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How to Spend a Layover in Frankfurt

By on January 30, 2013 in Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, travel

Tweet Three years ago I had a layover in Frankfurt between volunteering in Thailand and sailing in Croatia. I had no idea what to do in the airport for 8 hours, so I placed my bag in storage and took the train into central Frankfurt. Unfortunately, I was there at 6 am, so nothing was [...]

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Photo Essay: Scenes from German Train Stations

By on January 2, 2013 in Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, photo friday, travel

TweetI spent lots of time on trains during my trip to Austria and Germany, using my Eurail pass yet again. I didn’t  book online with vacation coupons, so using my youth train pass saved me a lot of money. For the most part, the German reputation for being neat and on time proved to be true [...]

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The Best and Worst of Austrian and German Hostels

By on December 31, 2012 in Austria, backpacking, Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Germany, Hamburg, Heidelberg, hostels, Innsbruck, Munich, Vienna

Tweet During my time in Australia, I stayed at a lot of hostels and it was easy for me to categorize my Best and Worst of Australian Hostels. In Austria and Germany, however, it was the little things that made up each of my experiences. There were things I didn’t like about great hostels and [...]

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Photo of the Day: Frankfurt, Germany

By on July 2, 2010 in Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, photo friday, RTW, travel

Tweet The Romer area, the most German looking part of town So on my long winded journey across the world, I had a nice long layover between Bangkok and Split. I had been through the Frankfurt airport before and didn’t have the best experience. Basically, my friend and I were about to miss our flight and after explaining [...]

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