Travelog for: Toivo

I'm back again!

Last week I saw Heidelberg and Ulm! It was just amazing! I think first I'll show you Heidelberg.

See, this was shortly after my arrival. A view over the Neckar - a big River in Germany. In the background you can see the hills with the famous Philosopher's Way.




And the next day we had a stroll through the city. First we saw the "Tiefburg" in which once a knight had been walled in alive, a small art ground near Acadamy of Arts and the first of many nice churches.








And then we came to vegetable fields where you were told much about farming in this area.




Next we walked a part of the Philosopher's Way.



A great view of the Inner City, the Karl-Theodor-Bridge, the Heiliggeistkirche and the Castle.



A closer view of the Old Bridge (Karl-Theodor-Bridge) and the Church.





There are many old buildings in the city. This is the University Library.




And then we found the Shopping street, about 1,6km long.



And see this?



Well, usually Daniela's not very fond of these. But a HARD ROCK Cafe in the small, quite, cute city of Heidelberg? I guess she just had to have a look inside. So we had a hot chocolate in there to celebrate the last evening in Heidelberg.

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After Heidelberg I arrived in Ulm. And first I saw was the famous Ulmer Minster. It is the highest church in the world! They say it was built as high as the sparrows fly. See how it fades into the mist.

And in front there was a very cute, but large Weihnachtsmarkt/Christmas market. Beautiful sight.




And on this market they had some real manger scene animals!






And of course we had a step inside.






And this was completely new even to Daniela. An electronic offertory box!



Further on through the city I saw the city hall.



And the old City Walls along the river Donau.





On my second day here I saw the court. Impressive building.



From there we went on to the Fishermen'S quarter. Very old and neat houses around here.





On our way we saw many of these sparrows in different colours and at all places. The sparrow is the inofficial sign of Ulm.



And finally we saw the Donau! In the background you can see a memorial for the deads of World War I. And the other sight of the River is another Bundesland/federal state already: Bayern.



On my last day in Ulm I saw the top of the Minster a bit better. We went to a very high cafe right opposite to the church. From there we also could see the great Weihnachtsmarkt.





And on our way back to the central station we walked across this statue. See what's written in it? "This is the place where on March 14th in 1879 Albert Einstein was born". I didn't even know he was from Ulm.
Seems like the real house was bombed in World War II.

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Finally I saw a bit of Münster. More than I can show you. But here are a few pictures of me infront of the main buildings here. It was already late. but that is the best time to party.

First we saw the Cathedral (St. Paul's). It is closed now due to renewing. Did you know that the pope teached in Münster (at Daniela's university) before he came to Rome? Of course he was here very often.



We went on through the inner city and along the "Prinzipalmartk" (main market) with the oldest houses and a very interesting (and long!) building story. At the end there is the Lamberti church with three cages in which certain criminals were caged in alive and then starved and rott.



And then we went to see the castle. a very prominent building. And the place (Hindenburgplatz) in front is the biggest open inner city space in whole Europe. Even bigger than the red place in Moskow.



Well, now I am quite tired. It has been very exciting at Daniela's. But now I wait to see my new host. Soon I will leave to get there!

Finally this is my last day in Münster. I'm going back to Cologne now. I hope I find more time to see all the important things there!

With Daniela I met another tv and learned my first "Hello" (German "Hallo")
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By for now, mum!



Oh, by the way: You can see all my pictures on flickr and download them in a bigger size.

Hey mumi , or in german : Hallo
I just arrived in cologne at christmas day and we had a nice meal , but i was very tired and i overslept the clause .
but here are my first pictures from my arrival.
today we maybe drive into the snow if we find ist
so then i love you and hope to see you soon  <3

Hey mama , hope you´re okaiih
so i already told you that we´ll going to search snow and I need to say ... we didn´t found some
but we made a travel to Solingen to the "Müngstener Brücke"
so this bridge is the oldest train bridge in germany it´s about 118 years old  and it´s still in works . we saw some trains run through it and it was amazing.
around the bridge is a park and in the park are some puzzles at the beginning you can find some questions and if you go through the park you will find the answers .
after that little walk in the park we drove back to Cologne and we ate at the Rosenstock a great restaurant .
so here are the pictures  , a little late ( sorry )

Dear mumi here i am
hope you had a great start into the new year
we had
my host mummi was frightening because she didn´t want to loose me so we have just one pic with me .
and she needs to say sorry that the pictures come so late but ... she  burned her hand and we were in hospital the last days becaus the (silly) doctors thought there was a little stone in the wound  but now it´s okayiih as you can see
we have soo much photos but here are the best one not all from our camerabut the moste butiful ones
love you mummi