Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
It is the town’s landmark of Kassel, Germany and visible from nearly everywhere in the city: the octagon with the Herkules monument on top. It is one of the central buildings of the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013. The building is located on the back of the 526 meters high Karlsberg mountain in the Habichtswald.
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The Dönche is a large natural reserve south of the city quarter Wilhelmshöhe belonging to Kassel, Germany. It is one of the beautiful parts of the city and used by the locals to go for a walk, enjoy nature and at the right season of the year also to watch animals.
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The restaurant Anadolu (meaning Anatolia, a region of Turkey) at Kassel, Germany is a mix of a Turkish restaurant and eatery. They serve pretty good original Döner and many other nice dishes. The restaurant is located at the Fünffensterstraße close to the city center.
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A visit to the restaurant ‘Kleine Konoba‘ (‘small konoba‘) at Kassel, Germany is a short trip to the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The owners have their roots at Zadar, Croatia and serve the typical cuisine of this region: delicious fish and meat, risotto, pasta, cevapcici (‘cevapi‘), special ham (‘prsut‘) and cheese (for example ‘marinirani ovcji sir‘). Continue reading “Kleine Konoba”
The Spiegelburg was a small medieval castle high above river Werra. It was built somewhen between the 12th and the 14th century CE and consisted of a main fortress on 30 x 30 meters for the noble inhabitants and an outer bailey with stables and additional buildings.
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It is a coffee bar and restaurant chain I always had ignored in the past: the Cafe Del Sol. They offer good breakfast, typical drinks and nice food. The restaurant architecture follows the design of southern US-American ranches. And they are always placed near motorways – that is why a passionate user of public transport like me never got close to them.
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My currently favorite pub at London, United Kingdom is a special one: it is floating on river Thames between Lambeth and Vauxhall bridge. Tamesis Dock was once a Dutch barge from the 1930s but is now permanently moored and used as a relaxed bar on the water. Continue reading “Tamesis Dock”
If you love US-American breakfast or want to have breakfast all around the clock then The Breakfast Club in London, United Kingdom might be the right place for you. It all started with a tiny location at Soho – now it is a chain with many restaurants throughout London. Continue reading “The Breakfast Club”
The Nieme is a 16 kilometers long river starting in the Bramwald near Varlosen and running into river Weser near Bursfelde, Hann. Münden, Germany. It then runs through a wonderful valley and sometimes cuts deep into the landscape. At its end the section has been changed by humans multiple times and has now been brought back to its natural look. Continue reading “Niemetal”
The Freibad Weende at the city quarter Weende belonging to Göttingen, Germany was the outdoor swimming pool of my childhood. Our garden was nearby, for many years I had a season ticket and went here many times. Then it came to age and had to be refurbished – and it changed its character during this process.
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