Fussen, is a little gem of a city. Nestled in The Alps giving picturesque views around every corner. I went to see Castle Neuschwanstein today and this place is like stepping into a fantasy world. The castle was built by "mad" King Ludwig II. The pictures I took will do the talking I could have sat on the balcony looking at the lake forever. This is the Germany I have been looking for. Bavaria, has the Bavarian architecture with the white walls ...

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I have been busy planning travel and arranging my next move. I have been in Leipzig for the last couple of days and it is a great little big city. My birthday was great I spent it with some cool surfers and my hosts roommate had his birthday on the 9th so we had a joined rockfest of a good time. I will be in Fussen, Germany tonight and there for 2 nights in a hostel L only one English speaking surfer there and she could...

I have been in Berlin the last couple of days and rather busy. I saw the wall and really explored the history and everything, I am about walled out. I loved reading all about the history and the occupation of berlin during this time. I went yesterday to the history museum and got a heavy does of world history. I loved this museum very thorough and I learned a lot of how WWI and WWII started and how the germans were involved, really amazing stuff to see and read. ...

I am a few days past due on the blog…so I am writing the Poland one and a Berlin one. Visiting Auschwitz was something I am glad I did, but also did not enjoy walking through. The setting goes it was a time where it is off peak tourist time and it was a rainy day, making it a very fitting experience to see what it was like. I walked both the Auschwitz-Birkenau and main Auschwitz camps with mostly isolation from many other people because of the rain/off peak sea...

My final day in Istanbul was fantastic. I went to the princess Islands which are just of the coast of turkey and hiked through there pine forests. I had lunch at this local deli where I talked with the father and son who owned it. They were from the southwest part of Turkey that borders Iraq and where Kurds live. The same people that Saddam had gassed and killed when he was in power. It was really interesting meeting these people that are a part of our recent hi...