Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
What to do if you’re at the Baltic sea in winter times, the wind is blowing hard and it is really cold outside? A good idea is to look out for a spa and a sauna to relax and get some heat back that you lost at the chilly beach. If you’re in the triangle of Lübeck, Fehmarn and Kiel, a visit to the Ostsee-Therme in Scharbeutz, Germany may be right for you. Continue reading “Shabby but fun”
For seven years of my life I was working in different positions for the Studentenwerk in my hometown – an organisation providing social, financial and cultural support services to students. It is partially state funded, students pay a fee every half year and the organization is only dedicated to assist students and provide them with room to live in, food and drinks at the campus and many more necessary things. I really believe that such an organization is necessary and should be supported. Continue reading “Campus suite”
The GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung is a research facility located in Kiel, Germany – they work on topics concerning the biological, physical and chemical dynamics of the ocean. You’ll come across this scientific organization located at the Kieler Förde mostly because of the publicly accessible basins containing five cute seals that attract a lot of spectators. Continue reading “Seals and stars”
The Holsten gate (“Holstentor“) is a city gate of Lübeck, Germany. It is located in the west of the old city center just across the river Trave. Holsten in that case means the region of Holstein, an area forming part of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. The city gate is four levels high and contains today a museum about the history of the city.
Finding a good away home isn’t that easy. Even as the Internet has made it much simpler to search for landlords you won’t always get what you expect and need; and most times you’ll have to book almost a year in advance. The Kailua Lodge in Pelzerhaken, Germany is a very recommendable place if you want a high-class away home directly at the shore. The place consists of several houses and flats which are 80 to 150 meters away from the beach – one of the facts why a lot of surfers tend to rent these houses.
I’ve got ambivalent feelings about Venezia, Italy. I really love the concept of living with water, of having a city in a laguna. I like the idea to travel by boat instead of a bus. I appreciate standing at places with water masses surrounding me. But most times of the year Venezia is simply overcrowded and the city feels much to artificial. That is why I tend to go there in autumn and winter times when – apart from San Marco – you also have the possibility to roam through nearly empty streets.
The church Santa Maria della Salute is a nice sacral building in Venezia, Italy. It is located on the other side of the Canale Grande in front of the Piazza San Marco. It’s name refers to its purpose: to improve the health of the citizens. Continue reading “Santa Maria della Salute”
A campanile is a singular standarding church bell tower – and this one belongs to the Basilica di San Marco in Venezia, Italy. It is standing on the famous Piazza San Marco and is a town’s landmark of Venezia. Continue reading “Campanile di San Marco”
The Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo is far away from the normal tourist streams in Venezia, Italy. It is a gothic style palace from the 15th century and belonged to the family Contarini. Continue reading “Scala del Bòvolo”
I’ve been in Venezia, Italy multiple times but I was mostly enjoying the surroundings and the atmosphere in San Marco – I never entered buildings like the Palazzo Ducale, the main government building of the Republic of Venezia. And like every tourist I was taking a picture of the Ponte dei Sospiri, the enclosed bridge of sighs that connects the palace with the old prison – but I never thought that you could walk across it.