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A Visit to Dachau

By on April 12, 2013 in Europe, Germany, Munich, photo friday

TweetSome tourist attractions aren’t supposed to be fun or to be crossed off your bucket list. Some are somber and meant for reflection. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. The Killing Fields in Cambodia. Hiroshima in Japan. And it’s not all Oktoberfest and pub crawls in Munich, but rather a place with history. For some, this [...]

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Munich’s BMW Visitor’s Center

By on March 29, 2013 in Europe, Germany, Munich, museums, tours, travel

Tweet While many of my days in Munich were nice and sunny, one in particular was rainy and miserable. Christine and I were looking for something to do and ended up at the BMW Welt Visitor’s Center, one of the city’s top attractions. BMW was founded here in 1917 and the company recently opened a [...]

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Photo Friday: Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

By on March 1, 2013 in backpacking, Europe, Germany, Munich

Tweet I dreamed about visiting this castle for as long as I’ve wanted to travel. A few years ago when I applied to be a tour guide for BusAbout, I was given King Ludwig II of Bavaria, “The Mad King,” as my topic. I waxed poetic about his dream castle that was never completed, how [...]

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The Most Beautiful Abandoned Spaces

By on February 18, 2013 in adventure, americana, Berlin, Germany, Louisiana, New Orleans, South Carolina

TweetI’ve always been fascinated with abandoned spaces since the first time I saw the run down family home on my grandmother’s street in Adairsville, Georgia. What makes these places become abandoned? Who forgot about them? What did they leave behind? I’m in love with the stories and have even created an Abandoned Spaces Pinterest board, [...]

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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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Video: Europe 2012

By on January 21, 2013 in Austria, backpacking, Europe, Germany, Portugal

TweetEurope 2012: Austria, Germany and Portugal from Caroline Eubanks on Vimeo. I’ve finally gotten around to creating a Europe 2012 video featuring my crazy experiences tobogganing, paragliding and prost-ing at Oktoberfest! Enjoy.

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Berlin’s Cold War Bunkers

By on January 18, 2013 in adventure, backpacking, Berlin, Europe, Germany, tours

Tweet Disclaimer: Sensitive readers may find this post to be graphic, but I think it’s a part of history rarely mentioned. Read at your own risk.  He who builds bunkers is the first to drop bombs. It could happen any day now. The end of the world. World War 3. Doomsday. Not as the Mayans [...]

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Photo Friday: Munich, Germany

By on January 4, 2013 in Europe, Germany, Munich, photo friday

TweetSeeing a guy carrying a surfboard and wetsuit through Munich, Germany isn’t something you expect to see, especially considering how cold it gets in Bavaria. Sydney, definitely. Los Angeles, possibly. But Munich? But surfers they were. I had read about this unusual “wave” before my trip and made sure to see it for myself. In [...]

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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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