Finally it was time to visit Copenhagen and meet the family. Aunt Alice picked me up when I arrived by bus and we caught a taxi back to her place. I could tell she had been reading this blog because despite only just meeting me the first thing she did when we got inside was to offer me a beer. Over the course of the week she was a great host. Always had breakfast ready and cooked some extremely delicious dinners. Gave me privacy when I just wanted to relax and so...

Hamburg was another one of those cities which was just kinda on the way, which I learned while here was the case for a lot of people. It however did also have the benefit of having the world's largest miniature train set, which I really wanted to see. Other than that I had no clue what was even here. The hostel was pretty good, though in a rather residential area so they were quite strict about noise. After checking in I met an Aussie guy almost straight away ...

The night I arrived it Fussen it was already quite late, but the Soccer was starting at midnight. So me and this Ukrainian guy I had arrived with (I either can't remember his name or never even actually got it) headed out after checking into the hostel to find a place to eat and grab a drink to watch the game. What we found was a fairly large open area with about 6 TVs and a projector setup along with a couple of bars and a bratwurst stand. Everything you could p...

I'm not really sure what I was expecting out of Freiburg. It is on the edge of the Black Forest which I've read is really nice. But I didn't know if I was going to actually be able to go into the Black Forest from there, or if there were hikes or what. I did my usual thing and just booked a couple of nights in the hostel with the plan to mostly just figure things out when I got there. On the first day I just checked out the town, which is really nice. Lots of ni...

Stuttgart actually turned out to be a bit of a surprise. I had really only come here for one reason, and that was to visit Hohenzollern castle as a day trip. As far as I knew Stuttgart itself was just a large not really touristy city. But other than the castle it did have a little bit to do. There was a palace there and its main attractions, the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz museums. But first was the day trip to the castle. The photos I had seen of this thing made ...