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On Tour

One Day in Halle

April 14, 2010

Halle (Saale) is a small town in the eastern part of Germany, it is not only the birthplace of the famous composer Händel (engl. George Frideric Handel), also the famous Halloren Chocolate Factory / Museum is located in this town. Halle is the largest city in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called [...]

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Cosplay at Leipzig Book Fair 2010

March 22, 2010

Last weekend, I was in Leipzig to visit the Leipzig Book Fair 2010. The Leipzig Book Fair is the most important spring meeting place for the publishing and media sector and has evolved into an attractive hallmark both in Germany and across Europe. But after I arrived at the exhibition grounds, it was obvious that [...]

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Narrentag 2010 – Part 02 – The Night

January 21, 2010

After the Narrenbaum was erected, the city was ready for the big Night Parade. Led by a couple of marching bands, thousands of different Narren (as I said yesterday, Narren are something like a jester or Joker) ran through the city. Jumping, laughing, whip lashing and tangerine throwing, it was a fascinating moment. Every city [...]

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Narrentag 2010 – Part 01 – The Beginning

January 20, 2010

Last weekend, I took a plane to Stuttgart , to watch an event which only takes place every 3-4 years, the Narrentag (which probably means something like “Day of the Jester”), organized by one of four famous carnival cities; Rottweil, Oberndorf, Elzach and Überlingen, all of them part of the Viererbund, a union between these [...]

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RAF Laarbruch – Abandoned Military Airbase

January 8, 2010

On my way through the western part of Germany I discovered an abandoned British military airbase in Weeze, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia. Part of it is now used as a civilian airport and you can see the old military buildings if you drive the road from the big “Welcome” sign to the airfield. The [...]

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On Tour: Nordrhein Westfalen and Back

December 31, 2009

As I mentioned before on twitter, during the last 4 days I was on a trip to visit some relatives in the Netherlands/Holland. I stayed in a Hotel in a small village called Grieth, 10 minutes away from the Border to Nijmegen. The hotel was an old restored castle and the interior decoration in some [...]

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GamesCom 2009 Press Day, Cologne

August 20, 2009

Today, I visited the GamesCom in Cologne, Europe’s leading convention for PC and console games with nearly 400 exhibitors from all over the world. In the past, the GamesCom, former GamesConvention, was held in Leipzig.

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