Blogs from Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Chisco, Lordes and Luna gave me a ride to the Esch train station this morning, so I made my way back to Luxembourg City in good time and waited for my train to Aachen. I actually had two stops - Liege and Welkenraedt. The ride to Liege was more than two hours and pretty relaxing. Not the nicest of trains, but empty and had a couple of super hot young conductors! I arrived in Liege and was happy to see the things I'd read about its train station had not been exaggerated: it was mind-blowing! Absolutely incredible! Pictures do not do it justice and I bet in non-winter months, it is even more amazing. Unfortunately, my next train was 11 minutes late and I really worried I would miss my connection to Aachen. But it was ... read more

Aachen the most western city in Germany We visited Aachen, the most western city of Germany which was about 57 kms west of Koln. It is a very historic town with a market place, beautiful Dom Cathedral, Town Hall and many brass fountains. They had just had a big September celebration the night before we arrived so there was a lot of dissembling of stands and scaffolding. We wandered around its streets admiring some of the many brass statues that were interlinked with fountains. Many of the statues had mobile joints. We went into the Dom Cathedral which had a gold tabernacle in it. We had our obligatory coffee in the gardens of the Elisenbrunnen which originated for the time when emperors and kings were cured in Aachen. Scientist found remains of monumental antique thermal baths ... read more

So today I further explored the city thanks to a suggestion by the workers at the hostel. It is funny, I find today I keep thinking about my father, not just because of the cemetary, but also because at a German restaurant (where the picture of my dinner is from) they played the song "Sherry baby" on the radio. I found out Aachen is the ruling place of Charlemege and seeing his "Rathaus" was really cool, I was dissapointed to find out that you cannot take pictures inside, but the building alone is an archetectural beauty. On these old buildings the fence off statues that are inset and also put small metal spikes up wherever a bird (aka pigeon) could put a nest up. The city has more than I thought to offer, the hostel here ... read more

Az idei utjaim tervezesekor jol jott, hogy a British Airways-nel sikerult eleg sok merfoldet (vagy ahogy egy ideje hivjak, Avio-t) osszegyujtenem, es bar mar egy ideje probaltam oket hasznalni, altalaban nem tudtam, mert olyan utvonalon nem volt elerheto, ahova eppen menni akartam. Iden viszont szerencses voltam, es igy a legutobbi utamon Dusseldorfba repultem 35 fontert oda-vissza :) Miert pont Dusseldorf? Egyreszt mert 4 eve volt egy nagyon jo 80-as buli Kolnben, mikor ott jartam, gondoltam, visszaterek oda, masreszt meg ugy hallottam, van latnivalo Dusseldorfban is, meg Aachent is meg szerettem volna nezni meg Kolnben is meg par dolgot. Majus utolso penteken el is repultem Dusseldorfba, elotte a Heathrow repteren a szokasos csirkes cezar salatat elveztem :) Az ut eleg rovid volt, nagyjabol 55 perc. A repter nem tul nagy, a csomag is eleg gyorsan meglett, szerencsesen. ... read more

Well well well. First day of school. It turns out I have classes tuesdays and fridays, with an online class on wednesday. The campus I am taking classes at is the science and medicine complex, which looks a little more industrial than the law campus, which is in the city center inside old beautiful buildings, in between cobble stone alley ways and coffee shops. By bike, it is about 20 minutes to the medical complex, but of course, the bike I was left to use had a flat tire, and I didn't realize this until an hour before my first class. At least I had an hour, or so I thought. I live on the west wide of the river, near the market square. To get to UM (maastricht university), I have to go through the ... read more