Over the top of Lake Thun. Huge thermals (warm updrafts) would send us straight up in the air. The conditions would have allowed for us to stay for hours. Absolutely surreal!!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Interlaken
Interlaken by train, from Münster, is about 8 hours. I boarded and headed on my way. A change in Dortmund and a change in Mannheim. I left around noon and pulled into the Interlaken West train station around 8:00pm and took a short walk. Then off to the hostel.
The Lazy Falken Backpackers Hotel is a pretty decent place with an amazing view from the terrace. I got checked in and walked into the lounge/bar area. Met a couple people and later a few of us found our way to the "High Life". A rocker bar.
On tuesday I met up with Eric, from Sweden. One from the group that went out on the town the night before. We had talked about bungee jumping, but I later convinced him to go Paragliding instead.
My pictures from Interlaken can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkittleson/sets/72157627658940695/
The Lazy Falken Backpackers Hotel is a pretty decent place with an amazing view from the terrace. I got checked in and walked into the lounge/bar area. Met a couple people and later a few of us found our way to the "High Life". A rocker bar.
On tuesday I met up with Eric, from Sweden. One from the group that went out on the town the night before. We had talked about bungee jumping, but I later convinced him to go Paragliding instead.
My pictures from Interlaken can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkittleson/sets/72157627658940695/
Münster
I arrived in Münster on May 14th after meeting up with Brad. Brad is a friend from high school who has been living there for several years. We had spoken a couple times in the previous months and he convinced me to join him. I will probably stay in Münster off an on over the next month or two. So after two days in Koblenz, it is off to Münster, a three hour train ride.
Münster is a slower paced city of around 270,000 people. It's almost directly east of Amsterdam (three hours by train). And like Amsterdam, it is a huge biking city. Brad and I 'acquired' a cruiser bike, and I have been rolling around on that.
The first couple days I got a little situated and familiar with the town. A couple days in, I found a music shop and bought a guitar. A Fender acoustic with a travel bag. Since then, assuming it's not raining, I normal get on the cruiser and go to the park and play.
The apartment that Brad rents is pretty small and his girlfriend Olga is living there right now as well. So, with the three of us sharing a small apartment, I think it's important for me to leave from time to time. Sunday (May 22) I decided that I would travel to Interlaken, Switzerland.
Münster is a slower paced city of around 270,000 people. It's almost directly east of Amsterdam (three hours by train). And like Amsterdam, it is a huge biking city. Brad and I 'acquired' a cruiser bike, and I have been rolling around on that.
The first couple days I got a little situated and familiar with the town. A couple days in, I found a music shop and bought a guitar. A Fender acoustic with a travel bag. Since then, assuming it's not raining, I normal get on the cruiser and go to the park and play.
The apartment that Brad rents is pretty small and his girlfriend Olga is living there right now as well. So, with the three of us sharing a small apartment, I think it's important for me to leave from time to time. Sunday (May 22) I decided that I would travel to Interlaken, Switzerland.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Koblenz
This picture was taken from the fortress at the "German Corner." This is where the Mosel and Rhine rivers meet.
The freshest air in the world.
Well it was only two days, but it was a great time. I arrived in Reykjavik Wednesday morning at 8:00 am and my room was ready and waiting. I dropped off my bags and went for a walk. I followed the coast and made my way into downtown Reykjavik. A very clean and cosmopolitan city that feels a lot like Portland. I was getting hungry so I found a little bar on a side street downtown and sat down. The server took my order, a bread bowl and an Icelandic beer named Gull. The food was great and the server was really concerned with how I liked the meal. I kept seeing him look out the window at me to see if I was enjoying it.
I continued walking until I met a couple of Polish girls. They asked if I wanted to jump rope with them and some friends. I followed them a couple blocks and about ten or fifteen others and I jumped rope together for a short while. Kind of weird but why not?
I ended up walking all day. I threw away my map and got lost on purpose. I saw parts of that small city that a typical tourist would not. Everything was so well kept. It was 70 degrees and sunny all day and the city was buzzing.
The following day I woke to the sun coming through my window and I figured it was probably 9:00 am. I looked at the clock and it was only 6:00 am. Being that Iceland is so far north, the sun in early May is out for over 18 hours a day. I felt like doing something out of Reykjavik so I booked a ticket to the Golden Circle. The tour would consist of Gullfoss (a glacier melt waterfall that is the largest in Europe), the geysirs and Þingvellir National Park. It was great and pictures can be seen at this flickr location:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkittleson/sets/72157626603640727/
I returned from the golden circle trip and had dinner with two girls from Montreal. I had met them that morning when I was waiting for the golden circle tour van. We shared a bottle of wine and I had a raw and cooked salmon meal at that apartment kitchen and it was great.
Next stop Frankfurt.
I continued walking until I met a couple of Polish girls. They asked if I wanted to jump rope with them and some friends. I followed them a couple blocks and about ten or fifteen others and I jumped rope together for a short while. Kind of weird but why not?
I ended up walking all day. I threw away my map and got lost on purpose. I saw parts of that small city that a typical tourist would not. Everything was so well kept. It was 70 degrees and sunny all day and the city was buzzing.
The following day I woke to the sun coming through my window and I figured it was probably 9:00 am. I looked at the clock and it was only 6:00 am. Being that Iceland is so far north, the sun in early May is out for over 18 hours a day. I felt like doing something out of Reykjavik so I booked a ticket to the Golden Circle. The tour would consist of Gullfoss (a glacier melt waterfall that is the largest in Europe), the geysirs and Þingvellir National Park. It was great and pictures can be seen at this flickr location:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkittleson/sets/72157626603640727/
I returned from the golden circle trip and had dinner with two girls from Montreal. I had met them that morning when I was waiting for the golden circle tour van. We shared a bottle of wine and I had a raw and cooked salmon meal at that apartment kitchen and it was great.
Next stop Frankfurt.
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