Destinations | Finding Todd

24 blogs

Benelux 2023 | Day 1B

Two planes and a side trip to Frankfurt

Alright, well, when I last left off, I was sitting in the Vancouver airport waiting for my delayed flight with an impromptu quick little day trip to Frankfurt on the… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 2A

Eating, Searching, Learning

After a long travel day yesterday I crashed in bed at 8:30 last night after being up for almost 24 hours. By 5am I was up but didn’t want to… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 2B

Berlin Free Walking Tour

If you haven’t already read part one for today, head back there and I’ll see you back here in bit. I’ll wait… Done? Okay, so yeah, I learned alot on… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 3

Exploring the city

Despite being in Berlin for four full days, the truth is that two of those days – tomorrow and the next day – I’ll be doing day trips to both… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 4

Day trip to Leipzig

After a couple of days in Berlin, today was a day away from Berlin as I went on one of two back to back day trips to nearby cities. Today… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 5

Day trip to Dresden

Another day, another day trip. This time I was off to the city of Dresden about 190km south of Berlin. Weather forecast didn’t show any rain in my future, so… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 6

A flea market and an amusement park

Today was my last day in Berlin as I had a 2pm train out of to my next destination, Hamburg. It’s there where I’ll meet Shawn and start our travels… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 7

A walking tour and a drag show

After a late night last night that saw me go to bed for the first time after midnight since I arrived, I was up bright and early this morning. I… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 8

Miniatures, Darkness, and Losing Things

After a long day yesterday exploring the city, it was time for a much needed late start this morning. Now, when I say “late”, I mean hostel life “late”. We… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 9

Wandering Around

After a (relatively) late night last night, I was in bed by midnight. 4 1/2 hours later I woke up having to pee. You know, that annoying trip to the… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 10

Free Walking Tour

Despite only arriving in Cologne yesterday afternoon, we’ll be leaving the city tomorrow morning giving us one full day here. I had some things to do that I had noted… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 11

One day in Düsseldorf

After dinner last night we got into a room full of people. A bunch of guys from Saskatchewan and a dude from the UK were all hanging out pre-drinking before… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 12

Königswinter and Bonn

Today I was on 7 different trains traveling into 5 different cities. Crazy, right? Well, you know me… Early morning Despite going to bed relatively late at 11pm, I was… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 13

Day Trip to Frankfurt

Today was another day trip. This time, we were off to the city of Frankfurt about 90km and 1 hour by train to the north. A special toaster It was… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 14

A funicular, a castle and a riverside walk

Despite being in Heidelberg for a couple of days now, we had yet to actually explore the town we’ve been staying in all weekend. We arrived late in the afternoon… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 15

Wandering around the Black Forest

Today start our little adventure down to the Black Forest region of Germany for a few days. The Black Forest is located in the very southwest corner of the country… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 16

A waterfall, a museum, a toboggan and a bus that never came

Today was a long day. Of course it didn’t help that, after only a couple hours of sleep, I tuned in the Canuck game in the wee hours of the… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 17

A cuckoo clock, a hell train, and walking in the rain

Today was a day to explore another part of the Black Forest before heading back north to the city of Stuttgart for the night. After a couple warm days in… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 18

Hohenzollern Castle

Today was castle day. Again. I actually would like to sometime go back and read through all my blogs to find out how many castles I’ve actually visited during my… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 19

Exploring the city

Well, when we last left off yesterday, I was going to bed wondering if and how I’d watch Game 6 of the Canucks which would be airing at 1am my… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 20

A last second detour to Salzburg

Yup, you read that right. We did a last second day trip to another country today! So, how did this all happen? Well, let’s rewind a few hours back to… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 21

Nuremburg and an 8 course dinner

Alright, after 3 weeks of traveling around the countryside, today was the last official day in Germany. It still hasn’t hit me that I’ll be starting my journey home tomorrow… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 22

Dinner and a Show

Here we go! The last day of my trip! Today I’ll be flying out nice and early to London where I’ll spend the afternoon and evening before flying home tomorrow… read more

Germany 2024 | Day 23

Back to Vancouver

Although technically my trip to Germany ended a couple of nights ago, there’s still the matter of getting my ass back to Vancouver. Yesterday I took a flight from Munich… read more