Munich 17th -21st July 2010 We had pre-booked train tickets for our 4.5 hour trip from Zurich to Munich. It saved us about 150 Euros by buying them in advance from the German train company than buying them from the Swiss company. While we were waiting for the train to come a young Asian couple and their 3ish year old child as well as the grandparents arrived. The kid was quite content in his pram, but grandma pulled him out, pulled down his pants and then m...

Bremen 29th - 30th December 2009 The train journey from Hamburg to Bremen should've been easy. A direct train usually runs between the two towns, but for some reason the day we wanted to travel they were doing work on the tracks and had to go on a roundabout kind of route. We bought tickets and jumped on a train that was heading to Frankfurt. We only needed to stay on it for about 45 minutes, then we were going to have a 15 minute wait until we jumped on a...

Hamburg 26th - 29th December 2009 We arrived into Hamburg around 4, and quickly found the s-bahn, which took us out to our hostel. I was a bit concerned with our accommodation, as it was quite difficult to find somewhere affordable in the city. As we left the s-bahn station my fears were quickly realised, when we found ourselves surrounded by heaps of homeless bums and drunks. We were smack bang in the middle of Europe's biggest Red Light District. (Apparen...

Berlin Part II 23rd - 26th December 2009 We forced ourselves out of bed in time to grab the free hostel breakfast, then we headed back up to the room, where I napped until mid afternoon. I think Dan filled in the time just playing the DS and lounging about. After we'd forced each other into the shower and getting dressed we decided to take it easy and just check out the market at Schloss Charlottenburg (The one that was closed the first time we visited). It...

Berlin - Part I Sunday 20th - Tuesday 22nd Dec 2009 I will try to be as brief as possible, but I do have a bad habit of getting carried away, so sorry!! After meeting up with Matt and Jodie at Victoria station for a quick bite, we successfully managed to find the bus, which would take us to Stansted airport. I nodded off during the 1.5-hour journey, but woke up just as we arrived at the airport to hearing John Farnham - You're the Voice being played on the r...