For some reason Heidelberg was on my radar quite early. I think I'd read something about it, or someone had told me to go there. However for the most part I couldn't remember why, just that I had to go there. Turns out it's mostly famous for a redstone castle, nice old town and old bridge. Thinking that I'm starting to run into time constraints if I want to get to scandinavia and perhaps do the Topdeck tour I decided I needed to start getting a bit of a move on, ...

Frankfurt was another one of those cities that I just went to basically because it was a major city in the general direction I was heading. Though in hindsight and after more closing looking at a map it turns out it was actually a slight detour from where I really wanted to go next, which was Heidelburg. But no matter, I had a bit of fun there anyway. The hostel was a good one, with a large common area and pub. Each night they cooked up a bbq which you could buy ...

Trier is apparently Germany's oldest city. By this I guess they mean they've found ruins of an actual settlement dating back before anywhere else in Germany. The Romans were definitely here as there are ruins to see still standing, but apparently there's evidence to suggest it existed even before Rome. There were two reasons I came here. One was because of that history, of which I knew really nothing about, but it showed up in a "top 10 things to see in Germany" ...

After probably about 9 months it was time to go back to Germany. Afterall, that is where my working holiday visa is for. It was Cologne that I was first going to. A town which I didn't really know anything about, nor know what there was to do there. Basically it was a major city close to the Netherlands border which is why I chose it. Well mostly why I chose it anyway. There were a few other places in the area I was tossing up between, so I did do a little resear...

It has been quite a while since I've made an update to this. It has been a crazy couple of weeks all starting with Oktoberfest. I haven't been able to upload any photos yet as I had my laptop stolen. I'm writing this from an Internet cafe in Milan. Im really not sure what there is to write about Oktoberfest really. It was just a crazy 3 days of basically drinking from noon until about 10 or 11pm. I met a crazy bunch of Aussies and one South African who is now li...