Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
What’s missing at Kassel, Germany is the opportunity to climb somewhere up on a tower to have good views on the city center. That’s probably also because most parts of the city center have been destroyed in World War II. You can only get to the Herkules monument to have a great view on the city.
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Hann. Münden, Germany is a small city normally well-connected to the bigger cities Kassel and Göttingen around it. Many people live here that work outside of the city. It’s always good to know how to get there and what the alternatives are when facing extreme weather conditions or strikes.
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It’s a thing you never want to experience: for a short moment in time you fail to keep your eyes on your valuables and then your wallet or handbag is gone without a trace. This especially happens when you feel too safe at a public place or when you visit places that are massively crowded. When you realize your loss you need to act fast and in the right way. Continue reading “Stolen wallet or handbag”
It’s the pure horror: you’re on a Christmas market or in a crowded shopping mall and then you notice that your wallet is gone. With all your bank cards and credit cards. Keep a cool head because now you need to do the right things pretty fast. Continue reading “Stolen bank cards”
It should never happen but it happens more often than you think: you drive your car and then you hit another car. This often happens when you park your car in a narrow car park or want to leave a parking space. In different countries there are different rules how to continue. Continue reading “Damaging another car”
If you’re looking for traces of Jewish life at Hann. Münden, Germany: there are not so many as there is unfortunately no active community anymore. You can visit the old Jewish cemetery at the Vogelsangweg, the new one at Gimte or the memorial next to the old town hall. Continue reading “Jüdisches Gemeindehaus”
In case you’re at London, United Kingdom in mid-November you should check when the start of the Christmas illumination will be. At this point in time they make Regent street a pedestrian zone, start a firework and ignite the lights decorating this major shopping street.
Every two years the local modelling association, Modellbauclub Münden, organizes a modelling and miniature railway exhibition at the Weserberglandhalle belonging to the Hotel Freizeit Auefeld at Gimte, belonging to Hann. Münden, Germany. I must admit that I was unsure whether this is an interesting event – but it was fun! Continue reading “Modellbauausstellung”
The 9th of November is an important day for Germans (often referred to as ‘Schicksalstag der Deutschen‘) as many things in younger history happened on this day (including the opening of the Berlin Wall as the last important event in 1989). In 2018 there are two important anniversaries: 100 years earlier World War I ended and there are many festivities concerning this. But it is also 80 years since the Novemberpogrome when synagogues were destroyed throughout Germany and Holocaust started. Continue reading “80 years later”
The small city of Adelebsen, Germany was once a special place for Jewish citizens. At the end of the 17th century they were invited to live there, in the year 1848 around 13 percent of the population was Jewish. That’s why Adelebsen has been called ‘small Jerusalem‘ sometimes.
Continue reading “Am Steilhang”