One man, One Home Run It's 4 hours before my bus leaves and I've only just found out that the bus station is close to Maria's house. I could meet up with her for a bite to eat. I COULD do that, and I WANT to do that, but I can't find free wifi anywhere in this city! Starbucks, McDonalds, all of the other fast food places require you to register with your phone. The phone that I don't have. So maybe it's just not meant to be. I think I'll make the move to the...

Although the 'Oktoberfest' is the common name for the Munich bierfestival, 'Wiesn' is actually the official name and 'Oktoberfest' is the name for the time period. 24/09/13 Heut ist so ein schones Tag! 25/09/13 "Heut ist so ein schones Tag!" means "Today is such a beautiful day". and comes from a bierfest song called 'Fliegerleid'. It really was a beautiful day yesterday, but unfortunately, I was on the move. Due to an unfortunate slip of keystrokes, I managed...

(One man, One depression)28/08/13 ...and then the depression set in. With the mix of my family leaving, and myself leaving the beautiful city of Coburg, Lisa and her family, every bit of fun I've had in Germany so far vanished. It might just be a new place, new people I don't know and actually having to do some degree of work, but I suddenly feel down. Cut off and alone, despite having internet and a family. Luckily for me, I know myself and I have done this 4 ...

(One Man, One reunion) This entry is about a reunion, together after over a year. One cannot express the sheer joy experienced in being reunited after 14 months. In England I took this for granted, each of them different in their own special way, but each perfect for their own occassion. I knew it would be a long time until I saw even one of you again, but I saw more than one, and that made it even better. This was a special gift for a traveller, not many can sa...

07/08/13 Today's biggest achievement was actually leaving the villa. It would have been so easy not to. I have no idea where the time between 8:30 to 13:00 went! I got up and had breakfast, chatting to Nana & Ron, helped Ron with his laptop, then suddenly it was 13:00 and Tony was arriving shortly. I met the man who's kind enough to give me days of luxury on my backpacking trip, and he couldn't be nicer. Seriously kind, generous and really easy to talk to, i...