The European City Adventure Thread

[XXXpedition]

well, it's not really adventure, not an expedition either (so if moderators feel it should be moved, please do), but i thought we are exploring so much of europe (and there is not much 'outback') it might still be interesting for some of you to follow us along...

we have started to explore a while back but i thought i would all post it in one thread and then keep it up as we go...
hope you enjoy some of it!

lets start:
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Another long weekend offered us 4 days of exploration time. We decided to check out our new home country. After all, we know embarrassingly little about Germany!

We started by heading out west towards Ulm. Our first stop was more of a practical nature since we had to pick up our roofrack which Sven had dropped off a week earlier for sandblasting and basic treatment. A nice fellow from a German offroad forum had offered his services at cost. From there we detoured to Ulm, which sports not only a beautiful historic centre and many new architectural jewels, but also the world's highest church steeple (161.53 metres, 530 feet) at its minster. We climbed all 768 steps to the top to enjoy the breathtaking view (you'd be out of breath after such a climb as well!).

Then we journeyed north through lovely countryside with fresh, green meadows covering rolling hills, until we reached Heidelberg. Heidelberg's old town is long and narrow and is dominated by the ruins of the Heidelberg Castle. The many beautiful plazas were teaming with visitors while a wedding procession passed us in a horse-drawn carriage.

Continuing north, we stopped for a stroll through lovely Rotenburg/Fulda. We rather liked the small town with its many frame houses, some of them leaning at peculiar angles, but had a strange encounter with a local man who caught us taking a picture from a bridge: "I take it you are not from here? When you have finished taking your pictures, make sure to leave right away. This place is the region's biggest .....whateveryouwannacallit!" Then he walked off, clearly very upset. :-)

Finally we reached our nothernmost point for this trip: Göttingen, a lovely university town very busy on this Saturday afternoon. Here, too, several weddings were going on. As we started heading back south, we followed a minor country road through some lovely forests and countryside until eventually coming to Weimar, a really old town even for German standards: The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899. Weimar is one of the great cultural sites in Europe; it was called home by such luminaries as Goethe and Schiller, Liszt and Bach. The tombs of Goethe and Schiller can be visited in the city. It is also where the Bauhaus movement was started, and several modern architectural jewels stand testimony to its artistic aspirations.

Our last stop was Regensburg, which seemed to have more churches and squares than houses. This was the first town in our tour that sported different architecture, and having seen many frame houses during the last few days, we quite welcomed the change. It was very hot and everyone was on the streets, trying to stay cool with iced coffee and icecream.

By the time we rolled back into Munich, we had covered a little over 1,000 kms (620 miles), walked through six towns, cruised through hundreds of kilometers of countryside, consumed dozens of cappuccinos, icecream, and local specialties, and taken a myriad of pictures of lovely houses and squares.

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[Jasslaw]

awesome collection of pic...

[RgrBox]

Great pics..

I was down your way while on vacation.. we visited Salzburg while staying in Bertchesgarten..

[XXXpedition]

next time near munich - drop us a line - maybe we can hook up...

(that's for everybody on here...:sombrero:)

[XXXpedition]

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We took the opportunity of the three-day weekend to head west to Strasbourg, a beautiful city in the Alsace region in northeastern France, just across the border from Germany.

Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions such as the Council of Europe and European Parliament; but it is most known for its historic city centre full of frame houses, classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988. The heart of the city, the "Petit France" Quarter, is picturesquely situated along the river Ill and sports many historical houses. Strasbourg is full of medieval churches, lovely palaces and parks, plus a gothic cathedral famous for its astronomical clock and breathtaking rose window.

We wandered around the town centre, strolled along the Ill, walked through several parks, and enjoyed coffee and cake at one of the many cafes facing the river. The city was full of tourists but it had a very relaxed atmosphere and everybody enjoyed the beauty of this place under the warm spring sun.

We noticed an unusually dense number of storks who seemed to inhabit every tower and park in Strasbourg and were busy building nests on top of chimneys and such protrubances.

On Sunday morning, we had coffee with a friend who had met Magdalena during a 6-month internship at her Munich employer and got some interesting insight into the city's history and lifestyle. We are very lucky to know people all over the world who give us a rare glimpse of life otherwise often not visible to mere "tourists"!

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[RgrBox]

I was in Strasbrug last year with my family.. we ate at the resturant in the pic above and stayed in the hotel across the street from it.. BTW.. I wife is from Wurzburg..

[XXXpedition]

wow, you resided in luxury :-)))))
we just slept in the truck in a quiet side street :-)

[RgrBox]

Well, we were 4 including the kids.. and my truck at the time wasn't set up for sleeping..

I do like a good bed if I'm in the city.. but outdoors, I just want to be outdoors..

[Streakerfreak]

MMMMMM, I do so love Germany and the surrounding countries. It's so beautiful.

[XXXpedition]

B E R L I N
For a few days we visited Berlin, the previously divided city, with its history of west and east block. Now it shines in a new light with many contemporary buildings although you can very clearly tell the old eastern influence on some buildings.
the brandenburger tor:
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inside the jewish museum:
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typical eastern berlin building:
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checkpoint charly (the guards are fake):
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and the reichstag:
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[jeepmedic46]

Beautiful architecture. Great collection of pictures:coffee:

[RgrBox]

Was there several years ago.. I liked the city.. stayed at the Park Inn at Alexandria Platz. Would run every morning from the hotel, Unden den Linden Strasse to the Brandenburg Gate and back.. was back in 2003 and that terrible heat..

I see they're starting to tear down the old East German building across from the Cathedral.

RB

[XXXpedition]

thanks for the compliments, icefisher!

yep,they're taking it appart piece by piece...
they want to save all the humonguous steel beams.

an amazing city (to visit)

[XXXpedition]

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We had a week of vacation and wanted to explore the northern part of Italy. We left Germany and just a 3-hour-drive took us to springtime at Lago di Garda, a popular and scenic lake sitting in the middle of spectacular mountainous scenery.
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Our next stop was Brescia just south of the lake where we strolled through the beautiful historic old town where many Roman and medieval monuments are preserved, and marveled at the imposing "new" medieval cathedral from 1604 and its "old" neighbor from the XI century, a rare example of a circular Romanesque Basilica; the view from the castle was remarkable.
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Piacenza was equally impressive with is squares and grand palazzi. Due to its strategic location at a major crossroads, this city has been of vital interest to political powers striving to control northern Italy.

Crossing through the agricultural belt of Italy, best known for its parmiggiano "Grana Padana", we reached Pavia, a beautiful university town where we were almost blown up one of the many towers
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by a gale that literally took our breath away, not least because it had kicked up tons of sand. Where all that soil came from was apparent when we continued on west and passed countless and very dry fields. After this intense sandblasting treatment we were glad to reach Vigevano, a lovely little town with impressively elegant ancient horse stables
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and its beautiful rectangular central square.
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Since the campground was still closed for the season (like almost all we had inquired with so far), we asked the police for a hint on where to park overnight - many Italian cities provide "one-night-only parking for self-reliant campers", i.e. a parking lot. The carabinieri suggested that for safety and comfort reasons, we should stay right behind the cathedral since "metered parking is free after 7pm - however, you will have to pay after 9am tomorrow!"

Milan was the only major city on this trip and it took over an hour just to get from the outskirts to the centre by car. The city is vast, choked with traffic and has about a trillion gazillion traffic lights. Once we found parking for our vehicle, we headed on foot into the general direction of where we believed the centre to be. Several people we asked for the way seemed taken aback by the question and suggested that maybe we were looking for the cathedral? Apparently, Milano does not have a "centre" but asking for the cathedral will take you exactly there. The cathedral and adjoining grand galleria,
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as well as the imposing castle, were well worth the effort.

From here we headed north to Lago di Como, surrounded by even higher and steeper mountains. We had hoped to hook up with an acquaintance from Spain, an Italian baker who had moved back to his home town near the lake. Unfortunately, we only knew his first and last name and the fact that his sisters owned two restaurants, but had no idea where around this 46-km (28-mile) long lake we should start our search. Thankfully, Italians in this area tend to stick around in their home villages (with some exceptions), so after our camphost indicated the respective village to us where this said family was from, all it took was asking a lady on the street for the brother of the two ladies who own a restaurant! Amazingly, we did find one of the sisters. Our friend was not in town but his sister welcomed us warmly and we chatted a while over a nice espresso. Then we continued north along the scenic lakeshore and toured once around the lake, stopping for the occasional view,
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walk, and obligatory refreshment of cappuccino, icecream and pizza (not necessarily in this order). The small villages scattered around the lake are all worth a visit, although driving is sometimes challenging
(yes, this street is a two-way lane!).
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We had just about enough time left to leasurely cruise up the eastern shore of Lago Maggiore, the "Greater Lake", which we followed into Switzerland. A short one-night stop-over later, to visit with a dear friend who calls this lovely town of Bellinzona her home, we were on our way north, heading home. While in Bellinzona we had enjoyed 25 degrees C (77 degrees F), we faced way cooler temperatures the next day when crossing over the San Bernardino pass at 1,500 meters (almost 5,000 feet) altitude.

[RgrBox]

WOW!

You guys did see most of Southern Europe..

Man those are some great pictures..

How did your tires hold up on the trip.. on and off road?

RB

[XXXpedition]

How did your tires hold up on the trip.. on and off road?
well, those are still the stock tires...
on the road they are fine - they're holding up great (now 50.000 km (30.000miles)) and are still in very good condition.
off-road i was a bit worried, especially in morocco when we went 70km/h (45mph) on surface like the pic below:
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but they held up fine with only one minor sneeking leak from a nail (not sure if from the road or off the road :-))
so i can't complain other than they are too small...


You guys did see most of Southern Europe..
we try to get out as much as possible...
while living in the states we probably saw more of the US than 90% of americans :-)

[XXXpedition]

and since we are already in the south we continue to show our explorations there.

i have to say, you might have seen one or the other pic, but it goes well with this thread and i don't want to go through every single pic i've ever posted :-)

so here we go:

while we had visitors we drove around to show them some of the surroundings of our hometown while in alicante, spain. We headed inland towards Albacete to visit the spectacular town of Alcalá del Jucár in an amazing gorge and ventured up the coast with its romantic villages and picturesque bays...
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We even saw a yacht cruising the streets of Jávea.
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[bobDog]

Sven... while maybe I missed it while reading your site, I now wonder why you folks left Spain and moved to Germany....I certainly think Spain looks like a great place. If not for the weather alone.

[XXXpedition]

Sven... while maybe I missed it while reading your site, I now wonder why you folks left Spain and moved to Germany....I certainly think Spain looks like a great place. If not for the weather alone.
you sure cannot beat the weather - very similar to LA weather which i love!
a bit more humid, that's the negative part. but we lived close to the harbor and beach - that was great.
but spanish people, we discovered, are pretty inconsiderate. finding a job proved impossible - for 2 reasons:
first you're a foreigner and that's VERY bad. btw. you are considered to be a foreigner if you are out of the region (not only outside spain)
and the few spanish friends we have don't have good jobs, because of the economy (even before the crisis) and various reasons too long to discuss here.
most of our friends are latin americans, because they are actually friendly :-) not true for a lot of spanish...

so we decided to leave for central europe although the weather is a real pain..........

[bobDog]

Sven,
Have you considered returning to the US or maybe South America. Actually do you miss the US or is there things there you never want to deal w/ again?:coffeedrink:

[GlobalMonkey]

Sven,
Have you considered returning to the US or maybe South America. Actually do you miss the US or is there things there you never want to deal w/ again?:coffeedrink:

This is getting really interesting, I would like to hear Sven's answer to this question. It is very often a topic of our conversation at home, since we are mix of four nationalities and two continents...where to live.
Tomas

[XXXpedition]

well, well, that's not that easy to answer...
first off, yes i miss the states a LOT! i miss the weather, the people, the land.
if i leave munich it's about two minutes until i hit another little town or village. i absolutely miss the space, the desert and its quietness, etc.
i had the perfect job, made good money, lived comfortably...
the stress level of live (not only work) is much higher in the US, though.
you gotta drive everywhere, etc.

that's better in europe. family is closer. italy is closer :-). in munich i can go ww kayaking after work in the river that passes through town :-)
there is more differentiation between different cultures in a smaller area - this is cool and this is what this thread is about. but you also cannot get out of it unless you drive for a long time.
but making a living is harder. i make half the money and life costs twice as much...

if i were single i would go back to the states....

when we left we had to make a decision, because our visas were running out. next step would have been the green card. cost back then: about 3 grand. 3 year wait for an approval (hopefully) and we would have needed another permit to be able to work in the meantime...

so we went back to europe.
spain was more because of the weather and country but it didn't pan out.
munich seemed like the next best thing.
we've been here for 2 years - we'll see.

but one thing is for sure: winters are extremely hard on me...
i hate the cold, i hate short days - in combination it is depressing...

hope that clears up things :-)

[TheSportsHQ]

I liked the city very much... stayed at the Park Inn at Alexandria Platz.

[XXXpedition]

lets stay in spain for a bit...

there are tons of castles and fortresses. you can visit a lot of them and we did a little tour:
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[XXXpedition]

and still spain.
this time closer to the shores:
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[jeepmedic46]

I enjoy reading this post. Beautiful pictures, Looks like you are having a great time.:coffee:

[XXXpedition]

oh, yeah, we are enjoying ourselves :-)

[XXXpedition]

M A D R I D :

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[jeepmedic46]

Beautiful pictures, Thank you for sharing.:ylsmoke:

[XXXpedition]

and even a bit more of spain:

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We left Alicante in the late afternoon. We headed north into the mountains of the Sierra de Salinas and enjoyed an amazing sunset at over 3000 feet (1000 m). A series of thunderstorms moved in late at night which is quite unusual for summers here; once the rain had cleared, we were rewarded with incredible vistas in the morning.
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After a hike to the top of the mountain with a 360 degree view and a cave...
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...we pushed on west along lonely country roads through sweeping hills and drove through the Parque Natural Sierra de Cazorla y Segura with breathtaking canyons and gorges.

From here we ventured along the country road that connects a series of attractive little towns. We visited Úbeda, Baeza and Jaén with their amazing old towns full of historic buildings and medieval walls.
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One of the highlights was Córdoba, once the Moorish capital of the region. The city offers a dazzling array of historic sights and different building styles. The blend of Moorish and Christian architecture shows all through the old town but is most apparent in the amazing column hall of the Mezquita where a catholic church was built right into the center of what was once one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world.
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We also marveled at the medieval quarter, the Judería, and the Christian fortress, Alcázar.
The people of Córdoba are very fond of their many courtyards which are not only for the looks but are also used frequently.
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We wrapped up our stay with a visit to the Medina Azahara, a city built in the 10th century by a caliph to create a new administrative and residential center. Unfortunately, only ruins are left of this impressive and extremely luxurious palace.

Then our journey took us south-east towards the Sierra Nevada. Our plan was to find a remote and scenic track through the mountains and see the white villages of Las Alpujarras, an area that is not yet spoiled by heavy tourism.
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We began our trek at the first village of Lanjarón where we climbed up the steep dirt road past active farms and several ruins of abandoned farmhouses to almost 10.000 feet (2500m). The views from up here were awe-inspiring. The track skirts the border of the Parque Nacional de Sierra de Nevada and sees very little traffic. At night, we spotted a wild pig, quite a popular animal in this region famous for its mountain-cured ham (jamón serrano). Even the paved road wasn't very easy on our vehicle as it winds up and down the mountain in impressive hairpin turns and is certainly not for the faint-of-heart. Some of the quaint villages still preserve their originality although others are already ramping up for tourism.

It took us several more hours to leave the Sierra Nevada as the main drag is under construction for expansion, which not only made our progress slow and painful but will certainly take away some of the romantic flair of the region. When we reached the highway, we made straight for Alicante.

the map:
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[jeepmedic46]

Those pictures are breathtaking and great write up as usual.:sombrero:

[XXXpedition]

thanks! doing our best ;-)

[XXXpedition]

and spain once more...
we explored a bit north of alicante, along the coast and then a little further inland...
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[XXXpedition]

we drove down to the bodensee, a lake bordered by austria, switzerland and germany. we were lucky and had a couple of great days...
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[XXXpedition]

it's slowly getting winter here...
after some snow in october we had some mild temps lately. now it's getting closer to around freezing.
nevertheless x-mas is coming and the stands are active again...
here some christmas atmosphere from munich:
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[jeepmedic46]

Beautiful pictures:ylsmoke:

[XXXpedition]

thx mate :-)

[XXXpedition]

well, we still travel around a bit (smaller trips now with our little daughter...

but we don't take pics everywhere, because we don't think about it in regions closer to home :-)

but here's another on - regensburg:
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[XXXpedition]

yes, it's been a while since i posted - that had many reasons...
now i want to share the trip we did to sweden:
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on the way up (still in germany)
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kopenhagen, just across the channel:
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little square, malmö:
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turning torso, arch. calatrava:
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more images:
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on our way back in hamburg:
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