Xanten – A German town with “X”
Xanten is a town with a history dating back to the Roman empire and the only German town beginning with an “X”
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Classic Computing 2008
Moers is in Northrhine Westfalia and not very far away from Duisburg. I went to see the Classic Computing 2008 held by the club for preserving old computers.
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30 minutes of Muenster
What I never liked about the Deutsche Bahn is, that their electronic ticket system is not flexible enough for stopovers.
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Short trip to Kiel
No, this was not a sight-seeing trip (and honestly Kiel has not that much to offer outside the Kieler Woche in my opinion) – this was all business. One thing I noticed was that the “other” side of Kiel underwent development after my last trip to Kiel.
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Schleswig – Landesgartenschau
In Germany there is the Landesgartenschau (LaGa) and the Bundesgartenschau (BUGA). The latter one is held every two years and is replaced every ten years with the International Gartenschau (IGA).
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Maastricht
Like Liège, Maastricht can be reached from Aachen with the cheap Euregio ticket. It calls itself the old town of the Netherlands and is without doubt one of the three important cities of the EU (the others are Brussel and Strasburg).
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Liège: So many steps!
Time to use my French again! The first day trip from Aachen with the Euregio ticket was to Liège. Liège is in the French speaking part of Belgium and is probably most famous for the Montagne de Bueren.
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Revisiting my school: Long long time ago…
…I went to high school here in Hamburg. It’s the Heinrich Hertz School (HHS), named after the famous physicist. I
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Eating in Heidelberg
We travelled to Heidelberg for the sole reason to eat there. There’s a great Korean restaurant that serves dishes from Korea, Japan and China where we went the last time.
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