Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
In the past I found frequently streets and place named after Ernst Abbe, especially when travelling in the east of Germany. In Jena, Germany I stumbled upon an Ernst Abbe memorial, close the Optisches Museum and the JenTower. It was built from 1908 on to remember the professor and social reformer. Continue reading “Ernst Abbe memorial “
The planetarium of Jena, Germany is named after the famous physicist Carl Zeiss and located close to the city center, next to the botanical garden. It is the worlds oldest planetarium dating back to 1926. Planets and stars are projected onto the inner side of a huge dome. Continue reading “Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium”
The Optisches Museum is a science museum in Jena, Germany. It focuses on optical topics – as Jena was a pioneer in these – like photography, telescopes, glasses and microscopes. The museum shows wonderful items of the past and explains how the worked and developed over time. Continue reading “Optical museum”
The Ketty at the Bremer Schlagd in Hann. Münden, Germany includes a restaurant, a beer garden and an ice cream parlor. The last piece we hadn’t tried yet was the restaurant located within the old Bremer Handelshaus, which was used for trading of goods directed to the city of Bremen, Germany. Continue reading “Take it slow”
Heidelberg, Germany is a wonderful city. If you take a walk through the shopping zone and the old city center you’ll arrive at a place directly underneath the mountain Königstuhl. A mountain railway takes you to the beautiful and romantic castle ruin of Heidelberg und you can go further on to the top of the mountain. Here you’ll not only find beautiful views on the valley but also the “Märchenparadies“. Continue reading “Fairy-tale mountain”
The Technikmuseum is a technology museum with branches in Sinsheim and Speyer, Germany. You can take a look at old planes, cars, trains, ships, a submarine and a space ship. Most of these vehicles are arranged in a way that you can climb into them and explore them. Continue reading “Technikmuseum”
The restaurant “Der Windbeutelkönig” is located at the barrier lake made from river Oker and belongs to the regional district of Goslar, Germany. It is an old fashioned restaurant that serves only cream puff – in lots of variations, with blueberries, strawberries, ice cream, but also with herring or salmon. Continue reading “The Windbeutelkönig”
The “Iberger Tropfsteinhöhle” is a flowstone cave in Iberg near Bad Grund, Germany. It consists of a museum in front of the mountain (showing exhibits from a smaller cave), a small museum within the access tunnel and the flowstone cave itself. The cave is rather short, it is a circle course and you have to climb 100 old stone stairs – it is used for tourism since 1911. Continue reading “Iberger Tropfsteinhöhle”
The Familienpark Sottrum is a theme park located in Sottrum, belonging to Holle, close to Hildesheim, Germany. It is special as it doesn’t contain any electric devices (apart from two air pumps for inflatable jumpers). On 18 hectares you can find different theme locations and paths – from water playgrounds to floats and climbing walls.
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The Villa Lido is a good Italian restaurant at the shore of lake Wörthersee in Klagenfurt, Austria. I really enjoyed sitting outdoors and watch sundown over the lake. To reach this place you’ll have to leave the city center of Klagenfurt and take a bus from Heiligengeistplatz to “Schiffsanlegestelle”. If you walk straight on along the lake for 100 meters you can’t miss it. Continue reading “Villa Lido”