Guten Tag from Bavaria. Well the reason we came back to Germany was for Oktoberfest, and it was good, not as good as 3 years ago, must be getting old. The beer has gotten more expensive, and we were there too late in the day to get into the best tents. So we went to Lowenbrau, which was a bit calmer, and ended up sitting with some Italian soccer players and some German schoolboys, who had left an excursion early to come. They're allowed to drink beer and wine fr...

Hi well I just spent 45 minutes writing a good entry for Germany and all is lost except for "We got 100g Milka bars here for 59 euro cents here, about 1 aussie dollar which was good." So heres an overview. Arrived Hamburg 10pm, dark, big city. Next day saw the sights of the city, along the river is nice. Then caught an evening train to Cologne. Keep iin mind that its summer in Europe and the days are still quite long. It was getting dark roughly 9pm. ...