Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Europe. Show all posts
Friday, October 14, 2016

Germany trip 2016, part 6: Hamburg Botanic Garden

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Today we visited the Botanic Garden of Hamburg, Germany. Not, however, the old, well-known park Planten un Blomen , but the gardens at the s...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Germany trip 2016, part 5: tropical crop plants

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Today we visited the Universität Kassel Gewächshaus für tropische Nutzpflanzen (greenhouse for tropical crop plants) in Witzenhausen. ...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Germany trip 2016, part 4: Göttingen

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I studied biology and obtained my doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, but I had not visited the town in quite a few years. ...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Germany trip 2016, part 3: Burg Hanstein

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The trip today was to a castle ruin called Burg Hanstein and the nearby forest. Burg Hanstein from the distance. The nice Fachwerk hous...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Germany trip 2016, part 2: Kassel

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Today we visited the city of Kassel, specifically the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, a large park to the west of the city. It features magnificent t...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Germany trip 2016, part 1

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We have arrived in Germany for a family holiday. A few observations, mostly on the trip getting here. I very much liked the airport of Singa...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Europe: Hagenbecks Tierpark

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Although we are staying for a few more days, this may be my last post on our Europe trip because we are not doing so many tours any more. Mo...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Europe: Lüneburg and its amusing fountain

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Lüneburg is the town my father was born in, and my parents have set up for retirement nearby. An old Hanseatic trading town that made its w...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Goodbye France, hello Germany

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The first part of our trip is over, tomorrow we will travel to northern Germany. Time to have a last look at pictoresque south-western Frenc...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Europe day 11: Chateau de Peyrepertuse

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Another big tour today. We visited the Chateau de Peyrepertuse and the Gorges de Galamus, both among the most popular tourist destinations o...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Europe day 9: Carcassonne

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Another big trip today, this time to Carcassonne. I had been there before, in 1999, but did not remember that it was so big, and then probab...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Europe day 8: Various ruins

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Today we made a trip to the coast to escape the rain. Along the way we went for a short walk in the Garrigue and visited two other sites. ...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Europe day 4

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Walked from Lanet to Mouthoumet and back today and am pretty tired now. Either just not used to it any more or still jetlagged, don't kn...