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Holiday in Domburg, Netherlands

Holiday in Domburg, Netherlands

Sea, nature and nostalgia in Domburg. The oldest seaside resort in Zeeland This year I had some relaxing days in Domburg, a small city at the northwest coast of the Netherlands. If you are around try the great food at Grand Cafe Markt Zes, the yummy ice cream at ijsvOgel and the delicious pancakes at the Ristorante [...]

School reunion after 15 years

School reunion after 15 years

Gradution 1994 Back to school – time passing by Exactly 15 years ago I made my ‘Abitur‘ (diploma from German secondary school qualifying for university admission or matriculation) and today we had a school reunion at my old high-school in Hagen called “Gymnasium Hohenlimburg“. It was a big and funny event at the schoolyard with current [...]

Running training for marathon

Running training for marathon

Let the race begin! “Besser laufen als faulen”, Goethe Today I will tell you a secret; one of my life’s goals is to run a marathon. I am not sure if and when I will make it, because I am getting older :o) , but I still want to make a try. So it’s time [...]

Starbucks Hot Chocolate fever

Starbucks Hot Chocolate fever

A hot chocolate at the Starbuck Düsseldorf International Airport. I am a big fan of hot chocolate Today I read an article about Rafael Antonio Lozano Jr. in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Since 1997 this dude is traveling around the world and wants to visit every single Starbucks coffee bar. He already visited around 9,700 of [...]

Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, Netherlands

Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, Netherlands

Matylda’s final thesis on chairs, me with Matylda and the exhibition. Graduation 2009 at ABK Maastricht Today I went to an exhibition by some talented designers from the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht. For example Matylda Krzykowski, a graduate who wants to be a designer, presented her work called ’modus operandi‘, a series of wooden archetype chairs [...]

Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, Netherlands

Kruisherenhotel Maastricht, Netherlands

Convent, inner courtyard and dining-hall in a monumental gothic church. Design between Heaven and Earth During my stay in Maastricht I slept in the designer hotel Kruisherenhotel which is a former cloister. The hotel was styled by many international internationally renowned designers like Henk Vos, Ingo Maurer, Marc Newson, Piet Heyn Eeck, Philippe Starck and Roderick Vos. It [...]

City trip Maastricht, Netherlands

City trip Maastricht, Netherlands

Old town, Meuse river, City Hall and an old water mill. The capital of Limburg On the weekend I went for a city trip to Maastricht. It’s one of the oldest cities of the Netherlands at the Meuse river and near the Belgian and German borders. The weather was perfect, but I was surprised about the very [...]

City trip Dresden, Saxony

City trip Dresden, Saxony

Dresden by panormaview, by day and by night. The City of Dresden, Capital of the German State Saxony The day before the Mobile BarCamp I had the chance to enjoy a small sight-seeing tour in Dresden. For the beginning I was inside the Dresden Frauenkirche - this church has been completely reconstructed after the war and today you [...]

City trip to Gothenburg, Sweden

City trip to Gothenburg, Sweden

Me with some snow, ice skating rabbits, lussebullar and God Jul. Christmas 2008 in cold Sweden Another trip to Gothenburg in Sweden in the christmas time… If you are in Sweden you definitly should try some of the typical pastries like ‘Semlor‘ (a sweet bread bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream), ‘Kanelbulle‘ (a [...]

City trip to Stockholm, Sweden

City trip to Stockholm, Sweden

Me, Stockholm City Hall and change of guards at the Royal Palace. The capital of Sweden It has been a long time ago since my last visit in Stockholm. And there is so much to see in the largest city of Sweden. Runing around in the ‘Gamla Stan‘ (Old Town) and seeing the ‘Stortorget‘ with the [...]