For once, I didn't wake on my own avail to the excitement of a favourable time difference back home this morning. Oh no, not this morning! At 5:00am the sleep-wrecking ball that is my alarm ploughed its way through my dreams, leaving the land of nod decimated in its wake. It was for good reason though, at least I hoped it was, because it was AFL Grand Final day back home, and I was intent on having a good time experiencing the atmosphere of it in a country on the...

A lifelong dream was going to come true today. That is if by lifelong you think I mean ever since I saw an article in a model railway magazine about five years ago. Maybe that's not as big a deal as lifelong, but even still, it was pretty much the sole reason I decided to come to Hamburg - to see Miniature Wonderland! It's funny; when we decided we would plan to come to Europe all those years ago, in the back of my mind I always had this desire to come to Hamburg...

I woke up to the sound of rain this morning, which was annoying because I had to be all backpackery again today. Rain was just gonna rub it in that much more. Or for the more pun appreciative, put a dampener on things. Gee I crack myself up. Lucky my train to Hamburg didn't leave till 11:51am so I had a bit of time before I had to be at the station. With any luck the rain would stop by then. Luck must've really been on my side because it stopped much earlier than...

I woke up with a real sense of anticipation this morning. I was going to Oktoberfest again. Not only that, but I was going to remember having pork knuckle today. There was no way it could be anything but an amazing day! I know you're all jealous already! Once again I made a strategic decision to skip breakfast - some might think that's a bit foolish, but when faced with going to a festival absolutely full of native food and heaps of other choices, or a general co...