Schloss Rheydt
21 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Normally I leave my car at in Mönchengladbach and travel to and from work using the train. But, because I visited Waterloo yesterday, I travelled home to Düsseldorf by car on Friday. Today, ILeia mais
ein Berliner
23 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
. . . and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Solar Schloss
24 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The Solar Schloss, all bright and yellow like the sun.
Oberkassel, Düsseldorf
28 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Cologne and Düsseldorf don't like one another. The rivalry goes back centuries. Cologne is a Roman city, and hence Catholic. While Düsseldorf grew later; organically as a trading and secular city.Leia mais
Altbier in die Altstadt
28 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Altbier (old beer) is the beer drunk in Düsseldorf and the nearby cities of Mönchengladbach and Krefeld. Here, in pubs, trinkhalles or kiosks, you will struggle to find a beer which isn't anLeia mais
Düsseldorf Volksgarten
29 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Düsseldorf Volksgarten - or should that be Gänsegarten?
Giant Wooden Strawberry with Man Inside
29 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I was 26 when I saw my first giant wooden strawberry with a man inside. I've been seeing them every since. Outside the Bilk Arcarden, what's that, a giant wooden strawberry! The other day, in theLeia mais
Boisheim
30 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
So, I had a meeting in Holland again today. To get there, I took the Venlo train as far as a tiny little German town called Boisheim. There, my boss picked me up and we made the rest of the journey toLeia mais
Lichtenvoorde - W.E. Engineering B.V.
30 de junho de 2015, Países Baixos ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Holland, they weren't lying when they said it was flat. My God it is flat! I headed up to Lichtenvoorde again on Tuesday, to meet with Leon at W.E Engineering, and discuss the problems we have withLeia mais
Neuss
30 de junho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
So I can travel directly from Düsseldorf Bilk to Mönchengladbach, but to travel back Bilk, I have to switch trains at Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof. I did, anyway, until I found out this week that I anLeia mais
Neanderthal
3 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
'It's too hot,' my boss said. 'The office is closed tomorrow, you have the day off.' So, yeah, today has been a free holiday. In the morning, I had to run some errands, but from about 12 onwards I wasLeia mais
Neanderthal Museum
3 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The Neanderthal museum strikes a good balance between not dumbing down the subject matter yet simultaneously managing to appeal to children and/or Americans by providing lots of visual display.
TheLeia mais
Köln (Cologne)
4 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Brühl
4 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Schloss Falkenlust, Brühl
5 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Schloss Augustusburg, Brühl
5 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Oxi or Nai?
5 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
On Friday I didn't go to work because, in the full glare of the sun, the temperature was nearing 40 degrees. And, also, I haven't received any post in over a month because DHL workers have been onLeia mais
Duisburg
5 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
It's the unanimous opinion of everyone who's been there: 'don't go to Duisburg' they say. Well, while I'm in Germany, I want to see everything, the good the bad and the ugly. So off I went toLeia mais
Duisburg Innenhafen
5 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Duisburg Innenhafen, a vast network of water channels just off the Rhein in Duisburg. Used, in the past, for loading cargo and shipping it up the Rhein. Today It has been gentrified and is now aLeia mais
Frankreichfest
12 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Ever since the signing of the Élysée Treaty in 1963 France and Germany have gone to great lengths to become as united as possible. The Frankreichfest in Düsseldorf -- that takes place every year onLeia mais
Kirmes
18 de julho de 2015, Alemanha ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Thorn, Netherlands
19 de julho de 2015, Países Baixos ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Thorn, the white village.
Bree
19 de julho de 2015, Bélgica ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Opglabbeek
19 de julho de 2015, Bélgica ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Wyck, Maastricht
19 de julho de 2015, Países Baixos ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
























































































































