Blogs from Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Die 7. Woche dieses Projektes in Niedersachsen ist gut verlaufen. Der Kunde hat uns auch mündlich gesagt, dass das Team in Q1/2019 gleich bleibt. Daher habe ich mir am Freitag eine Flasche Champagner gekauft, die ich leeren werde, sobald der Vertrag da ist. Am Sonntag bin ich dann nach Goslar gefahren. Obwohl ich 16 Monate in Hannover gewohnt habe, habe ich da die Stadt noch nicht besucht. Ich in der Nähe der Kaiserpfalz geparkt und diese zuerst besichtigt. Insbesondere die Kaiserhalle und die angegliederte Kapelle waren sehr sehenswert. Dann bin ich an der Domvorhalle vorbei in die Altstadt. Dort gibt es viele Fachwerkhäuser und es gab schon Vorbereitungen für einen Weihnachtsmarkt. In einem Café am Marktplatz habe ich dann einen sehr großen Windbeutel mit Kaffee zu mir genommen und bin im Anschluss zum Bergwerk Rammelsberg. Dieses ... read more

Kisbee all excited again today as he came out of the garage. All fired up and ready to go for a ride. Actually the ride was short, only a couple of miles along the road into Goslar. What a wonderful place to visit. Designated Unesco World Heritage in 1992 all the streets are still lined with perfectly preserved timbered buildinsg. There are some real beauties among them. Wonderful carvings, painted decoration, some tiled all over in ornate slate patterns. We saw nothing out of place. No modern billboard to spoil the look, just an entire town of near perfect historic buildings. The town has a wealthy heritage dating back to the 10th century because of the mineral mines on the edge of town at Rammerlsberg where silver, lead, zinc and copper were mined in abundance. We ... read more

What do you do when your school asks you to if you want to, again, spend a month of your summer vacation in Germany? Of course, you say "Yes" and then spend the month while your there analyzing if this is really your reality? While not being a German teacher, I am lucky to have made this trip not just once, but twice in the past three years. It really is the most awesome and unique experience. While I have traveled to a number of places, this trip stands out as being so special because I was actually able to become apart of the community and make connections that continue to each to grow each year. This exchange between Shaker Hts. H.S. and the Ratsgymnasium in Goslar Germany has been an reoccuring event for the last ... read more

I hadn't been back to Goslar since 1996 when I finished my summer job there as a student at a local recycling firm, so our decision to head back there for a quick overnight stay had me wondering whether the place would still be the sleepy little town in the Harz mountains that I remembered. We arrived at the station fairly early in the day following our journey from Koeln and were pretty knackered, especially with the heat that day. Luckily, the Tourist Info office in town quickly found us some accomodation at a very central guesthouse (thankfully not the guesthouse I'd stayed in 10 years previously, which was run by a small battleaxe of a woman who thought your every move was hers to monitor..she was, in fact, still on the Tourist Info list but ... read more