182 days, 16 countries – how does everything compare? Best Country Difficult. Germany was great – historic sites, varied subcultures, cool shopping, former communist and Nazi remains, Trabis, the people are friendly and helpful, most people speak English, good food, and good accommodation. But Britain was similarly cool, had extraordinarily beautiful villages, good and cheap [...]
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The Final Review
Posted by dkendon on December 24, 2011
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Gear Review
After travelling around the world, what did I find to be the best equipment? How did everything work? Good: Steri-Pen Although I did load it with Ni-MH batteries, as stated by the manufacturer, I did still find it ran out after 5-10 uses. However it was extremely useful being able to purify water in a [...]
Posted by dkendon on December 23, 2011
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Comparison Test: Western Europe
Germany Must visit: Munich camping shops (if you like that sort of thing) Nuremburg (if you study history) Weimar (if you like Bauhaus) Potsdam (allow 2 days) DDR Museum Deutsches Historiches Museum Transport: Very easy to go by train. You can buy tickets to any destination from any DB ticket machine. Buy them 3 days [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 20, 2011
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Cologne to Brussels
I took a train to Brussel, Brussels, Bruxelles – that place. Supposedly bilingual but everyone speaks French. I arrived in the afternoon but being a Sunday nothing was open. I tried buying my onward ticket to Bruges but the ticket machines only accept the railway Bahncard or . . . Proton! No Visa, no Mastercard, [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 8, 2011
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A Day in Cologne
I was given a map at the campground – they cost €0.20 at the information centre – and went looking for historic sites. There was a large demonstration starting in one of the market squares – I couldn’t translate it all – something about security? I kept wandering. There were a lot of immigrants [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 8, 2011
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