Blogs from Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe - page 5

I got to the frankfurt airport at 6:30 and right away took a train to Luneburg (4 hours away) to watch the last ever nazi war crimes trial that’s taken place there (url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nazi-auschwitz-camp-accountant-oskar-groening-trial-begins-in-germanyhttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/nazi-auschwitz-camp-accountant-oskar-groening-trial-begins-in-germany/). Sadly, the only place big enough in the town to hold all the guests was the local concert hall and so, instead of the trial, a party was taking place that day. So I explored the town instead which was really beautiful as it is a very small, old town with a lot of cool buildings, churches and a town square. That night I went to hamburg and explored for a few hours, and then hannover, explored and caught a late night train to geneva that night.... read more

Tonight is our last night in tin ferienwohnung. (Apartment) tomorrow we leave for Celle, Germany . About 3 hours north. Today we went to visit Hoxter and Bad Pyrmont. ( the Bad means it is a spa town. Bad means bath) it is the San moritz Of Germany. We walked our tails off. But we compensated by eating very well. Here are some images from today. Take note of dates on buildings in Hoxter Lowell... read more

Spent a good share of this day in Einbeck Germany. Many old timber framed structures from 1500. We were driving from Einbeck to Alfeld when we saw this old wind mill. Hope I can send the picture. The pictures you will see were taken from Gloria's. Ipad. Can't vouch for how good they are.... read more

hello everyone, Our flight into Frankfurt was great Our seats in the new 747-8 were also perfect Lots to eat and drink. Not much sleep. We stayed up till 7:00 PM. Then slept for 15 hrs. So far no WiFi. So can,t send images yet. I will as soon as I can. Sort of warm and humid, a little rain the first 2 days. Germany has not changed!! More when I can Sent from Ipad in McDonalds Lowell... read more

Yet another crack of dawn flight meant I landed in a near tropical Hannover by mid-morning. Getting the train to the main station it was only 5 minutes’ walk to my hotel and I could check in despite it being so early. The room was a dump and with no air con and a window that opened about 1 centimetre, it was going to be a very unpleasant sleep. I got a map and set off to make the most of the day and see the city. However, despite Hannover having a humongous train station with approximately 70 places to eat (all selling sausages of some variety and bread) the rest of the city had nothing to offer. In fact Hannover is literally the most boring German city I have been to… and believe me that ... read more