Chiemsee - Wasserburg - Freising

Biking trip, day 3 (28.5.): on our last day we cycled all the way back 'home' to Freising. On our way we stopped in fairy city Wasserburg am Inn (The historic center is a peninsula formed by the meandering Inn River. Many Medieval structures remain intact, giving the city a unique air.), and almost couldn't escape Erding = 'Bermuda Triangle' as we call it, because we usually get lost in/around Erding, the same was this time, additionally, storm almost caught us. Then closer we were to Freising, sunnier it got ;)
Distance 115 km  http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/97069229/ 
Distance  over 3 days: 250 km

 Wasserburg

That was my wardrobe for 3 days ;)

Königssee - Chiemsee

Biking trip, day 2 (27.5.): second day we were driving away from the Alps, stopped in Bad Reichenhall, Traunstein, and approached Chiemsee, which gave us impression of the seaside. There were many people sunbathing, swimming, sailing, cycling... We also took it easy, relax, went on Fraueninsel by boat and in the evening found the place to sleep. Both nights we stayed at farm houses, which was a way better option than hostel.
Distance: 78km  http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/97065613/

 Witch-mountain

 Salt-museum in Bad Reichenhall

 Rathouse in Bad Reichenhall

 Traunstein

 Chiemsee

 To the knees in Chiemsee :D

 Brewery on the Fraueninsel ('woman-lake')

Biking trip: Salzburg - Königssee - Hintersee - Chiemsee - Wasserburg - Freising

German Pfingstferien (Whitsuntide holidays) was promissing very nice weather, so me and Tomaž decided to hit the road with our bicycles and visit some of the nicest places down the Alps. Alltogether we cycled 250km ;)


Day 1 (26.5.): we took train to Salzburg and then, cycled to Königssee, which is Germany's third deepest lake. One can't walk around it, because it's surrounded by high mountains (such as Watzmann), so only possible transport are electrical boats. We went by boat to the other side and to St. Bartholomä, a famous pilgrimage church. After that we drove to small, cute Hintersee and then, to the house, with beautiful view on Alps, where we slept.
Distance: 59km  http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/97063065/

Salzburg

 Königssee

 St. Bartholomä

 On the way to Hintersee

 Hintersee

House where we spent the night, with amazing view on the mountains, Watzman (on the right)

Ulm

Ulm (visited on 11.5.2012 with other internation students :) is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. Ulm is primarily known for having the church with the tallest steeple (161,5m) in the world, the Gothic minster (Ulmer Münster) and as the birthplace of Albert Einstein.

 Ulmer Münster wit world's tallest steeple. We climbed 768 steps and got amazing view ower the Ulm.

Inside  Ulmer Münster

 Stadtmauer (city wall) and Metzgerturm (Butcher's Tower), doing a Pisa by leaning 2m off-centre.

 Old Town Hall

In the charming Fischerviertel, Ulm's old fishers' and tanners' quarter, beautifully restored half-timbered houses huddle along the two channels of the Blau River, traversed by footbridges.

 

 Albert Einstein fountain.

Frankfurt

Frankfurt (1.5.2012)
Frankfurt is located in Hesse state. International Frankfurt, although a banking powerhouse, is also known for its excellent quality of life, leafy parkland, lively nightlife and streets lined with laid-back cafes and beer gardens. Although Germany's most UN-German city, it is ironically the first contact many will have with the country thanks to the presence of Europe's third-busiest airport, handling some 53 millin pessengers per year. Frankfurt has many skyscrapers, 'Mainhattan' - the focal point of an urban area with over 5 million inhabitants - is a true capital of finance and business, home base for one of the world's larges stock exchanges as well as the European Central Bank. Yet Frankfurt consistently ranks as one of the world's most livable cities, with rich collection of museums (second only to Berlin's), lot's of parks and greenery, a lively student scene, excellent publici transport, fine dining and plenty to do in the evening. 

Eurotower, home of the European Cental Bank.

Bicycle marathon on the streets of Frankfurt on the 1.May.

 Shopping-center made out of glass.

 Old guard house.

 Old Opera House

 The Römerberg is Frankfurt's old central square, where postwar-restored 14th- and 15th- century buildings.

 The old town hall, or Römer.

 Frankfurter Dom, one of the few structures to survive the 1944 bombing, is dominated by an elegant, Gothic-style tower (95m), begun in the 1400s and completed in the 1860s.

 On the bridge over the River Main.

Specialities: Apple-wine and Frankfurter Rippchen

Köln (Cologne)

Köln (29.4. & 30.4.)
Cologne is like a 3D textbook on history and architecture and is Germany's fourth-largest city, located along River Rhine.  Cologne's geographical and spiritual heart and its single-biggest tourist draw is the magnificent Kölner Dom. It escaped WWII bombing raids with nary a shrapnel wound and has been a Unesco Word Heritage Site since 1996. The Dom is Germany's largest cathedral and has the 24-tonne Peter Bell, the largest working bell in the world, located inside.

 Kölner Dom (me and Eylem infront)

After climbing 533 steps to the top of Kölner Dom we got this beautiful view.

 Fischmarkt

 Rive Rhine

God dropped ice-cream... ;)

 There is no way to cross this street :P

 Street performance

 Cologne is also famous for Eau de Cologne (German: Kölnisch Wasser; lit: Water of Cologne), a perfume created by Italian expatriate Johann Maria Farina at the beginning of the 18th century.

 Meeting my penpal Raji for the first time after 9 years of writing was one of the best things!

 Chocolate fountain

Baking Burek for our couchsurfing host :)