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Christmas photo - Father Christmas on a bicycle in Munich
Blog: Heather on her travels - 24 December 2009
Shh - don’t tell, but I saw Father Christmas last week on his way to work. He was cycling down Residenzstrasse in Munich and I had to be quick with the camera or I would have missed him. I guess Father Christmas has to get to work like everyone else, and why shouldn’t it be on [...]
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Eating in Munich
Blog: An American in London - 24 December 2009
Last week, I literally pigged out. I was in Munich for four days and ate pork products at least three times a day. Despite articles like this one touting Munich’s cutting-edge food scene, I was quite happy to stick with eating the traditional Bavarian specialties that are offered everywhere in town, which meant a lot [...]
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The chilly welcome at Michaelkirche in Berg am Laim
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 December 2009
My mother had been especially recommended to see the Michaelkirche or church of St Michael in Berg am Laim which is reputed to be one of the most beautiful Rococco churches in Southern Germany and so we duly left the well-trodden tourist routes of central Munich for the suburbs. Although Berg am Laim is only 5 stops on [...]
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Location and Value at Hotel Falkenturm in Munich
Blog: Heather on her travels - 21 December 2009
Hotel Falkenturm in Munich is a comfortable, pension style hotel which is ideally located for sightseeing and is moderately priced for a Munich hotel in this location. Read on for my full review; For my recent weekend in Munich, I was travelling with my parents, and our main considerations for this short trip were location and [...]
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my bonn thanksgiving (better belated than never)
Blog: What Up, Vienna - 21 December 2009
Alex and I went on our separate ways for Thanksgiving. He went stateside Boston and I...chose to not have jetlag. More specifically, I went to Bonn, Germany. Now, this is my second foray into Germanland. The first being into aforeposted Stuttgart.
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Road Trip!
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 21 December 2009
It's officially the holidays. And what does that mean to me? ROAD TRIP! Since I was a little girl, I have always associated Thanksgiving and Christmas not only with turkey, presents and holiday cheer - but also long car rides to Grandma's house.
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Visiting the Munich Christmas Markets - Podcast Episode 4
Blog: Heather on her travels - 20 December 2009
In my latest Podcast I’m taking you to the Christmas Markets in Munich getting into the festive spirit, with snow on the ground, German carol singers and the smell of gingerbread in the air. You’ll hear about my visit to the Residenz Palace, the market we found in it’s courtyards, the ethnic, alternative Tollwood Winter [...]
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Winter in Europe: Christmas Markets
Blog: UnpoppedCollar - 19 December 2009
Winter in Los Angeles means temperatures occasionally drop below 70. Winter in Europe means cold, snow, and more cold. So why would I spend my winter break in Europe instead of LA? Well, it wasn’t the weather. My first international trip ever took place during winter break a few years back, as two of my best friends and I grabbed our backpacks and took off from hostel to hostel from mid-December until New Years’ Day.
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Drinking Feuerzangenbowle to warm the spirits in Munich
Blog: Heather on her travels - 16 December 2009
On my trip to Munich I ate and drank my way through the best that the Christmas Markets could offer, including an interesting tipple called Feuerzangenbowle. We tried our Feuerzangenbowle at the Tollwood Festival, a crafty, ethnic and organic (or Bio, as it’s called in Germany) market, held on the same Theresienwiese Fairground where you’ll find the more famous [...]
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In the Market for a Little Christmas
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 15 December 2009
On October 30, I went to buy a last-minute Halloween mask. The store's loudspeakers were already spouting "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." I might have been able to handle it if I thought they were trying to be ironic.
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Toilets and Traveling
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 14 December 2009
I consider myself relatively easy going about toilets and bathroom facilities. That is I have gone backwoods camping and once lived with nothing more than an outhouse for almost four years. So it is not that I require luxury. However, when traveling I am amazed at the state of some toilettes.
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Nuremberg Christmas Market, Germany
Blog: An American in London - 13 December 2009
I have to be in Munich for a few days this week, so I took a daytrip today to visit the Nuremberg Christmas Market, which is just an hour and 45 minutes away on a regular (non-fancy) Deutsche Bahn train. I’m not a huge fan of Christmas ornaments or freezing cold weather, but things I *can* [...]
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Postcard from the snow in Munich
Blog: Heather on her travels - 12 December 2009
I’m in Munich for a pre-Christmas break, and although yesterday was rainy, the forecast was correct and this morning it snowed. It was a light snowfall, just enough to give a dusting to the trees and hedges in the parks but not enought to lie on the pavements for long or make them too slippery. I [...]
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Postcard from the Christmas Markets in Munich
Blog: Heather on her travels - 11 December 2009
I’m in Munich this weekend, seeing something of the old town and the Christmas Markets, although in the couple of days we’re here, I doubt I’ll get much further than that. When we came up from the underground Metro station onto Marienplatz, the warm, sweet smell of gingerbread hit me. This afternoon we visited the Resindenz Palace in [...]
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Tis the Season: More Christmas Markets in France and Germany
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 2 December 2009
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Let’s Be Adventurous: Solutions for a Picky Eater
Blog: GoBackpacking - 25 November 2009
Every day is a new adventure when it comes time to eat in a foreign country.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Ode to Berlin
Blog: UnpoppedCollar - 17 November 2009
Since Berlin has been in the news quite a bit this week, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I thought I would take you on a quick trip to the Berlin I know and love. Recently renovated Potsdamer Platz at night — formerly what was “no-man’s land” during the Cold War
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flugzeuge, zuge und autos
Blog: What Up, Vienna - 15 November 2009
I wasn't really banking on doing any stand-up whilst in Vienna. However, an opportunity presented itself to do a USO show in Stuttgart, Germany. That opportunity came by way of Bengt Washburn, a comedian I had never met, though who was vouched for by my esteemed comedy colleague Moshe Kasher.
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Lady and the Little Bear
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
Last year a small polar bear named Knut was born at the Berlin Zoo. Cute and cuddly, the bear stole the hearts of people all over the world when its mother rejected it and the zoo raised it by hand. Fast forward a year and Knut is no longer the adorable ball of fur that the world knew him to be. He grew up to be a regular polar bear, still cute, but not that cute.
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Lady Does a Day in Dusseldorf
Blog: A Lady in London - 7 November 2009
My boyfriend's 77-year-old grandmother is quite the jet setter. With half her year spent in South Carolina and the other half spent near Dusseldorf, she thinks nothing of road tripping across America or traveling in Europe when she's in Germany. Impressive.
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Half a Brecht in Berlin
Blog: UnpoppedCollar - 7 November 2009
Brecht is hard to understand when translated to English. It’s even harder in German. It’s a lot harder when it’s performed for you so that you can’t read the text. It’s harder still when you completely miss the first act, are jet-lagged, hungry, and tired. But I somehow made it through my first German play – Brecht’s Mutter Courage – and lived to tell about it.
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How to have a cheap backpacking or holiday in Berlin
Blog: Backpacking on the Cheap - 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.
