Quer durch Roms Strassen
Der heutige Tag wurde ziemlich fremdbestimmt. Denn ich war auf einer Audio-Tour unterwegs, welche mich per iPhone App quer durch Roms Strassen führte. Read More +
Postkarten auf die harte Tour
Nun, normalerweise ist die Postkarte schnell gekauft und wenn man es wie ich hält und die Briefmarken gleich mit dazukauft, der kompliziertere Teil bereits erledigt. Briefkasten finden sich eigentlich überall. Read More +
Engelsburg und Engelsbrücke
Wie der Name schon vermuten lässt, gehören die Engelsburg und die Engelsbrücke irgendwie zusammen. Die beiden Bauwerke stehen dicht beieinander direkt am, bzw. über dem Tiber. Read More +
Ein richtiges Amphitheater
Wenn man in Windisch aufgewachsen ist und das dortige Amphitheater kennt, dann schaut man das Kolosseum gleich mit anderen Augen an. Read More +
Spanische Treppe
Da die “spanische Treppe“, welche ja eigentlich wörtlich übersetzt “Treppe der Dreifaltigkeit der Berge” heissen müsste, praktisch vor der Haustüre liegt, komme ich mehrmals am Tag daran vorbei. Read More +
Wandern in Rom
Der erste komplette Tag in Rom wurde zu einem kleinen Konditionstest. Zu Fuss ging es erst Richtung Petersplatz und dann wollte ich eigentlich “nur” auf den angrenzenden Hügel. Read More +
Well Done
For me a visit to the local Zoo is a typical part of a city tour. At Hamburg the “Hagenbecks Tierpark” is conveniently reached by the public transportation. Just after entering the park, at the elephant area a specially of the Zoo is immediately visible. People can feed the animals. This is of course a very special experience, especially with the elephants. They seem to be quite well adapted to that routine and line up at the border of their cage. Of course the animal Read More +
U-434
A bit of on the far end of the fish marked at St. Pauli, the U-434 has found its last harbor. The russian military submarine has been securely fixed at the harbor and is now serving as a museum. You can enter the ship on your own or take part in a guided tour. I can only recommend the guided tour, as you get of course good explanations of what you see and you also get more to see, as the guided tour is the Read More +
Only by Lift
The “Alter Elbtunnel” is a fully functional tunnel for cars and pedestrians. But despite the fact that you can drive through it, below the Elbe, there is no ramp to the tunnel. Instead, every vehicle that likes to pass the tunnel has to use one of four lifts to down to the ground level of the tunnel. The tunnel itself is quite nice to visit also for pedestrians as its walls are covered with white porcelain, its quite bright and friendly down here. Also there Read More +
Huge
Every thing is a bit larger here. At least if it can float on water. On the harbor tour, some very impressive ships, cranes and docks can be seen. From a bit of a distance, those cranes look like toys. But once approached with the ship, there real size becomes immanent. Some of those cranes are designed to lift several containers at once in order to be more effective in unloading and loading the panama class ships. With all the technology used here, e.g. also Read More +