http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Schleswig-Holstein en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:13 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:13 +0000 My first triathlon of the season the Waltriathlon in Brunsbttel near Hamburg on the 26th of May was a challenge in many ways. Firstly I had not had a lot of time to exercise. Remember my last blog entries there was so much travelling in April and a lot of work to do. The two weekends of May that I was in Hamburg I had to work on my Ph.D. because there is a congress coming up in which I woul http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Itzehoe/blog-790963.html Three weeks ago I participated in my fourth triathlon. I am sorry it took me so long to write this story. Right after it I was simply too busy helping with the preparations for two weddings Hetty and Stefans in Garmisch near Munich and Marie and Matthias in Schorndorf near Stuttgart a congress in Berlin and a week of further training in Cologne. But here you go.My end of season triathl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Lauenburg-Elbe/blog-745212.html I visited Germany39s northernmost region SchleswigHolstein.We were hosted at the family farm of the friends of Sonja. They spoke Hoch Deutsch and Plattdeutsch Very few people are left who speak Plattdeutsch. I was very happy to discuss the linguistic situation of the region with the locales.To thank them for their kind hospitality I offered to cook the local families a nice meal. I tought t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Schleswig-Flensburg/blog-733967.html La forma de vestir para la playa dice mucho acerca de usted as que salvarte a ti mismo por ser un desastre de la moda visita a Hurley marca de ropa. Sea cual sea su estilo la amplia seleccin de ropa de marca Hurley nosotros tenemos algo que ofrecer. Y seguro que no podra ir mal con una marca que es la confianza de tantas personas.Urban WearEl autor de este artculo tiene experiencia en r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Bosdorf/blog-722905.html Yesterday was a perfect day for a triathlon. It was dry and sunny but not too hot and there was some wind but not too much. I had signed up for the Waltriathlon in Brunsbttel a little more than an hour northwest of Hamburg. I felt well prepared for the triathlon basic endurance and muscle formation training during the winter followed by interval training many intense training units during http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Itzehoe/blog-719458.html Sziasztok Hansa turnenk masodik hetenek vegen jelentkezem ismet Hamburgbol a Sutra Collective kalarijabol. Floraval vagyunki kinnt Lucieeknal thaiamsszazstanfolytamot tartunk es az esti fozocskezes utan amig mindenki bennt acrozgat lazan a szentelyben egy picit megulok bloggolni. Nem rossz kis utunk volt idaig 14 oras vonat at Pozsonyon aludtammajd elmentem wcre Pragan itt szabad http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/L-beck/blog-716075.html Jetzt ist meine Tour schon fast ein Jahr vorbei und ich wurde schon von ein paar Leuten gefragt warum in meinem Blog eigentlich das letzte Stck fehlt. Tja wei ich auch nicht. Vorgenommen hatte ich es mir die ganze Zeit auch das Ende aufzuschreiben. Und nun ist es endlich soweit mit einem gewissen Abstand.Mein Rckflug nach Frankfurt am 30.3. war noch ein passender Abschluss von Indien. Me http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-715864.html When I was first offered the teaching position in Kiel I naturally did a bit of research before accepting or declining it. The first thing I read about the city after Googling it was about Kieler Woche or Kiel Week. Each year the city plays host to a week long sailing festival at the end of June. Sailing fanatics from all over the world descend upon this small city for races concerts and the in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-678602.html If someone had told me a year ago that I would be living in Germany in a few short months I would have looked at this person and said Really Awesome. I had been looking for work abroad for some months and it was about time something came upAnywho my move to Northern Germany was swift. I was interviewed offered a position and relocated in about a month and a half. It was my first real job http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-678363.html Well after a month in Florida on vacation I39m back on board. The weather has changed dramatically and my big coat and hat are out of storage. Kiel is sunny but cold and it feels like the winter is pushing hard to get here. Today we have a NE wind from Scandinavia which is bringing the temperature down a lot.Plans for this week are the normal maintenance on the boat and my accounts. Soon b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-660599.html Saturday evening in Rendsburg Germany and I am writing this sitting at the kitchen table at Gabi and Christines house after a day at the beach in Germany..a day at the beach with a difference compared to a day at the beach in NZ.Anyway Id better start from yesterday which was a very early start in Paris as we had to be at Paris North railway station at 5.40am for our 6am train to Germ http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/blog-660295.html Deichspaziergang 13.08.2011.Am Samstag machten wir einen 2stndigen Spaziergang an den Deichen entlang. Das Wetter hatte sich etwas gebessert. Am Morgen regnete es nur noch vereinzelt und so gegen 15 Uhr kam immer mehr die Sonne zum Vorschein. Die Deiche sind von vielen Schafen bevlkert die das Gras auf den Deichen schn kurz halten. Sie sind sehr zutraulich und an Spaziergnger in ihrem Re http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Husum/blog-634758.html Hafenfest in Husum 12.08.2011.Vom 10. bis 14. August fand in Husum das Hafenfest statt. Die Strassen entlang dem Hafen waren mit unzhligen Buden und Stnden gesumt. Wir statteten dem Fest natrlich einen Besuch ab. Vom Campingplatz aus waren es so etwa 3 Kilometer die wir bis zum Festplatz unter die Fsse nehmen mussten. Auf dem Festplatz kehrten wir in einem alten Schiff ein welches als http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Husum/blog-634748.html Husum 11.08.2011.Am Donnerstag haben wir Dnemark den Rcken gekehrt und sind in Husum gelandet. Eigentlich wollten wir ja Sylt besuchen doch das Wetter machte uns einen gehrigen Strich durch die Rechnung. Am Vorabend in Sonderballe hatte es wie aus Kbeln angefangen zu schtten. Die ganze Nacht trommelte der Regen wie wild auf unser Dach und liess uns kaum schlafen. Zudem standen wir wied http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Husum/blog-634739.html After a relaxing day cruising through the Kiel Canal we changed clothes into our Formal wear for the Farewell dinner in the La Fontaine dinning room. Laurieanne had cooked up an event for the dinner. Five people including John were going to enter the dinning room wearing masks and see what the reaction would be. I was the official photographer for the event. Laurieanne had previously bought http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/blog-631417.html Right after breakfast I went up to the top deck to view and take pictures of the approach to the Kiel Canal. There were already people with chairs along the rail so I found a space and took pictures between people. The whether was good clear and sunny. The Kiel Canal the world39s busiest artificial waterway links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. An average of 250 nautical miles are sav http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-631161.html PURE EXCITEMENTTime passed quickly and here we are now excited nervous and braindead. So much to think about but by now we sorted out almost everything I guess.Backpacks are packed and we 39re kinda ready to go. And all three of us can39t wait to have the time of our life. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-613172.html Heya everybody this is our first blog entry Since it39s all three of us who created this blog we will always type our names above a text if it39s going to be a personal comment or perspective. Here we go.PreparationsOne week left and then we39re off to Southeast Asia. After planning this trip for over half a year now we managed to get the money together to make our dream become true http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-611556.html Germany KielOn the way to Kiel we saw lots of dear more then we have seen any were else they do not look so well I do not think that they are coping with the 2m high snow everywhere. All we have seen for the last few days is snow piled high everywhere we have been. Before we got to our hotel in Kiel we stopped at a supermarket and got some supply getting lots of German food like German sauga s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Kiel/blog-477272.html Zum letzten Mal in Aumhle nchstes Mal in HamburgLokstedt for the last time in Aumhle next time in HamburgLokstedt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Schleswig-Holstein/Aumuhle/blog-475350.html