CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 24 Sep 2014 | Views [435]
I got up and bought a breakfast ticket at the hostel. It was great. For four hours there are crepes, eggs, breads, bacon, meats, cheeses, cereal and coffee included. Over breakfast I met a couple from Toronto (Dave and Shannon). I had mentioned my plans ... Read more >
Tags: bbq, castle, czech republic, old thyme prague, prague, strahov monastery
CZECH REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 23 Sep 2014 | Views [405]
Today I woke up and said goodbye to Matt before making my way across the street to a bakery. I had to get a Berliner (called pancake here) doughnut whilst in Berlin! Then I jumped on a train bound for Prague. It was only a 4 hour train ride, so I read ... Read more >
Tags: crepes, czech republic, east not west, prague, train, whoops wrong stop
GERMANY | Monday, 22 Sep 2014 | Views [298]
I had planned on going to Dresden today. The only thing is I forgot to book my train last night, so now it is magnitudes more expensive. Solution? I’m staying in Berlin another day and booking a train to Prague for tomorrow.
It was a nice chill ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, cider, entourage, germany, kaisers, mensa nord, sushi
GERMANY | Sunday, 21 Sep 2014 | Views [464]
We woke up and checked out of our accommodations this morning. Then we went off to the train station to rent a luggage locker. Our ride did not leave until 6:00 so we wanted to enjoy more of the festival. It was much easier to get a spot inside one of ... Read more >
Tags: autobahn, berlin, germany, mitfahrgelegenheit, munich, oktoberfest, stick fish
GERMANY | Saturday, 20 Sep 2014 | Views [543]
We woke up for some breakfast and headed off towards the festival grounds. At the train station we meet a few more people staying at our campsite and went with them around the festival. It was a little late by the time we arrived (10:00) to get a spot ... Read more >
Tags: beer, beer tents, germans, germany, munich, oktoberfest, polka, stick fish
GERMANY | Friday, 19 Sep 2014 | Views [459]
We had to wake up early and take some trains to the west side of Berlin. Our bus was departing from the central bus station to bring us to Oktoberfest. The ride was pretty awful. Bad traffic made for over a 9 hour bus ride to Munich. Matt and I went ... Read more >
Tags: beer garden, berlin, bus, camping, germany, munchen, munich, rain, traffic
GERMANY | Thursday, 18 Sep 2014 | Views [302]
It was a really nice day out, so I decided to hang out in the park. Matt introduced me to a tasty drink called Fritz-Kola the other day. It is a combination of cola, lemonade and coffee in an old style soda bottle. I popped into a Spätkauf (corner ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, book, fritz-kola, germany, sunny
GERMANY | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2014 | Views [341]
I went to some museums today. There is a small island in the rivers of Berlin called Museum Island because it is full of museums (easy to guess). The main one I went to see was the Pergamon Museum. It is set to close for over 5 years starting the end ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, curry 36, germany, ishtar gate, kiosks, pergamon museum, tiergarten
GERMANY | Tuesday, 16 Sep 2014 | Views [390]
Today I woke up and went to class with Matt. He is in a biology master’s program in Berlin and I thought it would be interesting to see differences between US and European universities. They are very different and I prefer American Universities.... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin mauer, berliner dom, charite university, checkpoint charlie, east side gallery, germany, history
GERMANY | Monday, 15 Sep 2014 | Views [379]
We woke up in Sungsoo’s apartment with plenty of time for people to make it to class (most of them are all in the same program together). I went back to Matt’s apartment for a shower and to plan my activities that day. Since his apartment ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, berlin mauer, berlin wall, cross from east to west, germany, history, nachos, soviets
GERMANY | Sunday, 14 Sep 2014 | Views [322]
Today Matt and I woke up and went off to get some food and wonder around a bit. He called up a friend (Melanie) and we explored around Alexanderplatz until we got hungry. Then it was time for some Wok to Walk restaurant for some noodles. Throughout ... Read more >
Tags: angela merkel, berlin, brandenburg gate, germany, reichstag, ticket controlled, tiergarden, wok to walk
GERMANY | Saturday, 13 Sep 2014 | Views [360]
I woke up and caught a S-bahn to the train station this morning. My ICE train to bring me from Hamburg to Berlin was running a little behind, but it was not much of a problem. To be more precise, only half of the train was late. Since it is a more ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany, hamburg, kites, old friend, the bird, trains
GERMANY | Friday, 12 Sep 2014 | Views [373]
Today I explored the city. I think I walked almost a complete circle around downtown Hamburg. I started near the harbor and worked my way towards the city. There is a retired submarine in the Hamburg harbor that is now a historical museum piece. I only ... Read more >
Tags: germany, hamburg, reeperbahn, the bird
GERMANY | Thursday, 11 Sep 2014 | Views [514]
I had breakfast at the hostel with the German guys from my room. Then I went around town and found a Vodafone store to buy a new SIM card (3 charges a lot in Germany). The guys at the store were helpful. The only thing that was a little confusing was ... Read more >
Tags: currywurst, friends, germany, hamburg, simon, the highway
GERMANY | Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014 | Views [348]
I bummed around in the hostel for a lot of the morning. My flight was in the afternoon and checkout of the hostel was 10:00am. I did not have quite enough time to explore the city anymore. I finished one of my books and then took the bullet train to ... Read more >
Tags: airport, currywurst, germany, hamburg, stockholm, sweden
SWEDEN | Tuesday, 9 Sep 2014 | Views [417]
I was thinking of joining the bicycle tour given by the hostel in the morning, but all the spots were booked by the time I checked. Instead I went to the Old Town borough of the city and did some exploring. It is a nice section of the city but very tourist ... Read more >
Tags: changing of the guard, coffee, old town, palace, presdients and assholes, sauna, stockholm, sweden
SWEDEN | Monday, 8 Sep 2014 | Views [471]
I slept in for a while because the archipelago wore me out. I had arranged to meet up with some people to go to the Vasa Museum in the afternoon. Luckily they also slept later than expected. After a quick lunch/breakfast at the hostel, we (Cassie, Megan ... Read more >
Tags: coffee, sauna, stockholm, sweden, vasa
SWEDEN | Sunday, 7 Sep 2014 | Views [605]
I had some breakfast at the hostel and met up with people to go to an island in the archipelago around Stockholm. We booked a ferry and set off towards the island of Grinda (also the name of my room at the hostel). The island has beaches, parks, ... Read more >
Tags: ahlsvik, archipelago, grinda, stockholm, sweden, swimming
SWEDEN | Saturday, 6 Sep 2014 | Views [664]
After some breakfast I went to the metro station to catch my train to the airport. In front of me at the ticket machine was a really confused American businessman struggling with the machine. He was also headed to the airport, so I helped him figure ... Read more >
Tags: airport, copenhagen, denmark, flight, freetowner, pasta, stockholm, sweden
DENMARK | Friday, 5 Sep 2014 | Views [293]
I had some breakfast in the morning at the hostel where I met up with Peter and Josh for a few minutes. They were both leaving for other destinations that afternoon. We swapped some contact information and headed off our separate ways. I ... Read more >
Tags: copenhagen, denmark, gratis dinner, pub crawl, view
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