In the morning after our arrival in Prague, we first go to the train station to buy a ticket for the bus to Germany. After the debacle with the bus in Warsaw, we want to make sure where exactly the bus leaves. Later we will take the DB bus to Mannheim. Departure point is directly […]
Cities
Visiting the Monastery Museum Santa Clara la Real
On our departure day in Murcia, we had time in the morning for a last visit to the city. We wanted to visit the Monastery Museum Santa Clara la Real. In the streets of Murcia, normality has returned, and nothing reminds of the phenomenal festival Entierro de la Sardina last week. The Monastery Museum Santa […]
A day trip to Valencia
Valencia is the capital of the Province of Valencia. Founded by the Romans, the city became famous in the 15th century for its silk weaving and its silk stock exchange. At that time, the city had already 75,000 inhabitants and it created numerous Gothic city palaces. After our arrival in Valencia, we first visited the […]
A short visit to Cartagena
The morning in Murcia welcomes us with sunshine. The perfect day for a short visit to Cartagena on the southeast coast of Spain. The second largest city of the region Murcia lies at the Costa Cálida, only 50 km away from the city of Murcia. We reach Cartagena after about 40 minutes via a well-developed […]
In search of the Warsaw Ghetto
No major city in Europe suffered more under the Nazi terror regime than Warsaw. After the withdrawal of German troops, the city was largely destroyed and in most parts practically uninhabitable. All the more remarkable is the considerable achievement the Poles have made in rebuilding the city. Today you see modern urban features in which […]
City walk in the southern part of Warsaw
We are reconciled with the world again, the sun is shining. So we start a new city walk in the southern part of Warsaw, in the Business District. Here you see many spectacular skyscrapers, built around the Palace of Culture with its Stalinist (Socialist Realism) architecture in recent years. For many years it was the […]
Royal Castle in Warsaw
The Royal Castle in Warsaw lies in the center of the city. Until the 18th century, it was the seat of the Polish kings. However, the castle hill has been inhabited already for 8000 years. The oldest preserved parts of the castle date back to the 15th century. The castle garden dates from that time. […]
First steps in Warsaw
After arriving in Warsaw in the evening in the dark, we set off the next morning to explore the center of the city. Unfortunately, the weather plays a trick on us; it rains. We only have a rough idea in which direction we should go. So we miss the right metro exit and drive one […]
Visiting Karl Marx in Trier
In 2018, Trier is entirely dominated by Karl Marx, who was born here 200 years ago. When we communicated with Eithne Treanor about her upcoming visit to us, she asked what we were going to do. We said we were going to visit Karl Marx. Then she seemed to be really excited, which we interpreted […]