Blogs from Bremen, Germany, Europe - page 10

We have been living in Bremen for just over 4 months now, and its a town we really love. Its a nice size, with a small old town feel. So we decided that since we are not really tourists around here anymore we would take photos of everyday life around Bremen instead of just the landmarks and beautiful old buildings. So I will continue to update this blog as we take more photos... The first set of photos are taken in the city centre or Markt Platz on a Saturday around midday. They are of the shopping strip and the fruit and veg market that is set up there in the morning by local traders.... read more

In the end of a journey it is all about coming home. When the pilot boat led us through the tide lands of the Weser mouth towards the docks of Bremerhaven the sunset over the ocean was the most beautiful one of all the journey. And later walking through the harbours gate to make my way to my home town, just as I had started, hitch-hiking German Autobahn I was sure that I had found my way around the world.... read more

In Bremen there is a park that is fully run by the citizens of the town. The council or government don't have any hand in the park. It is a beautiful large park with open fields, bushland and small rivers. There is an extensive track system that covers the park and on a nice day its a lovely place to go for a walk. In the centre of the park there is a small working farm, where we believe the head of the park committee or groundkeeper lives. They have donkeys, chickens, pigs, cows, lamas, guinea pigs, birds of all sorts et cetera. Its really nice because all the enclosures have paths around them and you can look at all the animals like in a zoo. The children love it... as do I. There is also ... read more

Spring time in Bremen is just gorgeous. Not only do we have beautiful trees blossoming and gardens in full bloom, we have the windmill in town with its brightly coloured array of tulips. These are just some of the photos I took on a beautiful spring day while walking through town. The first photo - which is a personal favourite of mine - is a close up of the tulips with the windmill in the background. ... read more

LŰBECK 0932　RE 11430 　　上車前在商店逛了一會，到月台時發現幾乎滿座，幸好找到一個位子，兩排面對面，另外三個位也坐著老人，我對面的對婦像也在看旅遊書（好像有Lübeck的地圖），看來是自己出門旅行，似乎很自在。 　　剛才出發前，又有一段令乘客都大笑的廣播，究竟廣播說了些甚麼呢？ 1308　RE 11439　天然生曬 　　車廂所謂的「自動門」都生硬得把人夾著。坐我對面的女人也是在寫東西，我想和我一樣在遠遊吧（我猜她會是意大利人）。隔鄰又坐著兩位老太太。 　　又是那一句，天色太好，陽光太猛。 　　Lübeck的確有不少古舊建築物，不過風格太相近，還好剛抵達便登上了St. Petri Kirche的塔頂（我未曾見過教堂有升降機的），俯覽了全市的風光。奇怪的是一點古城牆的遺跡也沒有（難道沒有城牆？） BREMEN 在火車站乞地圖，值班的小姐解釋得很清楚，雖然她只說德文，但因為她的指路句式與課本中學過的一模一樣，所以我聽得非常清楚，很容易便找到了取地圖的櫃檯。 那兒的小姐更有趣，一邊取出地圖，一邊在上面左圈右圈：「這裡是甚麼甚麼......」、「應該去那裡那裡......」於是我拿著畫滿大大小小紅圈的地圖上路去。 1732　Bremen Hbf Gleis 10 　　1719來到車站，剛好便是回Hamburg火車離站的時間，偷懶沒有看時間表一次便出事，而往返Hamburg的班次竟然如此疏落，下一班在近一小時之後。我在Bremen停留的時間連兩小時也不夠，今天好像有點悶，從Lübeck乘車回Hamburg再轉往Bremen時，鄰座的一個中國家庭（尤其是那小朋友）嘈吵到極，實在令人煩厭。在Bremen也只是到了Rathaus附近走過便算，還走進了一家樓高四層的運動服裝店，在Lübeck用€25買到的Nowitzki球衣，這裡要€50。沒有買，是因為沒有甚麼機會可以穿。 　　本來打算在Bremen找一處non-McDonald's的地方吃了晚餐才回Hamburg，但實在... read more