Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
From Germany Japan is quite far away but sometimes it is pretty near: thanks to the big Japanese communities especially at Düsseldorf and Frankfurt we are able to enjoy original Japanese dishes and sometimes walk through nice Japanese gardens. The biggest Japanese garden in Germany is at a rather unexpected location – in Kaiserslautern. Continue reading “Biggest Japanese garden”
Children love trains and it is therefore no secret hint that the railway museum of Deutsche Bahn in Nürnberg, Germany is a good place to visit. Additional exhibitions of the museum can be found in Koblenz and Halle (Saale). The museum was opened in 1899 and is also known as the Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg. The building also includes the Museum für Kommunikation (museum of communication). Continue reading “Railway museum”
We wanted to spend some days in and around München, Germany. It was the time of the last days of the Oktoberfest and getting a hotel room was expensive. The biggest problem was to find a family room in a hotel where you have a separate room for our six year old companion. As this failed we decided to rent an away home and found one at the southern end of the Starnberger See in a small village called Seeshaupt. It included access to the lake, a great garden and a boat – which sounded like a very good option. Continue reading “House at the lake”
The TINTO is a nice tapas and wine bar in Nürnberg, Germany. It is located next to the railway museum of Deutsche Bahn and it also has an entrance from there. While you would drink some nice wine and snack some tapas in the evening they are well prepared for families with kids on the rest of the day. Continue reading “Tinto”
The Starnberger See is Germany’s fifth largest lake and located 25 kilometers south of München, Germany. Because of its depth it is the German lake with the second largest amount of water after the Lake Constance („Bodensee“). Until 1962 it was called Würmsee but was than renamed after the main city at the lake because Starnberg was the entry point for visitors from München and people began to call it like that after the railway to Starnberg was built.
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The Therme Erding is one of the biggest spas in Europe located in Erding, Germany. It is 180.000 squaremeters large and welcomes 1.7 million visitors a year. It is divided into two sections with separate entrances: the sauna and one pool area is only for persons older than 16, another pool under palms, the vast water slides area and the artificial waves section is open to all age classes. Continue reading “Therme Erding”
Legoland Deutschland is a theme park in Günzburg, Germany close to Ulm. It was opened in 2002 and is one of the seven LEGO-themed parks around the world. People from northern Germany normally visit the first Legoland in Billund, Danmark – but as we where on vacation in München, Germany the German location was only 1.5 hours by car away. Continue reading “A journey to Legoland”
In the center of München, Germany and not far away from river Isar you can find the cultural center Gastein. It is an event location, concert hall and home to the Münchner Philharmoniker. Within the building you can find the cosy self-service restaurant gast – which operates after a well-known concept. Continue reading “Genuine or replica?”
When it comes to event locations, Kassel (Germany) has a lot to offer. Besides the fair grounds, the Stadthalle and the buildings of the documenta there are different smaller places. One of them is the Renthof directly at the river Fulda. It is a part of the former cloister of the Carmelites (named after Mount Carmel) from the 13th century CE. It is connected to the former church Brüderkirche next to it. Continue reading “Since 1298”
The WildtierPark Edersee is a park for wild domestic animals in Edertal, Germany – not far away from the Edersee dam and next to the TreeTopWalk. From the park you can have some nice views on the Edersee, the dam and Schloß Waldeck. At the entrance you can find a nice exhibition from the Naturschutzbund (NABU) and then take a round trip through the park which lasts about two hours. Continue reading “Domestic animals”