel — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:11:46 -0400

Potsdam is full of parks and palaces. I really enjoyed walking around Potsdam and spent about 3 days doing so. I didn't enjoy the subsequent blisters so much though. Investigating bike hire would is definitely something to be considered here.