http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , North Rhine-Westphalia en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:24 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:30:24 +0000 India is globally known for its glorious past rich tradition heritage and culture. Once a golden sparrow India is bestowed with numerous architectural structures mainly built by the Mughals and Britishers. Further the country offers diverse flavors of past to the travelers and history lovers. A trip to this wonderful destination will endow you with a lot of unparallel natural beauties manmade http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Altenbeken/blog-787240.html Wir verfuegen ueber ausserordentliche Beziehungen zu profilierten Pflegeagenturen welche polnische Pflegekraefte mit ausreichenden Kentnissen der deutschen Sprache anstellen und selbige unnachsichtig entsprechend Recht in deutsche Familien schicken. Somit koennen wir den Menschen leistbare rund um die Uhr Pflegedienste fuer Angehoerige bereithalten. help4seniors.de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Bad-Lippspringe/blog-786557.html Finally we found a Starbucks we are back in Cologne and in view of the magnificent DOM. may1413On Andernach...getting there on the boat was a wonderful experience peacefully floating along the Rhine smoothly the hills and wineries outside our window we had three naps that day that was before 130 pm when we arrived in Andernach where the volunteer fire brigade was celebrating 125 years http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/blog-785871.html Live from a Starbucks in Cologne gotta make it quick they are closing soon. no WiFi on the ship. We only really have one thing to say THE DOM We are in AWE no words can describe it no picture can do it justice you have go to see this..... Steve and I had an incredible spiritual experience being here and we lit a candle in memory of my Dad four years today and in memory of Jim four ye http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-785415.html Kristin generously gave me the login and password to her travel blog so that I could practice my hand at blogging without having to create my own profile. What a good sister. Let me begin by saying that I thought I would write a couple of blogs about where I was and what I was doing and have pictures to both illustrate and make you all jealous...but like a dumb dumb I can39t seem to figure o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Aachen/blog-783549.html A small medieval city in the West of Germany. Worth visiting for a few days. My personal highlight was the Cuperella Cafe. It was the Abitur time and the young people in the city were crazily happy screaming and singing in the streets. There is also a good university in Aachen focused more on technology and science. The Cathedral and the Rathaus in the city center are definitely on the must http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Aachen/blog-778278.html Kann man eine Weltreise auf nur einige wenige Zahlen zusammen fassenEin Versuch480 Tage unterwegs das entspricht1 Jahr und 114 Tagenoder auch 15 Monate und 23 TageBesuchte Lnder 15 Lnder ohne Transit oder VisarunLnderHchster Punkt 5550 Meter auf dem Kala Pattar in NepalNiedrigster Punkt 30 Meter beim Tauchen in Honduras und MalaysiaLngste Busfahrt 23 Stunden in Vietnam von Ho http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Neuss/blog-773657.html Well after toing and froing from Germany to England I decided I needed a break I was still in the throws of deciding where to live . After living in Germany for 20 plis years I really wanted to try my luck in the UK my native country. I was made redundant from my job in Germany and was prepared to move to the UK to be with a girl I had just met there .So I sold up my son moved out and I wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Gutersloh/blog-773466.html Alright so we39re gonna play a little catch up here. So been about a week since I put some words down here. I was particularly inspired today though and thought I would come back and talk about whats happened since then. So lets start with Karneval. During this festival I ended up meeting this girl from America by total accident because I was lost looking for a certain place a friend of mine I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/D-sseldorf/blog-771943.html Today was tough. Long flight with little sleep although I did have the whole row of seats to myself which I made into a mini bed thing. Still I couldn39t sleep well. Once I arrived in Dusseldorf the brother of my exchange sister Marten met me in the lobby. Immediately my german was put the test. I didn39t do so bad but I know it could be better but my mind was little frazzled at that point. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Dusseldorf/blog-768708.html Besides visiting the Christmas Markets having a good sleep now that we could without the kids... spending some money at the shopping streets we also strolled around in Cologne and did a little sightseeing...First we visited the Cathedral and its environment. We crossed the Rhine at the Hohenzollern Bridge. The bridge itself was full with love padlocks symbolizing the everlasting love .Afte http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-768238.html 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Aachen/blog-765796.html It39s almost impossible not noticing the Christmas markets in Cologne Kln. There are six of them ... Each with its own character. Cologne is known for its Christmas markets. Though not our main reason for visiting the city we definitely wanted to visit them. And I have to admit it though I am not that keen on Christmas markets it was much better than expectedThe one that impressed us http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-764058.html I have to admit. Krefeld Germany looked like a god forsaken place. It looked like the kind of place where people can be sent as a punishment. I have a habit of taking long walks every night around the place where I am staying. I go out and talk to random people about casual things. In the three nights that I stayed in Mercure Krefeld I realized that you can only have those conversations with ei http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Krefeld/blog-762877.html Cologne is our first stop within Germany and the weather has not disappointed Less than 24hours here and already it is snowingexcellentWe arrived in Cologne and as has been tradtion so far jumped on a City Tour to get an introduction to the city. From this tour we discovered Cologne had 6 Christmas Markets all looked interesting and we were excited to see them. After spending 90mins on the b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-759178.html ltspangtltspangtBLOG 4 EASTERN GERMANY Please ignore the previously sent blog text. Pictures remain as is.ltspangtltspangtltspangtHere is what should have been sent.ltspangt As we entered a stellplatz in Leipzig the weather changed dramatically. Temperatures dropped and the 39grizzlles39 gray and drizzly took over. After one day of hunkering down doing laundry d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Bruggen/blog-755640.html 3 BLOG CONTINUING OUR NORTHERN GERMANY TRAVELS As we entered Hamburg we found our MH stellplatz which accommodated 60 units within the city limits. By quickly settling in and jumping on the Metro we were able to observe a study in contrasts within a German city. Alll businesses in Germany are closed on Sunday giving an impression of a sleeping metropolis. Our MH site was 2 metro stops http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Bruggen/blog-755626.html Mein Mann ist vom Sternzeichen her Lwe. Das merkte man immer wieder. Ich lass jede Woche unsere Horoskope. Gut gebrllt Lwe stand diese Woche ber seinem Horoskop. Zu oft regte er sich in letzter Zeit auf immer kam was Neues was ihn aufregte. In der Zeitung entdeckte ich einen Aufruf von der Polizei Sicherheit rund ums Haus und den Garten. Das interessierte mich die Einbrche mehrte http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Arnsberg/blog-748476.html Ja ich hab mich kurzerhand entschlossen doch noch nach Detmold zu fahren alte Freunde zu besuchen und ein bisserl zu tun gabs auch. Die paar Bilder die ich hier einstelle sind alle aus der Innenstadt. Wenn man fr lngere Zeit nicht da war merkt man eigentlich dass es doch ganz schn hier ist. Ich werde noch ein paar Bilder nachladen wie ich frher hier gewohnt habe Habe diese leider http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Detmold/blog-743808.html I am learning new words today. Da means yes Ausfarht Exit Einsfarht Entry. I kept seeing what I thought were the exits named for a town called Ausfarht and I nievely thought it meant the name of the town. Shhhhhesh.Ausfarht fart Lol They use a lotta dirty words here I think. Last time I was here they had a bus company name called fucker now they changed it to fuecker because they were gett http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/D-sseldorf/blog-742225.html