Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
An artist you can’t overlook when walking through Hann. Münden, Germany is the sculptor Heinz-Detlef Wüpper. He was born there in 1911 and died in 1995. His work Mundenia (“Die Schauende“) was placed at the Landschulheim in Pelzerhaken, Germany at the Baltic Sea. When the country hostel was closed in 2011 it was given back as a gift to Hann. Münden and can now be found at the Bremer Schlagd close to the city center. Continue reading “Local artist”
Welcome to the jungle! Not too far away from the entrance of the Tierpark Sababurg in Hofgeismar, Germany you will find a bus stop named ‘Urwald‘ and a parking lot. From here you can explore the Urwald Sababurg, a forest with trees nearly untouched for hundreds of years. Continue reading “Urwald Sababurg”
The Café am Sandmarkt is a small coffee bar in Hann. Münden, Germany next to the old bridge over river Werra. From the outside the building rather looks like a butchery but inside it is decorated with old furniture. Don’t worry if it looks full – there is a second room in the back. Continue reading “Am Sandmarkt”
The Modellbahnwelt Odenwald is a miniature railway exhibition based on track size H0 in Fürth im Odenwald, Germany. It is located in a large industrial hall and consists mostly of bought and integrated landscapes. The first ones were bought in 2008 from the Harzer Modellbahnzentrum and in 2012 the exhibition moved to the current location. Continue reading “Modellbahnwelt Odenwald”
The Café Madrid is a wonderful Spanish restaurant in the city center of Leipzig, Germany. It is located next to the St. Thomas church and in the party zone close to the Barfußgäßchen. The restaurant is beautifully decorated in Spanish style and you have the feeling of doing a short trip to Spain. Continue reading “Café Madrid”
The Hotel Fregehaus is located in a backyard of the city center of Leipzig, Germany – only some meters away from the historic town hall, the market place and the famous Auerbachs Keller. It is a boutique hotel with a nice style and old-style decorations that fit very well to the location. Continue reading “Fregehaus”
I had to wait several years until I had the chance to attend a live concert of Mando Diao – a Swedish band I listened to intensively for many many years. And then I found a concert at the Alter Schlachthof in Dresden, Germany that fitted well. And that is why we started a road trip. Continue reading “Sweden meets Dresden”
The Sächsische Schweiz is the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains (Elbsandsteingebirge) in Lohmen, Germany – not far away from Dresden. Once there was a sea in this region which created beautiful sandstone rocks. Both parts – in Germany as well as in the Czech Republic – have been declared as nature protection areas. Continue reading “Sächsische Schweiz”
The Loschwitzer Brücke (König-Albert-Brücke until 1912) is a 280 meters long metal bridge spanning the river Elbe in Dresden, Germany. It is an example for German engineering art as to allow ships passing unhindered it was not allowed to have pillars in the water. It is therefore commonly referred to not by its name but by the title Blaues Wunder (blue wonder). Continue reading “Blaues Wunder”
The Alter Schlachthof is a concert hall in Dresden, Germany. It was opened in 1871 as the central slaughterhouse of the city. In 1907 a new slaughterhouse was opened on the grounds now used for fairs and therefore the Alter Schlachthof was closed. The buildings were used as a storage area by different companies.
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