I'm glad you're enjoying your trip to Germany. :) The building on #19708 and #19709 is the German Reichstag btw. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_building
I took a sleepertrain through Germany once, although the sheets and pillows were ok, I couldn't sleep for shit. I guess I wasn't tired enough ;) It's really too bad about the modern day Berlin.. I think the pre-war Berlin must have been beautiful. I don't know if I could live in a city with such a troubled past as Berlin has. PS: If you're in the south of Germany now, stay away from the Weisswurst!! Don't say I didn't warn you!
I can only say that Weißwurst is a great thing. You eat it the bavarian way with a beer and sweet mustard and a brezel. Nothing better at 10 o'clock in the morning. Then it's called a "Weißwurstfrühstück" (weißwurst breakfast)
Always when i have been to Berlin it was covered in snow, or rather the grey leftovers of it, which didn't make the city look as nice as the summer weather does, completely different. Yey for another Haruhi pic. (^ω^)v Seems you are lucky and get only to see the good sides of germany so far. ;) Indeed the grafity part is sad, dun know what to say more about it though. :/
Everything looks so beautiful over there. Wish I got the chance to travel around...
Berlin is very nice, I'd like to go there someday, the only euro capital I know is Paris, need to stay away from the states but I'm going there again this year XD
Wow, the sleeper trains changed alot, the ones I took to Italy and back were quite old and that was ~ 5 years ago
Oh, and about the Graffiti, it can be art, but not if it's only "You smell" like in the picture... Banksys Graffitis are art for example imo.
Man, Iron Man is awesome. And don't get out of the cinema before the credits end!!!
I agree. Don't leave 'till the very end. That movie is awesome!
i agree!
Wow, German weather as good as Australian weather? Thought Europe had shitty weather?
it's called "global warming" :)
Actually it is El Nino, not global warming, this year.
Weather never stays the same or else the weather would be boring :P
The corridors on the train reminds me of the capsule inns in Akihabara ^^. About graffiti, I don't really like it. It can be cool but it's mostly just crap in my opinion. There are places for graffiti and that's where it should be, I hate it when I see it on trains, historical objects and other places where it shouldn't be.
Beautiful pictures, Danny, it looks to have been a wonderful trip. I can't help but smile each time I see a picture with the Haruhi figma standing somewhere, seems to ubiquitous yet at the same time it always adds this hint of color and SOSdan awesome. I hope your return to Japan is easier on the jet lag than the trip to Hamburg.
10th picture where your working on your laptop danny was total awsomeness!!!!!!! XD
Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
That's definitely graffiti. I mean, it had the holy word of four letters... Berlin is really filled with nice scenery. I mean, sure, I get to see green now and then, but Singapore's really small. The green that I mostly see are roadside trees. XP
the coolest graffiti in my area is this. http://gordonator.blogspot.com/2008/04/singapore-gundam-graffiti.html
LOL at shameless plug. You bold, gordon. ^^
and comes another guy with a shameless plug... ^^; http://www.marvinryan.com/blog/2008/03/25/gundam-graffiti/ gordon and I took a picture of the same graffiti. ^^
Looks really nice there. Im quite looking forward to my trip there now. Shame about the graffiti yeah, but at least those trains are spotlessly clean!
cool pix....wait a sec...u have to wait till Sept to watch Iron Man?!?
Berlin definitely looks bright and sunny. I do like graffiti and stencil art and like you Danny, I think if done at the place, it can be art (to a certain extent Banksy who's done some really nice stuff but he's a bit over-rated, too). I think tagging and graffiti on historical objects is bad. Those trains look really clean and nice.
Wow, was very suprised after your post about Hamburg and the votes, 28% said that they are from Germany (now only 14% - german readers are the fastest? ^^). I never felt of Germany in such a good way as u do - everything looks very nice on your shots but in everyday life you´re just bored about :D But iam very happy that u enjoy our country
That looks like an amazing place to visit. I never rode on a train you can sleep on, but it looks pretty darn nice. All I ever rode were the crappy Metra trains from the burbs to downtown. Nasty! That last shot of the mountains and lake were simply amazing.
it really depends on the person. people living at the blocks of house, they would think graffiti is vandalism but to other people who visit the blocks of house once in a while, it is art. it depends on the nature of the graffiti also. in the case danny mention,i would label it as vandalism as there are other ways to leave your name and date of visiting that place...eg. log book or photos etc
I have to agree with you on the MacBook Air. Light enough to make all the sacrifices it requires... EXCEPT FOR THE FREAKING FIREWIRE.
Nice pics... hope you had a wonderful day in Berlin. As for the graffiti thing I don't really like it exept the very HQ drawings artist were permitted to draw. BTW, where will you head next after Füssen?
Nice pictures Danny, never been on a train like that before though. Must be a good experience. And I recognize that wallpaper on that Macbook haha, Leopard Space. Was my MSN background last month.
danny it haven't been so hot and with blue heaven in many years so you are lucky xD it's the same in Denmark
It looks like you are haveing a beautiful time in Germany, I'm happy the weather is good. Are you finding Germany a little more relaxed and less over crowded than Japan? I should be going to Germany later in the year to attend some beerfests and hopefully vist a concentration camp.
Very nice train. Wish I could travel around on work like that D:
wow. nice scenery and very nice sleeper train. never been on one before. seem to be having a good time. we don't have much graffiti in Singapore. the laws are very strict and vandalism is punishable by skin-splitting lashes of the cane. *ouch*
Too bad you couldn't catch Iron man, it's an awesome movie
Graffiti=Getting caught by the police but there are some areas where you can do graffiti... Anyway, Danny you look cool there with the shades... LOL a bicycle for seven, I want to see it in motion! That would be interesting...
Woot, Danny eats Corn Flakes. /win
if only shinkansen interiors were that luxurious :-). speaking of mbp and mba, i wonder what cases do you use? any cute ones with big manga eyes ^^. or do you just chuck it in the bad? i just got a foofbag for my mba. check it out. has a very nice feel to it with the "nami" designs. http://www.kenleewrites.com/2008/04/foofbag.html
i really like that runrise picture frrm the train.i havent seen a sunrise for years
CMIIW http://www.dannychoo.com/slide/eng/world/19708/photo/Berlin/ is a parliament building designed by Norman Foster. ^^
Looks like you guys are really enjoying the sights and sounds Germany has to offer. Thanks for takin the time out to post pics. Cheers!
@Danny, nice pics x) to your post/picture: "Sorry - forgot the name of this place - its near Berlin station." -it's called "Reichstag" or "Bundestag"
Nice pics and Danny looks cool on that one pic above~ We have too much graffiti around Los Angeles area since we have lots of gangs and what not and they don't look artistic at all. Wow, Iron Man opens on September in Japan!? The movie is really fun, I feel bad that you don't get to watch it for so long x_x
Awww...I wish I had more time here in Linkoping so that I could spend some time on the neighboring countries. especially germany. It's so close from here. Guess I'll have to rely on your photos then. As for the graffiti...most of the time they look bad and they're just plain vandalism. The only graffitis I consider good are the ones that I consider art. You can rarely see them around. They fit the environment just well and they're beautifully made.
Really nice place, I´m gonna visit it next semester =)
Superb pics as always. Say, isn't the Brandenburg gate a symbol of Europe as well? We don't have much graffiti here (whether it be downtown or more in the suburbs; it's so nice this way... Though I do wonder how's life in North-Montreal, where there is supposed to be a less secure environment) And... You do have a Mr. Anderson (Matrix) look with those sunglasses. Nice! You're going to buy a Macbook Air next as well? Gotta boost the economy! ^^;
Awesome photos Danny, looks like you are having a blast (?) over there. Germany got alot of places for a tourist to visit, and if you like 2nd world war it's even better. Sweden is pretty much filled with graffiti if you visit the right town.
wow the scenery is beautiful. Visiting Germany is definitely on my things to do list before I die.
