Blogs from Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe - page 4

Thursday 23 April Yesterday’s weather: Sun and 20 degrees! And we spent the whole day in the car. Racing on the Autobahn, where 130 km/hour are considered slow… Keep up with the pace! 600 km later we were in Bad Grund. Yes, K came up with the idea to see our “own” place again, Park Hotel Flora in Bad Grund, Harz. (See the entries from 9 and 11 of Mars ). The lovely hotel garden is now blooming, the food is great, the owner is lovely, so we decided to make it an extra day here. The woman who runs this place has now started up the kitchen for the season, and her husband is the chef. And he could really cook. So we are going there tonight again for their daily dinner with three courses. ... read more

Bad Grund, Germany, still monday the 9th. Mostly we spent the day in the car. And mostly it was raining. These highways are really great. But they tend to be very,very,very long... We picked a little place not too far from the autobahn number 7 that we are travelling, and it turned out to be the oldest of twelve "Bergsstäddte", high up in the mountains. And now for people who like "kurort" and "gesundheit". "Bitte leuten", as it said on the sign, and we were in. Had an apartment for ourselves. The owner told us we were not alone at the hotel, but we daubt it. This is not the season for a "bergstadt". The winter just gone, and the spring.... no, they'll have to wait. And so do we. www.parkhotelflora.de In the restaurant "downtown", one ... read more

Day 13 - Dortmund: The Shopping City Perhaps an unlucky day? The previous night, although I went to bed at 10, some of the others in the room (the two Irish gus) must have come in after midnight. As a result of that, the hot weather, and a snoring German, on Saturday I just wanted to sleep, so I stayed in bed 'til 9, missing breakfast, and then rushing to check out by 9.30. The train to Dortmund was packed, so I sat on the floor (probably still more comfortable than National Express!!) for the hour and a half journey. In Dortmund I had a cheese and ham roll, and went to the Youth Hostel. It seemed a lot 'rougher than the other hostels I had stayed at, possibly because it's not run by DJH so ... read more

Wuppertal 0950 IC2025 晴 　　今天暖了很多，亦明顯不再「鵪鶉mode」，還是決定要去Wuppertal，還以為要跟Dortmund fans同車，但似乎他們不願多花錢，只是坐較早開出的RB。 　　IC真的很舒服，坐左邊斜對面是二男一女結伴同行，雖然有點嘈，但都頗羨慕他們。 1323 ICE559 晴 　　終於嘗試到那「古怪」的吊車了。那種在河上飛、穿越公路、闖進民居的感覺，實在平時不會有太多機會遇到。大概不是超級重工業城市，都未必有如此重鋼鐵味的交通工具。 Schwebebahn Schwebebahn Hannover ICE 1858 IC140 　　火車到Hannover時球賽已開始了（Hannover 96 v Bielefeld），於是步行到球場外，拍三數張照片圓了心願。 ... read more

These are some pictures from our PHAROS meeting that took place in Hannover at the beginning of September 2007. ... read more