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Hannover – the morning after

Monday, November 28th, 2005

24 Nov – 28 Nov, 2005

Spent our first and last days in Hannover with Markus and Kat, and Arko the dog. Markus had to work at the Christmas market, Kat had an exam, so we spent a day with Arko.

The farewell...
Markus, Kat, and Arko

Naomi worked with Joanne in Melbourne, and is currently living and teaching in Hannover. The weekend was spent travelling (courtesy of Markus and Kat’s car, thanks guys) to Gossler, and on Sunday, Bergen-Belsin. Gossler was happy and festive, snow and food and drink. Bergen-Belsin was a Nazi camp and is now a memorial, and the depressing mood was an amazing contrast against the snow. (btw, Bergen-Belsin is the camp where Anne Frank died)

Gossler
Christmas market, Gossler

Bergen-Belsin
Bergen-Belsin memorial

Berlin

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

20 Nov – 24 Nov, 2005

What an amazing city Berlin is. Third time here, and we could still entertain ourselves so easily, with dozens of things left for another time. Some were new sites, some were things we have not got around to in previous visits, and some were things that we could not help but see again.

Highlight sites for this time round: controversial, yet amazingly powerful, recently opened Holocaust Memorial; fantastic exhibition at the Guggenheim; the glass addition atop the revamped Reichstag; Russian war memorial at Treptower park; the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre.

We stayed with Sonja, a friend we met in Argentina. And we also managed to catch up with Sharon, a friend from church from Melbourne, currently in her third year living in Berlin.

Holocaust Memorial, Berlin
Holocaust Memorial

Reichstag, Berlin
Reichstag

Beer and coffee with Sharon
Coffee and familiar looking beer, with Sharon

Turjikistan tea house, Berlin
At the Turjikistan Tea House, with Sonja

Wurtzburg and Bamberg

Sunday, November 20th, 2005
18 Nov - 20 Nov, 2005 Alex and Maren. No, not a couple, just a pair. We met them in Myanmar (Burma). If you think we got a lot of contacts from that trip, you're right. In ... [Continue reading this entry]

Bad Laasphe (quite good, really)

Friday, November 18th, 2005
16 Nov - 18 Nov, 2005 Bad Laasphe, guests of Tina's mum and dad. Went with Tina to Kassel, looking out on the plains from the Herkules monument. We got our first snow for 2005, here. Only a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Frankfurt, (well, Friedrichsdorf, actually)

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
12 Nov - 16 Nov, 2005 At the home of Dirk and Marlene. We caught an English church service, and caught some sun in the hills. Some apple wine, and a brewery or two. Even a great little ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mitfahring to Landau

Saturday, November 12th, 2005
11 Nov - 12 Nov, 2005 Back with Sebb, the guy from the surprise party back near the start of the month. This time, in his home in a prison in Landau, near Karlsruhe. Well, not a current prison, ... [Continue reading this entry]

So, Piggy went to Zurich…

Friday, November 11th, 2005
10 Nov - 11 Nov, 2005 Like Ziggy, the Piggies went to Zurich. Second fondue. Rene style. Although, he promised us fondue 6 years ago and then fled the country (actually fled the continent) when we threatened to turn up ... [Continue reading this entry]

Fondue has rules?!

Thursday, November 10th, 2005
5 Nov - 10 Nov, 2005 Do you know that fondue has rules? They are very secret, and are only revealed to new fonduers as they break the rules. Penalties can be quite steep - dropping your bread in ... [Continue reading this entry]

If you are reading this, and you know where Gundelfingen is, then you must be Hermann or Andrea.

Saturday, November 5th, 2005
1 Nov - 5 Nov, 2005 Our tri-annual reunion with the Ruchtis. 1996 in Ecuador. 1999 in Germany. 2002 in Croatia. 2005 in Germany. Time to plan for 2008... Across the door of our room for the ... [Continue reading this entry]

The best place was the wurst place…

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
29 Oct - 1 Nov, 2005 Does the fog ever lift in Ingolstadt? Don't think we saw the sun, here. Each day, though, we managed to travel with Falk and Regina, met in Myanmar, to places where the rays ... [Continue reading this entry]