Exciting news! I'm headed to Krakow, Poland Nov 4th - Nov 9th !!!! My friend Zuewanah from San Fransico and my friend Kristie from Brisband and I are going there together! It was only 37 Euros thru Ryan Air to book the flight from Dusseldorf to Krakow directly and we're staying with Kristie's friend in Krakow so we won't have to pay for housing. Very Exciting :)
B
XOXOXO
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Food in Germany & More
The pretzels are delicious here. They are HUGE as well. All the pretzels and bread you could ever want :) Also the 200 is cool, as it is the 200th anniversary.
Brats....
I've noticed they don't really have "hot dog" buns like we do. They generally just put the meat on a bun, like a hamburger bun.
This is the exact 1/2 chicken that we ordered! It is to die for!
Tray of TONS of food. The servers would get the food out of the window and put it on a BIG BIG tray and take it out. These servers would put over 10 plates on one tray. They can also hold over 5 steins of beer at once. Check out all this yummy german food :)
Downtown Munich! Absolutley beautiful at night.
Obviously if you can't handle your beer at Oktoberfest you get taken out on one of these. There is a little window on the inside, and they lay you down and take you away. The first day we were there (Thurs) we barely saw any, but on Friday we saw lots and lots of these at Oktoberfest.
Brats....
I've noticed they don't really have "hot dog" buns like we do. They generally just put the meat on a bun, like a hamburger bun.
This is the exact 1/2 chicken that we ordered! It is to die for!
Tray of TONS of food. The servers would get the food out of the window and put it on a BIG BIG tray and take it out. These servers would put over 10 plates on one tray. They can also hold over 5 steins of beer at once. Check out all this yummy german food :)
Downtown Munich! Absolutley beautiful at night.
Obviously if you can't handle your beer at Oktoberfest you get taken out on one of these. There is a little window on the inside, and they lay you down and take you away. The first day we were there (Thurs) we barely saw any, but on Friday we saw lots and lots of these at Oktoberfest.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Oktoberfest Fun
The nice Friends that we met...
Kristie and I with our Steins of Beer - Don't worry guys, I brought one home!!
Chicken and Stein!
Me and some Munich girls...
Kristie and I with our Steins of Beer - Don't worry guys, I brought one home!!
Chicken and Stein!
Me and some Munich girls...
200th Anniversary of Oktoberfest! 1810-2010
I arrived safely back from Munich On Saturday.
We left Wednesday night the 22nd and took a train from Arnhem to Dusseldorf, then a plane from Dusseldorf to Munich. The train was an international ICE train and was absolutley beautiful! We had a beer on the way for 3.50 Euros as an opening to a great weekend. We then arrived at the airport and took a short plane ride to Munich. The airberlin chocolates when you got off the flight were great :)
We then had to take a 45 minute train ride from the Munich Airport to the "center" of Munich where we then caught a bus (on the #17 train line) to get to "the-tent" where we would be staying. We pitched our tent in the dark and actually arrived at about 12:30pm. There were international people all over, and we just looked around the campsite and went to bed. We woke up Thursday morning at about 7:30am. The night was VERRRYYYY cold to sleep in. Even with my layers as well as a sleeping bag. One of the tents had 5 people (my tent and I slept on the end...) and one had 4 people. We woke up nice and early and took showers/got ready/ate breakfast, as we were meeting our German friend Alex at the main train station. We took the bus to meet her and were on our way to Oktoberfest.
The day was BEAUTIFUL. It was very hot and very sunny, a perfect day to spend at an outdoor festival. We started off on a carosel and drank beer and then moved to the different beer tents. The first beer tent we went too had an actual church service going on, so we were very quiet. It was actually really cool to see and hear (though of course it was all in german). We then met up with Alex's Mom and Great Aunt. They were dressed up, and only spoke a little bit of english, but they loved meeting all of us. Alex's mom even bought us two pretzels to share. THEY ARE HUGE AND DELICIOUS PRETZELS. We ended up walking through a bunch of beer tents though ended up staying outside where we met a bunch of older people (Germans) and began talking with them. In the beer tents there are tables everywhere. These tables are reserved for Oktoberfest 1-2 years ahead of time. When you go as a tourist you more than likely walk around (which we did) and just sit at a table and meet the people there. Though at certain times they may kick you out because the tables are reserved.
We sat outside in the sun and had beers and CHICKEN (DELICIOUS!) and met some older Germans, it was great sitting and talking with them. After that a bunch of people went on some carnival rides (I was not one of them, one ride was 7 EUROS!) and they were too tipsy/turny for me. There were roller coasters and spinny rides, and the whole bit.
There are stands that are labled "captain morgan" and what not, if you aren't a beer drinker, you can get liquor and shots there as well. Those tents are right in the middle of the walkway. Because it was the 200th anniversary, Oktoberfest was very long this year. I think the pictures will be able to explain more than my words :)
My friend Kristie and I bought the "bavarian" costumes though they weren't very traditional. They were "costume-y" coming from the Netherlands, and weren't very legit, though I took a lot of pic-tures of women and men at the festival in their actual historic costumes. Alex's mom told us that there never used to be dressing up for Oktoberfest, that this just came up recently, I thought that was interesting.
Things I noticed - Obviously people drink and drink and drink at this festivals and there is A LOT of singing. The signing is AWESOME! Prost means CHEERS and you say this a lot. At Oktoberfest we met a bunch of Australians. Overall there are a lot of Australians and Americans, but we met a lot of Australians. The food is absolutley magnificent at Oktoberfest. The chicken is TO DIE for and you cannot leave Germany without having chicken! We also had the potato salad/mashed potato combo and this was also GREAT! The steins (heavy glass mug... PS they don't say "mug" there, the germans don't know what a "mug" is) are amazing and really fun to drink out of. You cheers the steins a lot and it is a lot of fun :)
I have to admit, I was a tad bit of a theif and took a stein. Everyone in our group did, and now coming back with one I'm totally happy I did! You only live once, right? Friday night my friend Kristie and I took one and got stopped by the police (he took it away). But in his police van there were about 60 steins in there! Luckily Friday night we got away with one. I then checked my bag with it in there wrapped in tons of clothing so it wouldn't break. The police officer told us outside of Oktoberfest it is a 50 Euro fine, so thank god for that.
At night, around 7 or 8 pm the band really starts to get going. In the tents everyone gets up and stands/dances on the chairs of the picnic tables and every time the PROST song comes on, you must cheers with everyone at the table.
Friday morning and afternoon was also very sunny and hot, which was great. Though at night it began to rain - so we went to a bar right outside of Oktoberfest, and we also took the train downtown Munich and went to an actual Bavarian beer hall and had dinner and drinks. I'm glad we got to see a little bit of downtown Munich.
After that we returned to the campsite at about 1:00am, we took down the tents and left at 2:00am. Our flight was very early and because we didn't know our way around we wanted to be sure we got there in time. I was up Friday morning about 9am, left the campsite at 2am and didn't get home until 2pm on Saturday. All in all it was a very exhausting day for all of us, but we had a great time. I would recommend ANYONE go to Oktoberfest for the festivities and food, and its fun dressing up as well! I don't know how I'm going to top this trip with my next trips, but hopefully I will try.
Here are pictures of the campsite and showers. I would recommend people stay here when they go to Munich. Its a short train/bus ride on the 17 to Oktoberfest, and the facilities are open 24 hours with nice showers and they have bfast/lunch/dinner that you can buy. In the morning I would have a 1.30 Euro breakfast with a small sandwich and coffee. And at night they have bonfires and this is where you meet everyone. Oktoberfest "closes" at about 11:00pm, so you have to leave, but the bonfires go until about 1:00am at the campsite.
We left Wednesday night the 22nd and took a train from Arnhem to Dusseldorf, then a plane from Dusseldorf to Munich. The train was an international ICE train and was absolutley beautiful! We had a beer on the way for 3.50 Euros as an opening to a great weekend. We then arrived at the airport and took a short plane ride to Munich. The airberlin chocolates when you got off the flight were great :)
We then had to take a 45 minute train ride from the Munich Airport to the "center" of Munich where we then caught a bus (on the #17 train line) to get to "the-tent" where we would be staying. We pitched our tent in the dark and actually arrived at about 12:30pm. There were international people all over, and we just looked around the campsite and went to bed. We woke up Thursday morning at about 7:30am. The night was VERRRYYYY cold to sleep in. Even with my layers as well as a sleeping bag. One of the tents had 5 people (my tent and I slept on the end...) and one had 4 people. We woke up nice and early and took showers/got ready/ate breakfast, as we were meeting our German friend Alex at the main train station. We took the bus to meet her and were on our way to Oktoberfest.
The day was BEAUTIFUL. It was very hot and very sunny, a perfect day to spend at an outdoor festival. We started off on a carosel and drank beer and then moved to the different beer tents. The first beer tent we went too had an actual church service going on, so we were very quiet. It was actually really cool to see and hear (though of course it was all in german). We then met up with Alex's Mom and Great Aunt. They were dressed up, and only spoke a little bit of english, but they loved meeting all of us. Alex's mom even bought us two pretzels to share. THEY ARE HUGE AND DELICIOUS PRETZELS. We ended up walking through a bunch of beer tents though ended up staying outside where we met a bunch of older people (Germans) and began talking with them. In the beer tents there are tables everywhere. These tables are reserved for Oktoberfest 1-2 years ahead of time. When you go as a tourist you more than likely walk around (which we did) and just sit at a table and meet the people there. Though at certain times they may kick you out because the tables are reserved.
We sat outside in the sun and had beers and CHICKEN (DELICIOUS!) and met some older Germans, it was great sitting and talking with them. After that a bunch of people went on some carnival rides (I was not one of them, one ride was 7 EUROS!) and they were too tipsy/turny for me. There were roller coasters and spinny rides, and the whole bit.
There are stands that are labled "captain morgan" and what not, if you aren't a beer drinker, you can get liquor and shots there as well. Those tents are right in the middle of the walkway. Because it was the 200th anniversary, Oktoberfest was very long this year. I think the pictures will be able to explain more than my words :)
My friend Kristie and I bought the "bavarian" costumes though they weren't very traditional. They were "costume-y" coming from the Netherlands, and weren't very legit, though I took a lot of pic-tures of women and men at the festival in their actual historic costumes. Alex's mom told us that there never used to be dressing up for Oktoberfest, that this just came up recently, I thought that was interesting.
Things I noticed - Obviously people drink and drink and drink at this festivals and there is A LOT of singing. The signing is AWESOME! Prost means CHEERS and you say this a lot. At Oktoberfest we met a bunch of Australians. Overall there are a lot of Australians and Americans, but we met a lot of Australians. The food is absolutley magnificent at Oktoberfest. The chicken is TO DIE for and you cannot leave Germany without having chicken! We also had the potato salad/mashed potato combo and this was also GREAT! The steins (heavy glass mug... PS they don't say "mug" there, the germans don't know what a "mug" is) are amazing and really fun to drink out of. You cheers the steins a lot and it is a lot of fun :)
I have to admit, I was a tad bit of a theif and took a stein. Everyone in our group did, and now coming back with one I'm totally happy I did! You only live once, right? Friday night my friend Kristie and I took one and got stopped by the police (he took it away). But in his police van there were about 60 steins in there! Luckily Friday night we got away with one. I then checked my bag with it in there wrapped in tons of clothing so it wouldn't break. The police officer told us outside of Oktoberfest it is a 50 Euro fine, so thank god for that.
At night, around 7 or 8 pm the band really starts to get going. In the tents everyone gets up and stands/dances on the chairs of the picnic tables and every time the PROST song comes on, you must cheers with everyone at the table.
Friday morning and afternoon was also very sunny and hot, which was great. Though at night it began to rain - so we went to a bar right outside of Oktoberfest, and we also took the train downtown Munich and went to an actual Bavarian beer hall and had dinner and drinks. I'm glad we got to see a little bit of downtown Munich.
After that we returned to the campsite at about 1:00am, we took down the tents and left at 2:00am. Our flight was very early and because we didn't know our way around we wanted to be sure we got there in time. I was up Friday morning about 9am, left the campsite at 2am and didn't get home until 2pm on Saturday. All in all it was a very exhausting day for all of us, but we had a great time. I would recommend ANYONE go to Oktoberfest for the festivities and food, and its fun dressing up as well! I don't know how I'm going to top this trip with my next trips, but hopefully I will try.
Here are pictures of the campsite and showers. I would recommend people stay here when they go to Munich. Its a short train/bus ride on the 17 to Oktoberfest, and the facilities are open 24 hours with nice showers and they have bfast/lunch/dinner that you can buy. In the morning I would have a 1.30 Euro breakfast with a small sandwich and coffee. And at night they have bonfires and this is where you meet everyone. Oktoberfest "closes" at about 11:00pm, so you have to leave, but the bonfires go until about 1:00am at the campsite.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Headed out!
Aww I love my Honigkamp Family ♥ ♥
Train leaves at 5:37pm for Dusseldorf, plane for Munich leaves at 8:35pm! The day is finally here! I'll update you guys when I return to Arnhem, Saturday (train comes in at 12:24pm).
Love,
B
XOXOXO
Train leaves at 5:37pm for Dusseldorf, plane for Munich leaves at 8:35pm! The day is finally here! I'll update you guys when I return to Arnhem, Saturday (train comes in at 12:24pm).
Love,
B
XOXOXO
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Caribbean Parade
So this is somewhat of a late post, but during the first week I was here, I went down to the city center with a few others to get a cell phone. As we were down there a HUGE festival/Caribbean Parade was going on. Here are some pictures from it. The Netherlands owns Caribbean islands, so there is a lot of Caribbean impact here, and this was their celebration. Totally came on a surprise - though I'm happy I had my Camera!
-- Info: The Netherlands Antilles previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, consists of two groups of islands that form part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The islands are Curaçao and Bonaire, which are just off the Venezuelan coast and belong to the Leeward Antilles; and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, which are located southeast of the Virgin Islands and are part of the Leeward Islands. These Dutch islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, shipping, and petroleum. The Netherlands Antilles are scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010, so that the five constituent islands will each attain a new constitutional status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. --
-- Info: The Netherlands Antilles previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West Indies, consists of two groups of islands that form part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The islands are Curaçao and Bonaire, which are just off the Venezuelan coast and belong to the Leeward Antilles; and Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, which are located southeast of the Virgin Islands and are part of the Leeward Islands. These Dutch islands form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The islands' economy depends mostly upon tourism, international financial services, shipping, and petroleum. The Netherlands Antilles are scheduled to be dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010, so that the five constituent islands will each attain a new constitutional status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. --
Only in Amsterdam...
Here is a red light district coffee shop.
The "sex shops" area . . .
I had to get a CASINO picture in here for my dad :) We'll see if he is reading or not. ha ha
Canal>
Space Muffin...
Amsterdam 9/11/2010
I went to Amsterdam for the SECOND TIME! And found these funny, funny pictures. I think you guys will like this :)
Eat.Pray.Love LADIES NIGHT
So Last Thursday night we all went to the Rembrandt Theatre in Arnhem (Downtown right by the city center) and did a Ladies night! They had a lot of stuff going on inside, with Champagne and little munchies, and we watched the premiere of the Julia Roberts movie: Eat.Pray.Love.
Looks Fun, right!
The movie was in English (thank god!) with Dutch subtitles. It was kind of funny during the movie, something funny would happen, or a character would say something funny - and like a milisecond before the actor spoke the Dutch people would begin laughing. Because they were reading the subtitles and we were listening, they got to the "joke" just a tad bit faster.
All of us girls had a blast, and it was nice to get out and go to an official "ladies" night at the movies!
I went with three girls from San Fransisco, Inma from Cordoba Spain and Kristie from Brisbane Australia :)
Looks Fun, right!
The movie was in English (thank god!) with Dutch subtitles. It was kind of funny during the movie, something funny would happen, or a character would say something funny - and like a milisecond before the actor spoke the Dutch people would begin laughing. Because they were reading the subtitles and we were listening, they got to the "joke" just a tad bit faster.
All of us girls had a blast, and it was nice to get out and go to an official "ladies" night at the movies!
I went with three girls from San Fransisco, Inma from Cordoba Spain and Kristie from Brisbane Australia :)
Friday, September 17, 2010
Girls Will Be Girls
Of course, we live in a big building with guys and girls everywhere. Here is me dying my friends hair. It's funny to watch the guys walk by the room, as we're like "yuppp, here is to living with a buncha girls!"
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