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It is pretty hard to find internet in rural Germany, so it has taken me a while to post this. I was walking along the R1 bicycle route, which goes from Riga on the Baltic Sea all the way to Antwerp on the North Sea. I had not seen anyone for hours, just myself, the forest, the birds, and the last few chapters of Catch 22. I saw some buildings off the path, and I proceeded to unshoulder my pack and looked at the buildings. It was a former Russian Army base, with colossal tank garages and decrepit barrack buildings. What [View Full Entry]

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By nouques
December 4th 2008
Halle Europe » Germany » Saxony-Anhalt » Halle an der Saale
Les deux jours que je viens de passer à Halle était géniaux: Arrivée mercredi à l'hotel à 11h, Je retrouve les 5 assistants français mais aussi une 15aine d'autres assistants américains, anglais, russes et italiens. Ce petit "Erfahrungsaustausch" échange d'expérience commence bien: Les serveuses viennent nous apporter notre buffet pour le midi: petit pains "Brötchen" avec fromage, charcuterie, fruits... ils sont aux petits soins avec nous. Pendant ce temps là, on a eu le temps de faire les premières présentations et je dois passer une dédicace là : Merci le Sziget ! lol Je portais mon Tshirt [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 4th 2008 | 39 Views | [diary=351326]

Chateau de Halle
au restaurant
les plats allemands

Halle and Germany in general have a very advanced environmental management system. It is probably not unique to this country because the lack of space in Europe is common. The city has a comprehensive environmental management department that includes waste management, recycling, forestry, water/air quality provision and protection, nature preservancy, wastewater/stormwater GIS and aything else you can imagine that would be "Umwelt" in nature. The department produces multiple brochures and even a calendar for sale that describe waste collection and environmental protection requirements. Ea [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 28th 2008 | 43 Views | [diary=328537]

Compost Bin
German EPA
EPA II

When I woke up this morning, I swore I was not going to have any Bier today but alas I was thwarted by my travelmates at lunchtime. I guess they have much greater responsibilities they normally have to attend to at home. Yesterday afternoon we did visit the famous Bauhaus in Dessau, home of early Modern design, but I won't bore you with that... see pictures below. After that we drove to the Weinstrasse (or Wine Road) in Seeburg and had a very nice tour and taste of some surprisingly tasty Vino! The owner gave us a tour and explained that [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 28th 2008 | 54 Views | [diary=328543]

Celebrating our Pleasant Surprise
Olaf on his Porch
Life in the German Countryside

After our short train ride from Berlin, we were greeted at the station by Mandi, a former McCloy fellow that works in this beautiful city’s business development division. Halle was founded on salt mining but was also the location of an ancient observatory earning it another fond relationship with the sun, moon and stars (you can google the Nebra Sky Disk). It is the birthplace of Händel, place of learning for Martin Luther and Our first stop was city hall. Halle's city hall was originally an annex building that was built in the 1920’s (see picture in previous inapproriat [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 28th 2008 | 54 Views | [diary=328116]

Wild Elevator Ride
Memorial to the Old City Hall
Halle Neustadt

..especially when it involves the church! Evidently Cardinal Albrecht (formerly Archbishop of Magdeburg) had a second castle and cathedral here in Halle. It was generally known that Halle was his "playground" while he did business in Magdeburg. You may recognize his name from the origins of the Reformation - a movement elevated after an argument between him and Martin Luther. Martin Luther attended the University now named after him here in Halle. Local historians believe Cardinal Albrecht had constructed a tunnel from his local castle directly to the house shown in this picture. [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 28th 2008 | 43 Views | [diary=328505]

The Illustrious Fountain
Brewhaus next to the Funhaus
Naked people guarding City Hall

5-7 July: AN OPERATIC PLAY about Joan of Arc with full orchestral complement set in St. Marien cathedral; a Dr. Marcuse horror show interpreted by a dance troupe in two-dimensional fashion behind a black-and-white screen to a constant underlying droning sound. One earns ten minutes of applause, the other yawns and walk-outs. This is the nature of the performing arts during this Theater der Welt festival -- so varied, so unpredictable. Then a rather conventional play with corner staging -- audience on two sides -- three men fishing (not an exciting premise to start with) in an abandone [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 10th 2008 | 59 Views | [diary=297909]

Hallumination

29 June: MAINSTAGE PROGRAMS at Theater der Welt are turning out to be almost exclusively new creations and works in progress. While there have been some disappointments, I have also experienced sublime moments that will, no doubt, do what I hoped for in coming here, namely provide inspiration for my own artistic work. One observation that recalls theatre experiences from my youth: There have been looong applauses following most performances -- not the phony standing ovations, but the sustained multiple-curtain-calls types you rarely see in North America. Can you imagine enthusiasti [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 30th 2008 | 78 Views | [diary=293485]

Wörlitz Bahnhof,
Mailbox
Mirror, mirror on the sidewalk

24 June: THREE UNUSUAL city tours are on my program. 1. A fleet of "Trabbis" (pet word for Trabant), those notorious yet oddly endearing people's cars without frills but plenty of gasoline fumes from the German Democratic Republic days, chauffeured by local actors, take us into the world of the old East. We shop for apple and plum pie at a bakery that has produced such goods since the old days under communism in a section of town that looks as if it's in a time warp. Finally, with a backdrop of tacky cookie-cutter subdivision of cheap townhouses (that look like [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 26th 2008 | 99 Views | [diary=291863]

Bakery in the old East
Mario, our tour guide
Every day is market day