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Published: August 31st 2009
Rheine with Dom
The train bridge and Cathedral in CologneMy last few weeks in Germany I made it a point to sort of say good-bye to my favorite cities. I couldn’t have been prouder to live in the state of Nord Rheine Westfallen. The state was filled with amazing cities and mind blowing sites. Even though Remscheid was not a glamorous city it still became my home and a town I miss.
Köln The city of Cologne over the year was always the place to go when I wanted a change of scenery. It was not much further away from Düsseldorf but for the first 5 months it also cost me 6 Euros roundtrip since my first pass only let me travel through the northern part of my state. I will still remember the first time I saw the Cologne Cathedral and how over the year it never lost its power over me. It was also the city of Karneval and all the craziness of that German tradition. I had 2 great friends that lived there and were always available for a coffee when I decided to head into the city. It was my good friends from home and family’s favorite town in Germany and a city I will
Cologne
The amazing Cathedral "Der Dom" defiantly visit again.
Düsseldorf The city of Düsseldorf is filled with great memories. I believe that I went to Düsseldorf at least once a week to have dinner or coffee with my friend Alison. It was the town I often went shopping in or enjoyed an Alt beer by the Rheine while the sun was setting. I went to many of its festivals and enjoyed its great breweries in the Altstadt. I knew the train schedule to Düsseldorf like the back of my hand. It didn’t have any amazing monuments or churches but had a trendy yet traditional feel like no other town in Germany. It was the place I first experienced a Christmas Market and its airport helped me to experience more of Europe than I ever thought possible.
Wuppertal Wuppertal was one of the first big towns I experienced in NRW after moving to Remscheid. I went to the Bergische Universität Wuppertal for the fall semester and later it became the home of my great friend Martin’s apartment. I learned quickly about the German university system and its annoying bureaucracy. It was the closest large train station and often the place I spent large amount of
Am Langen Tisch
The longest day of sunlight is celebrated with a festival in my German cities time after missing my connection. It was the home of the 3rd most beautiful zoo in Germany and of the world famous Schewebahn. Even though I am sure I cursed its name often after watching my train pull away, it contained some of my greatest memories.
In the last few weeks of my time in Remscheid I was able to attend a few of the festival I helped to plan in Stadtmarketing. We even had an opening of a new main train station. This was my favorite since I had been waiting basically 10 months to see the new Hauptbahnhof and I was so excited to be part of the planning for its grand opening. Remscheid really will always be my German hometown. It was the place I got to know so well because of my internship. I think one of the biggest things that made it feel like home was my host family. I never felt like living in Remscheid was just a place to sleep but truly a place I was able to call home.
My last day in Remscheid with my host family was the Sunday before my 2 week vacation through southern Europe. I
Dusseldorf City Hall
Alison and I in Ddorf was able to have a nice lunch with my host family and exchange gifts with them before I left. Saying good-bye actually felt as hard as it was before leaving Minnesota. They became my family for a year and my relationship with them will not soon be forgotten. I went to bed early the next morning since I was flying out early to Naples, Italy.
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