Archive for the 'Germany' Category

Aug 03 2008

Freiburg, Stuttgart, and Rothenburg

Published by Matthew under Germany

This one time in college, I wanted to go to Freiburg to study a semester abroad.  I got into the program, passed the German test (I don’t know how), went to a few classes for the 1 credit course to prepare me to go, and then bailed.  I figured it would be a great experience, […]

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Aug 01 2008

Dresden, Hamburg, Köln

Published by Matthew under Germany

After we left Berlin, we spent 6 days in 4 cities throughout Germany. 
From what I remebered in German class, East Germany (in 1998) was still living in the ’60s, kind of like Cuba, and many of the buildings had not been repaired since WWII.  Fortunately for Dresden, this was not true.  It has been rebuilt […]

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Aug 01 2008

Das alles ist Berlin

Published by Matthew under Germany

So who knew trains could go onto ferry boats?  So that is how we got to Germany from Copenhagen.  We made our way to Berlin after entering Germany.  Apparently Germany is very trusting when it comes to S-Bahn usage.  S-Bahn is the above ground urban railway system.  You can just jump on without going through […]

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