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European travel notes

February 1, 2008 Shanghai snow

This two-day Shanghai is hit snow, moist warm South became the snow of Northland, came home from work and I can't help but worry about 11 p.m. aircraft can take off smoothly.

After supper before Internet check flight information, everything is normal. In order to ensure a smooth arrival airport, decided to take a taxi to the airport.

Road Watch window floating in the snow, we looked at each other and smiled, after a month of preparation, has finally embarked on a European tour.

Starting from new year's day, the early work or less.

Initial set up of the European tourism purposes, try to France Embassy Germany Embassy and introduced visa applications respectively, Germany mail reply arrangement in 2 weeks of January 18, whereas France phone recording back to 2 months later, the two countries have seen efficiency.

Waiting for the visa interview in two weeks time, determine travel route, Frankfurt-Munich-Vienna-Prague Caspar Fithen — — Barcelona-Paris-Frankfurt.

Online reservation in Shanghai to Frankfurt and Prague to Barcelona tickets, booking hotels everywhere, this is the most important Germany visa. Booking Hotel requires them to send faxes, in addition to a company due to illegible, call request to resend, the other is quite smooth.

Practical information:

German Consulate in online booking: http://www.shanghai.diplo.de/

* Visa officer does not require proof of our funds frozen, but on the monthly wage income proof (bank statements) attaches great importance to our remit, the delay time of visa for two days.

Hotel booking websites: www.hrs.de

* Taking into account both the tourism, hotel, we booked mostly 2 star and above, with a separate bathroom.

In this way play a day you can comfortably take a bath, a good rest. Generally each night in 45 European ~ 65 euro.

The hotel is a good idea to set in the city centre, Metro station, near the railway station, hotel booking site map and google map can help identify the location of the hotel, it is best to look good in advance traffic routes, this heart youcheng bamboo.

Air tickets booking site: www.yiqifei.com

* This website tickets cheaper than ctrip and support online payment (PayPal).

There are similar to msn online customers window contact is fairly easy.

European railway ticket website: http://www.europerail.cn

* Reservation with Germany, France, Austria three countries 7 days euro CTT votes, you can choose to travel during any seven-day three countries within the railway transportation, first class, but Barcelona to Paris and Paris to Frankfurt's need for reserved seats, in order to save money, out 2 class location.

9 p.m. more accessible Pudong airport, many people still queued, also came close to go to Paris.

After some waiting, on time, on the plane. Are heart congratulates snow night can smooth take-off, the flight attendant tells everybody due to the aircraft and runway need snow, it is necessary to wait for the results of a wait you waited six hours, is on the wrong foot. Six o'clock in the morning, in aircraft wings of snow-cleared, the plane took off, have embarked on a trip to Europe.

2008-Feb-Frankfurt-Munich

After a 13 hour flight, the aircraft finally reached Germany's Frankfurt airport, the first feeling still feel normal, and the overall feel almost to Pudong International Airport, just most of the aircraft on the ramp is Germany Lufthansa aircraft.

The security check at the airport, Germany's security clearance question the purpose of tourism, also talking up the snow disaster in China at this point, it looks like the news or have heard of, but I wonder if it is curiosity or for professional and sensitive.

Out of the security check at the airport terminal building looking for export, because we need to take a train to Munich. See a diagram of the airport before, but I felt full of complex thought or to ask you. After taking multiple pointing to the sky 2-rail from Terminal to Terminal 1, and then hold luggage lift, run a distance jumped on the train. On the way to the knowledge of the rush with a machine to travel a couple, they are also the tourist to Munich.

Germany train consists of DB, overall color to red as the recognition, at the door near the digital ID 1 or 2 to indicate that a class is also second class.

Overall car clean luxury, our Beijing and train better, like Shanghai Metro carriages, course location is suitable.

(Germany train station platforms of underground passages, the background is a column of German rail) (Germany's a small station platforms, Hbf is the railway station)

Many people on the train, some also stood by the door, we can only pick the luggage space down.

Soon there was the conductor for the tickets. Because of the rush, our two central railway tickets could be sealed in Frankfurt, the conductor at the station to the entry into force have not looked into, after the release of the time. But it is said that with airline flight tickets, the aircraft reached a half an hour, you can take a class domestic train left or at the airport.

The train has a small bar, beer, coffee and Cola, etc.

Weather hot that day, plus run, cannot help but feel thirsty, bought a cup of seven-up, starbucks-like glass, Turkey migrants-like waiter saw me to 50 dollar notes, not sold, but fortunately a waiter next to willing to help me put a $ 10 note of zero, to get the Cup up. Count down a Cup to 20 Yuan, is more expensive than oil in the water.

This time the weather is cold Germany, sunny, but for a distance not melting snow alerts, do not feel some sense of pride in the spring.

All the wayThe southern part of Germany found on the Plains and hills landscape, the winter farmland are trimmed, expect laichun sowing. In the hills between the Plains, scattered with some villages, two or three storey villa is a local resident's home. But the strange thing is that they are usable and does not block the North of the southern dynasty from the adjacent two vertical side by side you can see that. Wonders whether every household by heating to ensure the comfort of home in winter.

(Do not know the roof is not a ski equipment)

In standing for the chat for a hostel, woke us ticket is one cabin, asked the conductor, with 2 large suitcases, came to open the first class, the entire car only 4, 5 individuals, we finally can comfortably sit down and rest.

In the near Munich, the conductor also distribute some free chocolate, make it cute.

5 p.m., train to Munich station.

This station and some of the station, railway station, on the first floor is an open space, into the door can be directly on the train, the illumination, and nothing in between. Because European rail are boarding then the tickets, so you can directly get in, do not require advance tickets and other formalities, estimates are based on the number of conditions, it is difficult to replicate in China I'm afraid.

We booked the hotel is railway station is located in the street (Bayer str. 75 #), along the road going up about a quarter of an hour.

But with a big suitcase dikanong buy in Slate on the go, the so-called "super quiet," the wheel all the way with the sound of gedeng gedeng really wants to return home to find dikanong return.

A & O hotel is a bit far from the railway station, seem a bit quiet.

Push open the door, a Checkin to backpackers is, wait-time heard them like clause is sleep room, front desk introduction sheet lending price. We run the formalities to predetermined room, found to be two beds, double bed is two beds instead of a double bed? later discovered elsewhere seems to have such an understanding of the error. No way, then carrying luggage for a room, the room was very small, about 15 square meters, but room and toilet facilities would look very clean, basic facilities are complete, the furniture is our style.

February 3, 2008 in Munich

On an airplane waiting for 18 hours, we were both very tired and want to sleep for a while and then go out for dinner.

I didn't expect this sleep, woke up the next day's morning, opened the window, weather good, chilly air brings fresh feeling. Open air courtyard next to the building's layout is quite some elegant, according to the wall is a row of swaying bamboo, cobblestone floor to let out the landscape looks angry.

Come to the hotel's restaurant, breakfast buffet, as is the bread and milk hold sway, brown bread slices as bran bread sprinkled some rice, curiosity took a taste, acid taste, rice cakes with the rice cake is also of rice so soft, cannot help but think of horses eat roughage, in order not to waste, the ham slices ate it, it is the yeast cake.

Eat breakfast, go out and take a look at the city of Munich, we were the first stop in Europe.

Vehicles and pedestrians on the street are not much sun is opposite the building block, seem a bit cold, I've wrapped a wrap dress, walk to the pedestrian street. The sky is blue, the bus is the tram, the speed of the high-pressure when coming and high-pressure local. Carriage of passengers and streets as sparse.

(Bayer Street in front of the station) (Karl square in front of the crossroads, the background is the justice building, Justizpalast)

Along came to Munich Bayer Street, the famous walking Street entrance-Karl square (Karlspl), commonly called Stachus Munich people.

Through the entrance door of Carl, distributed in Neuhauser Street on both sides of the restaurants and shops. Probably just to Europe's sake, that the cast iron lamp door restaurants and coupons arches and patterns fonts don't have.

Stroll along came to Michel Church (St. Michael's Church), it is said that the British Columbia region of Northern Ireland's most distinctive Renaissance-style church, unfortunately we do not know when, but looked at the outside facade of the statue, is passed, the next time you went into it in.

(Michel Chapel, behind 2 onion head was the Notre Dame Cathedral) (church facade of statue)