Wednesday, March 18, 2009

London

I've been to London so many times already that I don't really know what to say about it anymore. It's one of my favourite cities. But it's also one of the dirtiest cities I've ever been to; I just am not able to keep my fingernails clean when I am there. It's the city with the loudest, oldest and shakiest underground systems. And living there is extremely expensive. However, due to the low course of the British currency, we could even afford to go out at Chinatown and watch a movie in the theatre (which normally you can't afford)! Our hostel was extremely cheap, but also not very clean. But I guess for that price you couldn't expect much more.

The location of our hostel:
Piccadilly Circus:
The London Eye:
Parliament:
Big Ben:
Tower Bridge:
St. Paul's Cathedral:
Millenium Bridge:
Greenwich:
Westminster Abbey:
St. James Park:
Buckingham Palace:
The British Museum:
It's not all about mummies, of course. But those were the ones that fascinated me the most! :-P

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Hamburg

Hamburg was rainy and windy and somehow I had expected more. Or maybe you have to go there in summer when you can lie on something like beaches. However, we only spend two days there and our hotel was located on the red light district (Reeeperbahn). And Hamburg is the city with the slowest underground trains.
The city hall:

St. Petri (the oldest church in Hamburg and it was built in the 11th century):
St. Nikolai (although already in ruins was pretty impressive):
In fron of that church were two cool statues. The sitting one is memorial for the Jews at the concentration camps during the second World War.
At the harbor (the biggest harbor in Germany):
We went into the Hamburg Dungeon which was really good, even better than the London Dungeon. The actors did a great job scaring us and the mirror labyrinth was really cool! Unfortunately, you were not allowed to take pictures inside.

Reeeperbahn at night (Although B and I were walking side by side and it probably looked like we were a couple, the prostitutes made a move towards B anyway.)
Reeperbahn by day:
Some important building with politicians in it:
St. Michaelis:
A walk along the pier:
And at the end we visited another museum about different cultures with pretty cool sculptures:

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Munich

Munich is probably one of the prettiest cities in Germany, but also the most expensive. Fortunately, we could stay in my sister's apartment and that's why we didn't have to book an expensive hotel or hostel.
The city hall:
Frauenkirche:
Königsplatz:
Residenz:
As you can see, it snowed quite a lot on that day. And of course, the winter service was on strike.
On the next day we went to Schloss Neuschwanstein, the well-know castle which was the model for the Disney castle. Due to all the snow on the previous day, all the trains were delayed due to small avalanches.
Of course, you were not allowed to take pictures inside the castle. So, I only have one picture from the inside which I took secretely.
Our third day we started with some grocery shopping on the Viktualienmarkt, the biggest food market in Germany.
Then we went to the Olympiapark which looks pretty amazing.
B had lots of fun playing in the snow and we saw some Jesus ducks (they could walk on water).The Bavarian Parliament:

After that we went to Englischer Park to see the chinesischer Turm (Chinese Tower).
And the last thing we did on that day was going to a museum.
On the last day we searched for another monument and then went to a museum. Munich's museums really had a lot to offer.