Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Aeroporto Humberto Delgado (formerly Aeroporto da Portela) is the most important airport of Lisboa, Portugal and the main hub of airline TAP. It is a well-organized medium size airport (IATA code: LIS) with two terminals. 22 million passengers use the airport each year. Continue reading “Aeroporto Humberto Delgado”
The Memmo Alfama Hotel is a wonderful boutique hotel in the city quarter Alfama of Lisboa, Portugal. It is a hidden gem at the end of a backstreet close to the Catedral de Sé. The have rooms with good views on the city quarter and a fantastic terrace with pools. Continue reading “Memmo Alfama Hotel”
Hann. Münden, Germany has a lot of bridges in different styles. If you’re walking from the city centre to the Tillyschanze you will first pass a roofed bridge leading you to the Tanzwerder – an island within the river Fulda and containing the famous Weserstein. Continue reading “Don‘t jump”
Burger bars are popping up like mushrooms throughout Germany. Some are really good, most are worth a visit and offer a good concept but are like food trucks with a stable location. The Burgeria in Göttingen, Germany is located in the Jüdenstraße close to party hotspots like the Wilhelmsplatz. Continue reading “Burgeria”
If you want to buy presents in Hann. Münden, Germany then the Tee & Weinhandel Beuermann is a good choice. It is a very narrow shop in the center of Hann. Münden close to St. Blasius and the town hall. Most people know it because they put a miniature railway and a loudly snoring Santa Claus into their shop window in the weeks before Christmas. Continue reading “Gourmet temple”
The Feinkostfleischerei Schumann (also known as Ritter der Rotwurst) is one of the things making living in Hann. Münden, Germany great. It is a butcher’s shop with a French bistro and a restaurant in the pedestrian zone close to the old town hall.
Continue reading “Knights of the black pudding”
The Westfalen-Therme is a spa and sauna with a restaurant and hotel next to it in Bad Lippspringe, Germany – close to Paderborn. It is one of these places I normally would never get to; but we received a voucher for this spa as a wedding present and therefore made our way to Westphalia. No bad idea! Continue reading “Westfalen-Therme”
The Externsteine near Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany are outstanding sandstone rocks near a lake and surrounded by forest. They were once one rock but over the centuries water has washed out the weaker materials. In all times this rock formation has attracted the people and many myths exist. Continue reading “Externsteine”
Every time I get to the Karlsplatz in Kassel, Germany I remember that this city has some nice hidden places you normally don’t get to. And next to it in the backyard of the CineStar cinema you can find a sushi restaurant that seems to be less frequented than the others in the city center. Continue reading “Two and a half hours”
‘Do not grow old, no matter how long you live.
Never cease to stand like curious children
before the great mystery into which we were born.’
– Albert Einstein