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 [...]
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Comparison Test: Western Europe
Posted by dkendon on October 20, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/comparison-test-western-europe/
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
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/cologne-to-brussels/
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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Berlin to Cologne
Because I had a cheap ticket I had 2 changes on my train to Cologne, but it wasn’t that bad. I arrived about 3pm. Since all the hostels were full or expensive I went to the campground. It’s a reasonable distance from the city centre. Take the U-Bahn (which turns in to a street-level train [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 7, 2011
http://fastforwardlife.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/berlin-to-cologne/
Berlin Day 5 – Potsdam
To get to Potsdam from Spandau is a bit of a faff, and took an hour on the train. However it is well worth it. Potsdam was in the DDR so it retains some of that East German . . . flair. They have a Dutch district, but that’s just a section of Dutch-style buildings. I [...]
Posted by dkendon on October 7, 2011
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