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Nürnberg

February 25, 2007

Yesterday was spent shopping and sightseeing in the Frankish city Nürnberg (a.k.a. Nuremberg), the second largest city in Bavaria with ca. 500,000 residents. It has a beautiful and bustling city center filled with Medieval and Renaissance buildings and surrounded by the rebuilt city walls. Overlooking the city is the Kaiserburg, or Imperial Castle, of the [...]

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Ta-da!

February 20, 2007

Well, I finally got around to finishing the photo tour of Potsdam for my website (only two months after moving away), to find that I accidently put it up on the web a while back in a “rough draft” state. Anyways, what I hope is the “final version”, barring any serious overlooked mistakes, is now [...]

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Kallmuenz – Pearl of the Naab Valley

February 13, 2007

Last weekend, we made a small trip over to Kallmünz, a town located on the Naab River and nicknamed the “Pearl of the Naab Valley”. Since the early 1900s it has been an artist colony and was home for some time to Vassily Kandinsky. It is full of sculptures, frescos and galleries. I can’t wait [...]

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A day in Leipzig

November 13, 2006

After a one hour train ride from Berlin-Sudkreuz, reaching speeds of up to 200 kph, I arrived at the impressive Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, the largest train station in Europe and second largest in the world (behind Grand Central Station). Rita and I have been reading each others blogs for many months now and finally decided to [...]

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Pop quiz: Leipzig

November 12, 2006

What is this plaque for?

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Leipzig

September 13, 2006

I’ve been missing out on Leipzig for four years. That is the only conclusion I could come to after my visit to this seriously underrated city. My Frommer’s guide to Germany says that if there are time constraints and a choice between Dresden and Leipzig, go to Dresden. It describes Leipzig as a mini-Berlin. I [...]

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Potsdam, oder eine schoenere Stadt findet man nicht!

September 8, 2006

at least for today… Freundschaftsinsel (Friendship Island) with Nikolaikirche (Nikolaus Church) in background My morning was spent waiting at the Auslaenderamt, where, with two minutes left till closing, they took my passport and told me to come back on Thursday to pick it up. I can’t be certain, but I think this is a good [...]

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