Techno Troubles

Well we have reached our first two months away from home. After leaving Munich we decided to slow it down a touch, so we made our way west to Freiburg. Germanys universoty town at the foothills of the Black forest, home to Hansel and Gretel among other famous tales. We stayed in a relaxed and friendly hostel just outside the old town walls. Black Forest hotel had lots to offer, ping pong-pooltable-kitchen and hot showers. We made new friends and hit the town, having a great time at a small club but of course listening to electronic music which is something like a plague spreading itself throughout Europe, almost impossible to avoid. We medicated the problem with tequilla, seemed to do the trick. Having only one full day in Freiburg we tried to make the most of it. We had noticed there was a rather large hill behind the hostel with a viewing tower so we made our way to the top for some spectacular views of freiburg and the Black Forest, well worth the workout. We didn't have much time at the top as we had made plans to go to the Planetarium which was showing "Queen Heaven" a spectacular laser and light show mixed with the music and footage of Queen. It was really good and we have found ourselves to be quite fond of Queen over our trip. Certainly a great break from random noises they call music everywhere else. So that night we made an asian infused meal in the hostels amazing wok setup. I know, we are in Germany making stir frys, what's up with that? Too be honest we were there on a Sunday and nothing happened to be open except for this little asian market near the Planetarium. So now you know. Our time in Freiburg was up. We enjoyed walking the cobble streets and taking in as much scaffolding as possible. It is so beautiful. Freiburg proved to be a nice break from the craziness of Munich. Next was Berlin which easily made Munich feel like Berlins boring math teacher. We thought Paris was big, Berlin is nine times the size of Paris. Beautifully enough the train system really facilitates the travel throughout the city and we managed to find the hostel without any problems. The hostel was voted top ten hostels in the wotld in 2005 so we were expecting good things. It deilvered. The best shower we've had in a while, a kitchen where we could get back to cooking our own meals, and a nice laid back staff and common room. The only problem was we were right back into party central. Our first night we made friends with a couple guys from the London area and we had a good night out, until we left the bar to thunder and lightning storm. We ran home in the pouring rain! The next day we soaked up what Berlin had to offer. We went on a five hour walking tour of the city and saw the various sights. The Museum island, which is an island full of museums, creative name; the victims of war memorial, dedicated to every victim of any war; the Berlin wall; the book burning square; the Nazi Air Force building; the Brandenburg Gate; and the Holocaust memorial, a very chilling environment. That night was another night out. Another electro-dance music club and lots more tequilla to medicate. Our next day we went to the German history museum, a very vast and extensive history that tends to get overlooked due to the troubles during the 20th century, a shame really the museum was extremely informative and interesting. That evening we decided to go to the strangest club we've ever heard of. It used to be an old power plant that was transformed into a night club, but not redecorated, it was like walking through an abandoned plant we crazy electro house music blasting everywhere. You really have have to see it to believe it. We were honestly a little overwhelmed by the whole affair and ended up leaving soon after arriving there, needless to say it wasn't really our type of scene. On our last day in Berlin we decided to take in as much of the city as possible, so we rented bike's and biked all around the city. It was a beautiful day. Berlin was massive and quite the experience, we've decided now to go another direction before heading to Holland. Poland and the Czech Republic are next in line to meet us two, laid-back, Canadian boys. Hope they're ready!