Blogs from Coburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Nachdem wir die Feiertage gut überstanden hatten, fuhren meine Mutter und ich an Neujahr nach Coburg. Ich war ja schon einmal 1995 kurz vor meinem Studium in der Stadt. Diesmal nahmen wir den Frankenschnellweg, bei dem wir den fertigen Ausbau bis zum Nürnberger Hafen bewundern konnten. Hoffentlich wird auch das Stück an den Rampen bald kreuzungsfrei. Das Wetter war eher bedeckt und wir fanden problemlos den vorher ausgesuchten kostenlosen Parkplatz in der Nähe des Zentrums. Wir sahen ein altes Fachwerkhaus und den Marktplatz mit dem Albrechtsdenkmal. Nur die berühmten Coburger Bratwürste wurden dort an dem Tag leider nicht verkauft. Von dort gingen wir weiter zum Schlossplatz, wo Schloss Ehrenburg, das Edinburgh Palais, das Landestheater und die Arkaden ein schönes Ensemble bildeten. Die Herzöge von Coburg sind ja verwandtschaftlich mit dem britischen Königshaus verbunden. Anschließend g... read more

Samba is now over, Lots of dancing and drinking! Over 50 different drum groups and loads of girls :D Saturday we hung out at samba and actually went though the festival, ate food and saw the competitions. Sunday we went to go see the samba finale, this consisted of a parade of all the different drum and dance groups. After we walked through the town and then headed home. So tired after 3 days of partying so in bed by 9, and I finally started reading my book. Perhaps a mistake, as I can't put it down... Today I went to talk to the english teacher at the school, and walked around the town. You find many interesting things when you walk alone. I even managed to put some money on my phone even though the ... read more

After 20something hours of traveling, i have come to my destination! Ended up catching the train out of frankfurt at 830 in the morning. The ICE is FAST, speedo went well over 220 km/h. Because of the earlier train i had 4 hours to kill in nurnberg, walked around the old part of town, saw the sites and had a brat and bun for lunch. Arrived in coburg at 330pm where we hung around at home for a while then walked around downtown. Going to bed early as i've been awake for 30 hours now, so after a good nights sleep i should be jetlag free. Flying over what i believe is hudsons bay. This is what looking out the window when your flying down the tracks at over 200km/h. Lastly, this is the fountain in ... read more

I met Karin Engelhardt by accident in Hofbrauhaus a couple of weeks ago, and found out that she was the first Fachhochschule Coburg student to come to K-State. That was three years ago now, but she’s still around, finishing up her last semester in school. She goes home almost every weekend to her town of Himmelkron and she invited me to with her anytime I liked, so I called her up for this past weekend of the 17th-19th of June. (June? Already?) Karin picked me up Friday afternoon, and we hit the road. The first stop was supposed to be a visit to Karin’s godmother, who was in the hospital with minor pains, but a few wrong turns later happenstance put us at the foot of a hill with a well-known Pilgramige Church atop. I’d known ... read more

Our school’s student-organized design fair is better described in pictures than in words. Website... read more