Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
There aren‘t too many old buildings in the center of Kaiserslautern, Germany – but there is one very nice old house. This oldest half-timbered house was first mentioned in 1742 but a stone states the year 1509 as its creation year. From 1896 on it contains a wine bar called „Spinnrädl“ (meaning spinning wheel in the local dialect) which is today a famous restaurant. Continue reading “The Spinnrädl”
We stumbled open the Café Extrablatt in Kaiserslautern, Germany in search for a place to sit down and have a coffee. Somehow I had the feeling of having been there already – and then a understood that this is a bar with a franchise system. Okay, so it isn’t unique – but it is a cosy place with a nice interior design in US-American style and therefore fitting well to the city influenced by the nearby Ramstein Air Base, the European headquarter of the US forces. Continue reading “Café Extrablatt”
The Stiftskirche in the center of Kaiserslautern, Germany was once a catholic church named St. Martin and St. Maria. Today it is a protestant church inviting everyone for a quite moment. On the site once a cloister (“Stift“) was created by monks that emperor Friedrich Barbarossa had invited to settle in the city in the year 1176 CE. The church was built from the year 1250 on. Continue reading “Stiftskirche”
The Fruchthalle in Kaiserslautern, Germany is a former crop marketplace built using the plans of August von Voit from 1843 to 1846. Voit later became well known by designing the Neue Pinakothek in München, Germany. The Fruchthalle was created in Italian renaissance style, is well preserved and can be found close to the city center. It is today used for concerts and other events. Continue reading “Fruchthalle”
The Kaiserpfalz in Kaiserslautern, Germany is the ruin of the medieval royal palace of the Holy Roman Emporer Friedrich Barbarossa („red beard“) built in the 12th century CE. The so called Barbarossaburg is located close to the city center of Kaiserslautern. It was damaged in 1635 and 1688 and was finally destroyed by the French army in 1703. Continue reading “Kaiserpfalz”
The Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern is an art museum opened in 1880 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. It collects paintings and statues from the 19th to the 21st century CE and is located close to the city center and the new townhall skyscraper. When we were there the had a nice exhibition about privacy and big data. Continue reading “Pfalzgalerie”
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”
People love shopping malls. It is a phenomenon that swapped over from the United States and was for a long time unknown to me. Living in the city center in Göttingen, Germany I had every necessary shop around me. Nowadays I like to explore those large complexes with its different shops on several levels and the collection of small restaurants in food courts. Continue reading “Shopping city”
Over time friends move and sometimes you loose contact. That’s often because life changes and sometimes because your friends get out of distance for a day trip. Some of our friends moved to München, Germany which is only reachable from Germany if you stay overnight. And the long journey only makes sense if you stay some days. That is why we planned a trip to Bavaria in a our autumn holidays. Continue reading “Bavarian timeout “
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”