Travel Log
Archive for the ‘Germany’ Category
After much debate I decided to go to Berlin after all. I will be taking the day train from Amsterdam to Berlin (about 5 hours) today. I'll be staying in Berlin for only three nights but I found a great hostel that is right in the middle of everything. I will be in Berlin the 7 – 9 August. I will be staying at the BaxPax Downtown Hostel at Ziegelstr 28, Berlin. The phone is 011 49 30 27 87 488 0 (the +49 is the international country code for Germany, the 30 is the city code for Berlin). You may need to look in your phone book to figure out how to dial the number from the US. Remember there are no room phones so all you could do is leave a message with reception if you need to reach me.
East Berlin Germany
With only two days to spend in a city as large as Berlin I decided that a guided tour would be a good idea. The staff at BaxPax hostel recommended the “free” walking tour so bright and early Tuesday I was off to meet the group at the Starbucks next to Brandenburg Tor (“tor” is “gate” in German).
Okay, so this stop technically isn’t Western Europe but I’ve haerd so many great things about Prague that I had to visit for a few days. I’ll be traveling from Berlin to Prague today. I’ll be in Prague the 10 – 12 of August staying at the Old Prague Hostel, Benediktska 2/685, Prague, Czech Republic. The phone for the hostel is 011 420 (0)2 24 82 90 58 (the 420 is the international country code for the Czech Republic, the 02 is the city code for Prague). You may need to look in your phone book to figure out how to dial the number from the US. Remember there are no room phones so all you could do is leave a message with reception if you need to reach me.
After my quick trip over to Prague its back to Munich, Germany for four nights. I will be staying at Wombats City Hostel at Senefelderstrasse 1, 80336 Munich, Germany. I will be there 13 – 16 August. The phone is 011 49 89 599 89 18 19 (Germany country code is 49 and Munich city code is 89).
Munich Germany
Munich was an amazing city that can pretty much be summed up in a single word “Bier” (or “beer” as we say back home). The Germans in Munich take their beer very seriously (and in large quantities). I always thought that those huge beer steins that you see were simply for decoration. Ha, nothing could be further from the truth; they drink their beer in one-liter mugs here. A small beer is a half-liter. And the beer is absolutely terrific. I did my best to sample as many different kinds as I could while I was in Munich and I don’t think that I even scratched the surface.
