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Hannover and the Hamburg Fishmarket

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Fischmarkt Hamburg Fishmarket

We had a great time partying in Hannover with our expat American friends Hugh and Erica, and fellow visitors Marwa, Jesse, and Zac who made it out to Germany from Michigan for the World Cup, and we even managed an all-nighter to make an early morning run to the famous Hamburg Fischmarkt, which was a site to see and experience.

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Munich: ‘Munchen’ on pork knuckles, reminders of Hitler, and Art Garfunkel

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Old and new architecture Go Deutschland!

We crashed in Munich with our friend Henning, whom we met in Vietnam and will be joining us in Peru to hike the Inca Trail this fall. We spent an awesome week there hanging out with Henning, taking in yet more World Cup craziness, checking out the city, and taking day trips outside the city which brought us to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, Berchtesgarten (home of Hitler´s infamous Eagle´s Nest), and across the border into Vienna for a visit to Salzburg. The last (but by far not the least) of the highlights of our time in Munich was seeing Anthony´s friend Marat who is the personal assistant to Art Garfunkel and got us free concert tickets and backstage passes and to meet the legend! [read on]

Wurzburg, Ruddesheim, & Bacharach – Hidden beauties in Germany

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Bacharach Wurzburg

Between World Cup matches we made the point of seeing a lot of the countryside and visiting some small towns and villages in search of the quieter, more charming, peaceful, and serene side of Germany. Lucky for us that we had decided to rely on our Germany rail passes for getting around as our unlimited train access also gave us access to some of the most unbelievable and breathtaking countryside scenery that we have ever seen, much of which cannot be seen via driving. We fell in love with these small towns and villages that some consider the quintessential examples German culture and scenery, tucked away between rivers, moutains, and countryside.

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