Was a great final day in Berlin! I went on the 'Alternative Tour' offered by New Europe Tours. It was a fantastic tour that centered around the incredible street art scene in Berlin, a huge part of the culture in the city. Our guide highlighted important works of art by numerous world-famous street artists, and enlightened us on the state of the scene today. The tour ended at the famous East Side Gallery, the largest open air gallery in the world (the photo is ...

So here we are in Berlin.. it really is a fascinating city. It's ironic that this city has so much history, and yet is only about 20 years old. I enjoyed a free walking your yesterday, saw a lot of the important sites and learned a good amount of history along the way. I have to say, Berlin does a fantastic job when it comes to artistic, moving memorials. Some really eerie places to see around the city, in efforts to dissuade the creation of a Neo-Nazi Mecca, the...

So yes.. I was bad and didn't post anything while in Bamberg, but I had too many beers to try! So yeah, after the last post, I ended up switching rooms. The guy got even stranger, and I was unsure if I'd wake up in the morning.. so I said screw it! I'd rather live :) anyhoo! The city of Bamberg is quite small, located about 45 minutes from Nürnberg. The city, having avoided bombing during the 20th century, maintains it's old, pristine beauty. So, why Bamberg? B...

Well it was another fun filled day in Munich! I decided to take advantage of the tour that was offered through our hostel, it was a fantastic tour with a local guy who's focus is to make people understand what it is to live in Munich. The divide between Bavaria and the rest of Germany is really quite intense.. Munich, in short, is made up of older, conservative, wealthy, single people. Whereas the capital city of Berlin is younger, liberal, working class. Most ...

Decided to write this while I'm experiencing a true night in München. Had a very sobering day with one of my hostel mates at Dachau, the Nazi labor camp in Munich. Walking the grounds and reading about the heinous acts that took place there were difficult to digest. It is difficult to imagine that people could even think of the punishments that were enforced on the prisoners there. After getting back from Dachau, it was definitely time to lie down for a bit. I...