Tag: Germany
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Jamie and Val in Frankfurt
Currently stranded in SFO waiting on a delayed flight. Since I haven’t gotten around to post this entry from when I was in Frankfurt, now’s as good time as any time. Here goes! My last two days in Germany, Val and I stayed in Frankfurt. We arrived by train early Sunday afternoon and very luckily…
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Friedrichsbad Baths
Baden-Baden – Day 2 The following day we had breakfast in our cute little hotel above a pastry shop (The Hotel Beeg) and walked around town some more. Most notably, Val brought me to the Freidbrichsbad Baths! At the Friedrichsbad you lose track of time within 10 minutes and track of the world within 20…
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Casino Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden – Day 1 On Thursday, Val and I took the train (actually 3) to Baden-Baden, the famous casino and spa town. We arrived in the afternoon and walked around before having dinner. We ultimately ended up in this bizarre little restaurant filled with smoke and chicken dolls hanging from the walls. This oddity aside,…
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Tübingen, Germany
While in Germany, I stayed about 3 days in Tübingen, the university town that Val is studying at this semester. Besides teeming with college students, I soon learned that the streets there are filled with chubby-cheeked, blond, blue-eyed babies, and a disproportionate amount of people carrying ice cream cones. No, really. It’s rather bizarre. It…