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Accommodation, Germany »

[13 Jun 2009 | One Comment | ]
4 you hotel, few steps from munich train station

There are few reasons why we visited Munich. To see the christmas market, to visit Munich itself, as a stopover to go to Fussen, and to continue our visit later to Salzburg.

If you are like us, and you need a hotel near the train station, 4 you Munchen should be your choice. Just as you go out from the train station, the hotel can be reached within 2-3 minutes.  One day, we had a train at 7.20 a.m. and we finished having breakfast at the hotel at 7.15 a.m. and …

Germany, Tips and Tricks »

[11 Jun 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
Souvenir stamp at Charlie Checkpoint

Too bad that there is no more border patrol between the European countries. It would be nice to have country stamps all over your passport. And believe me, if I need to pay for it, I would, as a souvenir of where I’ve been!

Being in Berlin would be incomplete without visiting Charlie Checkpoint. During the Cold War period, this place was the crossing point between Eastern Germany and Western Germany. It is here where one stood the Berlin Wall. Today, the checkpoint is commemorated by a border sign and a …