Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
Driving to Speyer, Germany is always a bit magical: at first you see some trees in front of river Rhein and behind that only some high towers made of red sandstone. They belong to the cathedral of Speyer, the Speyrer Dom officially called Domkirche St. Maria und St. Stephan. It is a UNESCO world heritage site dating back to the year 1025 CE. Continue reading “Dom zu Speyer”
I love to visit zoological gardens and aquariums but I need to exclude Sealife from this. Recently I visited the one at the Legoland in Günzburg and now I took a look at the one at Speyer, Germany. And there are many more on the globe and in Germany. They all seem to look very similar and there is always only one path on which you are pushed through the exhibition. Continue reading “Sealife highway “
The Auto- und Technikmuseum at Sinsheim, Germany is a museum for cars, planes, railways and other technologies like that. It is located in and industrial zone close to the Sinsheim and belongs to the Technikmuseum at Speyer. They share some principles like that you are able to enter a lot of vehicles and look around inside. Continue reading “Concorde & Tupolew”
For some people it is a fairytale and for others an ugly story how money can change the game they love: the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim was once a very small club in the city quarter Hoffenheim belonging to Sinsheim, Germany. An then Dietmar Hopp came – the founder of the well-known software company SAP. Continue reading “Rhein-Neckar-Arena”
As we wanted to see the Auto- und Technikmuseum at Sinsheim and the Technikmuseum at Speyer I was looking for an away home close to Heidelberg and stumbled open the Schilderhäuschen – a 400 years old half-timbered house in Neckargemünd, Germany. Continue reading “Down by the river”
„Peculiar travel suggestions
are dancing lessons from god.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
I wanted to support my team in the hard fight of achieving the first victory in the current Bundesliga season. Therefore I ordered a ticket for the away game of the SV Werder Bremen against the 1. FC Köln. In this season they have split up the match days much more – to get more money from TV rights. The match was therefore on 1:30 pm Sunday and I had enough time to explore Köln, Germany. Continue reading “Matchday at Cologne”
The Museum Ludwig is an art Collection covering the 20th and 21th century CE in Köln, Germany. It is located next to the Roman-Germanic museum, the Kölner Dom and the main railway station. It has been opened in 1976 after collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig donated 350 works of pop-art to the city. The current building dates back to 1986. Continue reading “Museum Ludwig”
The cathedral of Köln, Germany – known as the Kölner Dom or Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus – is a Roman-Catholic church under the protection of Apostle Petrus. It is a UNESCO world heritage site and after the Ulmer Münster the second highest religious building in Germany, number three worldwide. It is 157 meters high and was built from the year 1248 CE on. Continue reading “Kölner Dom”
The Hohenzollernbrücke is an iconic railway bridge in Köln, Germany – directly next to the Kölner Dom and main railway station. It was built between 1907 and 1911 and partially destroyed by the Wehrmacht in 1945. Before that it also had a section for cars. When it was rebuilt only lanes for pedestrians and bycicles where added on both sides. Continue reading “Hohenzollernbrücke”