Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
I avoided to go to Lisboa, Portugal for several years. Not that I had bad feelings about the country – it was just that so many people I know travelled there and I was searching for places less known. But after I went to Brazil and found out that Portuguese is one of the best sounding languages and after I visited a Portuguese town (Paraty, Brazil) there I developed the desire to see the capital of this country. Continue reading “City on seven hills”
The Lisboa Card is the tourist card of Lisboa, Portugal and it is always discussed if buying it is sensible. It is available for 24/48/72 hours at a price of 19/32/40 Euros. You can use public transport (including elevators and trains) as often as you like, some sights can be accessed free of charge and at other locations you get discounts of most often 20 percent. Continue reading “Lisboa Card”
Finding your way through Lisboa, Portugal using public transport is easy but involves a wild mix of vehicles and systems. We bought a Lisboa Card and were therefore able to use most of them free of charge – simply by holding the card in front of a validation system. Always remember: enter in front, exit in the rear. Continue reading “Getting around in Lisboa”
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”
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 city of Hann. Münden, Germany was once an important trading city and the richness gained in these times is still visible through the wonderful buildings in the city center. This situation roots back to the year 1247 CE when the city received the so called Mündener Stapelrecht from duke Otto I. Continue reading “Stapelmahlzeit”
I can’t remember why we started to talk about the supersonic plane Concorde – but after I stated that there is one of these planes in Sinsheim, Germany we immediately searched for an opportunity to travel there and our youngest one started to count the days. As a homebase I booked an away home in the beautiful Schilderhäuschen in Neckargemünd close to the river Neckar. Continue reading “Supersonic”
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”
You will find a confusing public transport network in Köln, Germany. S-Bahn trains, tramways that become subway trains and busses form a complex network with a limited number of hubs like the Neumarkt. Maybe I should have tried to learn the network map by heart; I only reached my destinations by calculating routes in mobile apps. Continue reading “Getting around in Cologne”
Once a year I like to explore cities I normally wouldn‘t get to. To see the touristic highlights, to walk through the streets and feel the atmosphere and gain new insights. I did so with Erfurt and Jena in the last years and was always surprised how wrong my image of the city was. This time I took my wife to Kaiserslautern, Germany. Who would go there? Close to Germany’s smallest federal state – the Saarland, not far away from France and Luxemburg? Continue reading “Exploring Kaiserslautern”