Maybe the best To-Go coffee ever: the filtered coffee during the Ryanair flight (3 euro):The view while drinking the coffee – the Carpathian mountains.
Yesterday evening I was too tired to write something. After 45 km in 2 days I can say that I reached my limit. Completely tired, my muscles hurt bad and I have to fight with myself not to cry at every step that I make. OK, I exaggerate, because I actually love the pain of the muscles after a long incredible beautiful hike.Saturday – Tegeler See hike – 17km (2h31):
Sunday – Grunewald – 28,5 km (4h18):
It was a hot...
The costs for 10 days: Flight Berlin-Stockholm (Air Berlin) with backpack only: 97 euro
Bus from Arlanda Airport to Stockholm Central Station: 13,4 euro
Interrail (4 days in one month): 206 euro (including the delivery)
Hotels: 275 euro
Food: 250 euro
Public transportation: 40 euro (for bus and boat tickets, the rest I walked)
Things I liked at IFA this year:
phone calls using your finger in the ear from SAMSUNG
Aurora Borealis at LG pay with the Smartwatch from SAMSUNG
the perfect Cappuccino from Philips
the lounges in the Sommer Garden
The Harz mountains in the center of Germany are probably not tall, but for sure they are incredible beautiful. I followed the following path along the Bode river:One highlight of the trip was Hexentanzplatz (a very nice place above the world, full of bad and ugly witches 🙂 ).After 13 km and a lot of pictures I declared myself a very happy “hiker”. Please don’t make my mistakes: take some good trail shoes,...
Since some time I am trying to find the longest german word. From my point of view, germans like details and are very specific when they describe a situation.
The word that is the longest one that I found so far is:
Hottentottenstottertrottelmutterattentäterlattengitterwetterkottenbeutelrattenfangprämie
91 characters. Even if this word is not used normally and I am sure it was created just for fun, to show how cool and flexible german...
If you are on the Schwarzwaldhochstrasse don’t forget about Freudenstadt – even if the city was completely rebuilt after it was destroyed during WWII, the city will impress you.The Marktplatz is for sure something that you don’t expect for a “small” city:
The church is also rebuilt:
And this is how the church used to look like:And some history:The cherrycake in Cafe Bacher (2,6 euro):
Festspiele Theater:You can park in the parking garage near the Theater – it’s just 1km away from the center and for 2 hours you pay 3 euro.In Baden-Baden there are a lot of hidden spots like the one below. Just pick one side street and you will be amazed:The city:The Spitalkirche:The Stadtkirche:The Trinkhalle:
Hornberger Uhrenspiele (on the way to Triberg, in Niederwasser):The biggest waterfall in Germany can be found in Triberg – entrance: 4 euro
Be sure that you have a Parkscheibe in Triberg with you, the parking is 2 hours for free if you habe it. If not, you will pay 4 euro if you want to buy one. Ifnot, paid parking place are available.Cherrycake in Cafe Adler (2,6 take away and 3,2 to eat it in the cafe):
The Catholic Church in Ottersweier – first stone in 1517:Karlsruhe – Stadtgarten (entrance to the Zoo):The palace in Karlsruhe – you can visit the Landesmuseum inside the palace (6 euro Kombiticket with the tower included, Friday afternoon is for free):The view from the tower:
The Münster:
View from the tower (admission to the tower is 2 euro):Historical shopping place:Black Forest cherrycake (Kolben Kaffee) – 3,40 euro:The city:Close to the church, there are a lot of thin streets:
View from the Canon Place – I actually recommend this spot for an overview of the city – just use the bridge close to Schwabentor: The old Rathaus (1558):
The new Rathaus:
Parking price per hour is in Schwerin 1,5 euro.Swimming contest in Schwerin:
The entrance ticket in the castle is 8,5 euro for an adult. I used the ticket that I bought yesterday for all 7 castles in the area. I just had to show it at the tickets desk.The castle:Inside the castle: The throne:
Each throne room door has a different keyword:
Integritas
Veritas
Virtus
Lex
Candor
Honor
Sanctitas
Serenitas
Pax
Salus
Splendor
Decor
Castle view:The...