Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
Nearly five years of my life I spent as a research associate at the Georg-August-Universität of Göttingen. In this time I did a lot of scientific work, taught students and wrote my PhD thesis about the usage of mobile Internet within enterprises. This all not only brought me a nifty book for my bookshelf, but also – according to ancient customs – a nice trip to the goose girl, the landmark of Göttingen.
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A Warft is an artificial hill at the sea protecting houses during storm floods. They are like islands without water surrounding them. I once was living on one for New Year’s Eve vacations. It was the Eggenswarft close to Ockholm, Germany. Continue reading “Eggenswarft”
Sylt is the biggest island in Northern Frisia. It is located in Germany, close to the border to Denmark and can be reached by train and by car using a train-based shuttle to the island. Sylt has a very beautiful landscape but I don’t like it too much because it is the German island of the rich. Continue reading “Sylt”
Husum is a small town in the far north of Germany and home to only 22000 souls. It is close to the border to Denmark. It has some highlights like the NordseeMuseum, the Schifffahrtsmuseum Nordfriesland and the Theodor-Storm-Haus. Continue reading “Husum”
It was one of these autumns when I decided to plan a trip to Poland and convinced my brother to join me in. We booked the Berlin-Warszawa-Express from Berlin, Germany with a stop at Wrocław. The train ride itself was an experience with different long stops within Polish no-men’s-land – because there is partially only one track and we had to let trains going westbound pass. Continue reading “Via Wrocław to Warszawa”
The Łazienki park (park of baths) in Warszawa, Poland is a vast garden with wonderful trees and a palace (Pałac Łazienkowski / Pałac na Wodzie, palace on the waters) at its center. It is with 80 hectares the largest park in Warszawa, built in the 17th century. Continue reading “Łazienki park”
The railway museum of Warszawa, Poland is quite special. It is located in an old railway station and you can first take a look at lots of exhibits indoor. The most wonderful part indeed is outdoor: on the tracks of the old railway station you will find lots of engines and waggons lined up. Continue reading “Cemetery of trains”
The national stadium of Warszawa, Poland is located close to river Wisła and is beautifully enlightened in the national colors of Poland. It was built for the UEFA European Championship and opened in 2012. It has space for 58.000 supporters and is today used for soccer, rugby and American football. Continue reading “Stadion Naradowy”
You cannot omit seeing the cultural palace (Palac Kultury i Nauki) when leaving the main railway station of Warszawa, Poland. It is a very high tower in socialistic style and quite frightening. It has been built in 1952 and it is 237 meters high – the highest building in Poland. Continue reading “Palac Kultury i Nauki”
The Pomnik Bohaterów Getta, or Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is an important memorial in Warszawa, Poland. In 1940 the German occupants created a ghetto in Warszawa to bring together the Jewish population of the town – to prepare their extinction. On April 19th, 1943 the locked-in Jews started an uprising which ended after several weeks with the SS burning down the ghetto.
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