Category — Germany

End of September 2009 As I was heading towards the car I thought it was strange it doesnt react to my remote opening attempts. “The remote control battery must be done”, I thought. Turns out the car battery was done. Shit. I had all the luggage with me, was heading to meet O. in Munchen. [...]

The most famous palace in Berlin does not lie in Berlin. But in Potsdam, but nobody worries, no matter how persistently it rains – maybe because Potsdam is the former capital of the Prussian empire, or maybe because the palace is called Sans Souci, i.e. “no worry”. Built by Friederich 2nd, a.k.a. The Great, a.k.a. [...]

Architecture is not the thing that knocked me out in Berlin. Probably the most historically battered big metropolis of the Western World is a relatively chaotic mix of styles, mostly modern and… construction site-ish, with oasis of old buildings in-between. What makes Berlin special though can hardly be captured in pictures. It is in the [...]

When saying “Würzburg”, I had absolutely no image forming in my head. Nothin. Emptyness. Grey spot. Not even blank, grey – no idea why. Well, it was a very pleasant surprise. The first sight after emerging from the underground parking lot was this church in this square from where I randomly walked along this road [...]

I heard about Hechingen from Ms. S and Mr. N, our hosts in München, who described it as an insider tip – the most famous Hohenzollern castle is at Sigmaringen, but this one, at Hechingen, is a hidden gem. And when I saw it from far away it reminded me of a book with germanic [...]

Since i was already at the airport, i thought of taking a quick look at the city. Asked Jane to take me to the centre, some parking closeby. And I emerged on the surface directly in the Schillerplatz, lively on a Sunday fresh fruit market. The big church on the left turned out to be [...]

On the way from Stuttgart to München we stopped in Ulm. I knew there’s something about the church (Münster) in Ulm, but didn’t quite know what it was. On a first impression, it is tall, very tall. Wikipedia told us that it actually has the highest church tower in the world. (!). This one: Satisfied, [...]