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How to have a cheap backpacking or holiday in Berlin
Blog: Cheap Backpacking in Bulgaria - 4 November 2009
Cheap backpacking / cheap holiday: the bar inside one of the hostels I was in, in Berlin I this post I will cover: - How to get to Berlin for cheap - Cheap and free accomodation - Eating cheaply - Free tour of Berlin - Making some quick cash legally - How to stay longterm - More ways to save money whilst [...]
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Looking back: Berlin before the wall
Blog: 501 Places - 3 November 2009
We waited for over 90 minutes in Berlin’s Ostbahnhof. Guards came through the train carriages. First our documents were checked. Then we were asked to leave the cars while they lifted the seats and pulled the panels from the ceiling. We then climbed aboard and watched the dogs get to work under the trains, looking [...]
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Berlin Street Art
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 24 October 2009
Any unsanctioned art developed in public spaces, such as graffiti artwork or street poster art, is considered to be street art. Typically, the term “street-art” or the more specific term “post-graffiti” is used to distinguish contemporary public space artwork from vandalism and territorial graffiti. Some of the most stunning and innovative street art is in Berlin. Berlin has attracted international attention and become a destination spot for street art creators and admirers alike.
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Lady at Oktoberfest
Blog: A Lady in London - 6 October 2009
My first ever beer wasn't the normal American first-beer experience. It wasn't a light beer in a 12 ounce can that tasted more like water than malt and hops. It wasn't at a high school prom party or a college frat party. No, it wasn't any of those things. In fact, it was quite the opposite. It was a full-flavored Bavarian beer. It was served by a hearty German waitress in a dirndl at the Hofbräuhaus in Munich. And it came in a glass mug that measured a liter in volume. It was a serious beer.
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Oktoberfest Doesn’t Begin in October
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 5 October 2009
Oktoberfest doesn’t begin in October – that’s when it ends. While bars in the U.S. are just beginning to celebrate autumn with their Samuel Adam’s and Harpoon’s seasonal, Oktoberfest inspired beers, the official celebration in Munich, Germany has already come to a close (running from mid-September to the first Sunday of October). Before coming to Oktoberfest, I had an idyllic image of large Bavarian beers and festive drinking halls as far as the eye could see. However, the moment I approached the outer gate, it felt more like stepping into Disneyland. ...
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Summer in Bayerisch-Eisenstein, Germany
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 8 September 2009
Have I mentioned how much I love Bayerisch-Eisenstein? Maybe I said something about when I talked about my stay at the lovely Bavarian Forest Holidays apartments. Or perhaps I talked a little about it when I talked about skiing at Arber Mountain. This little Bavarian village right along the Czech border is definitely charming – and [...]
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Sidetracked! Sommerrodelbahn
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 30 August 2009
If your imagination leads you to the idea of throwing a curvy metal bobsled track on it and allow folks to luge on down at mach 10, you have the basic idea. It's fast. It's furious. It's fun!
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Unusual Hotel Rooms: Coffin, Flying Beds, Grandma Rooms?
Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 30 August 2009
Berlin Propeller Island City Lodge Unique Hotel Rooms Have you wondered what is it like to sleep in a coffin? Well perhaps not But this Berlin hotel can offer you this experience as well as many other unique experiences e.g.
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7 best museums for torture and genocide
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 25 August 2009
1. Kriminalmuseum, Große Sperlgasse 24, Vienna, AustriaThis small private crime museum hides one true gem in its basement: A drawing dating back to the Middle Ages that displays the most extraordinary method of torturing women in the otherwise rather repetitive tradition of hunting witches. The drawing represents a chair that combines the best of electric chair and toilet seat engineering, used to holding suspected witches fast while lighting up their pubic hair.
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5 bars where to get wasted this Saturday
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 11 October 2009
1. Rock Bar Mother, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanA tiny bar with larger than life character. The bar functions on two principles: darkness and songs on demand.
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New beergeek.TV Episode – Three Cities, Three Styles
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 18 August 2009
“Three Cities, Three Styles” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. We are firm believers in beer needing to be tried in context of its culture. “Three Cities, Three Styles” was born out of this belief. We visited three German cities, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Cologne, that each has it’s own unique style of [...]
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Guest Post! Berlin With Baby…
Blog: Have Baby Will Travel - 17 August 2009
I’m delighted to put up our very first guest post! Tracey went to Germany with her husband and baby boy. They rented an apartment for part of their stay, and they had a wonderful time. Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us, Tracey! Berlin like a Berliner Last year my husband and I took a trip to [...]
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Been There, Done That, and Loved Every Single Minute of It-Part I, Europe
Blog: EZGuler - 15 August 2009
I would be a terrible host if I didn't offer my guests pieces that look and sound appealing, so I have decided, with the coaxing of my beloved JT, to abandon the "Top Ten" title for something with more...pizzaz! There must be other words to describe these compact, efficient lists without having to resort to the boring, age-old "Top Ten List" apendage. Plus, what if I want to offer more than just 10? So here I go, with photographic lists of places and events I feel are worth putting the effort and time into capturing while you are traveling.
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Joga bonito
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 12 August 2009
I did indeed head back over to ‘Hoolywood’ though it wasn’t great really. There are quite a lot of these English terrace fashion inspired shops on the continent and some are excellent with bargains galore, this one had it’s own Hoolywood bumbags though so I’ll say no more. Amongst the dross there was some good clobber [...]
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Send the Bitburger back
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 11 August 2009
I finally had a decent kip last night and consequetly didn’t wake up until after 11 meaning I’d missed brekkie, drataster. This meant that my lunch plans were in limbo also, you see the main advantage of your average continental breakfast is that it makes excellent loot for meals to yet follow. Try stuffing a [...]
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British Home Championship
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 10 August 2009
Today has been relatively uneventful, mostly hostel bound. I’ve been sorting all my legacy posts tags out for this Blogsherpa thing so that took a fair while. After that I got talking (about fantasy footy) to these 3 lads from Glasgow and spent most of the day with them. These fellas were getting an over-night train [...]
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There was a checkpoint Charlie
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 August 2009
The Hostel (Pfefferbett Hostel) I’m in is ace in every way except there is no kitchen which is a bit of a pain when I’m here for 4 nights. So I had a quality salami pizza last night at a little gaff called La Cucina in the Pfefferbett area. The thing was huge and bloody [...]
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Tell me about the lady boys
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 August 2009
The Melbourne lad (Rhaun) from my room came with me to the FC St. Pauli stadium for the game last night. By the time we got there the 2nd half had already started so it was too late to get in but we watched the rest of it in a pub built into the ground. [...]
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John, St. Pauli, George and Ringo
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 7 August 2009
I had a bit of interesting news today. If I say Blogsherpa to you, you will probably think I’m back on the Wuppertal (stop it!!) path of sillyness but that would not be the case. Blogsherpa is a relatively new (I think it’s still in beta) system that Lonely Planet have put in place to [...]
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Up north to Hamburg we go
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 6 August 2009
Wuppertal I say to you and Wuppertal once more Sirs. Wuppertal is where I’m just passing through on the train as I write today’s entry of STBB. Amazingly the predictive text on my phone offered up Wuppertal when I was only a Wupp in, that’s quite the dictionary. Anyway enough of all this Wuppertal wubbish. [...]
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Curry pasta
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 5 August 2009
This hostel is miles better and more in tune with the hostelling experience, the last gaff was too instituionalised. I’m going to try and avoid HI hostels on the whole as although some have been good plenty of them don’t have fun very high on the agenda. This place does a half litre bottle of [...]
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Aujourd’hui, je suis tres fatigue
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 4 August 2009
I’m just on the 11:17 train to Cologne. Well not exactly, I’ll actually be on 3 trains to get there for around an hour each with maybe 20 minutes waiting for the change each time. It was just under 50 Euros which I suppose isn’t that bad but regular hits like that aren’t great for [...]
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Return of the Red Menace: More Communist-Era Relics
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 30 July 2009
Last week I began counting down the the top ten communist relics I've visited in my travels through Central and Eastern Europe, complete with images (and bonus silly captions!).We're up to the really big structures now. Who will come in at number one? Let the gender-bending drug-enhanced socialist games commence!
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Oh de Cologne
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 30 July 2009
A short distance down the Rhein from Düsseldorf is Köln, our last beer style city of the trip. This was our third time to Germany’s oldest city, but our first time really exploring beyond the Dom, the dominant landmark of the city. Köln is the home of Kölsch, another top fermented and lagered German beer. Köln [...]
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Seems Like Alt Times
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 26 July 2009
After spending two days in Düsseldorf, I am somewhat embarrassed that this was our first visit to the home of Altbier. From the moment we entered our first brewery, we realized that this city’s beer culture was something special. After a short train ride from Dortmund, we deposited our bags in the hotel room and were [...]
