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Cherry Blossom Festival in Hamburg

20. June 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg, kirschblüte

If you can’t make it to the cherry blossoms in Japan, why not go to a Japan festival in your

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Beatlemania & The John Lennon Museum

8. June 201213. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg

There are not many reasons to visit Saitama for sightseeing and one of my class mates – who is from Saitama City – couldn’t even name one. Actually there were two sights in Saitama. One is the railway museum which used to be in Akihabara and the other was the John Lennon Museum.

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Kiel – Snow & Christmas Market

21. December 20102. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, christmas market, kiel

All of Germany is covered in snow which includes Kiel, the capital of the furthest north German state Schleswig-Holstein. Kiel

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Christmas 2009

28. December 20092. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments christmas, hamburg, video

These past days I’ve been doing quite a lot of video editing. Just like “Hamburg in Snow”, this one was

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Hamburg in Snow

24. December 200913. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg, snow, video, winter

It doesn’t snow often in Hamburg in December, but this month has been exceptional and I’m happy to be in Germany at this time. Honestly, many cities which I would call “summer cities” because they are not an exciting sight during the winter time, are now worth a day trip.

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Day trip to Hamelin (Hameln)

20. December 200913. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamelin

Hamelin was for a long time on my list for potential day trips from Hamburg, so today I could scratch

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Toy camera impressions: Train to to Hameln

20. December 200913. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamelin, snow, toy camera, train

Impressions of Germany, covered in snow during a train trip to Hameln (Hamelin)

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Kiel – Not quite a leisure trip

9. April 200925. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments kiel

Time for another trip to Kiel! Okay, this is not exactly one of my favorite cities nor is it one

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Saarbrücken historical museum - underground
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Going Underground in Saarbrücken

3. October 200817. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

With my German language skills fully confirmed, I finally arrived at Saarbrücken or rather Saarbrücken Ost which is one station

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Duisburg

27. September 20081. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

The fourth city I visited today was Duisburg. The city can be easily reached from Xanten and my train to

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Xanten – A German town with “X”

27. September 20081. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

The amphitheatre in the Archeological Park Xanten (APX) Not far away from Moers is quite an interesting little town called

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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima
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Takehara – a beautiful town near Hiroshima

4. October 20192. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

If Kawagoe is Tokyo’s Little Edo, Takehara is Hiroshima’s Little Kyoto. In this case though, it’s the town’s tourist department that calls Takehara the „Little Kyoto of Aki Province“.

Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island
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Okunoshima – Japan’s Bunny Island

29. October 201523. May 2022 Mia Jaap 0
Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind
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Inakadate Rice Paddy Art 2015: Star Wars & Gone With The Wind

8. September 20156. November 2021 Mia Jaap 3
Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel
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Visiting Tokyo’s Giant Tunnel System – Water Discharge Tunnel

4. November 20122. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1
Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks
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Ushiku: Great Buddha and Fireworks

22. August 201216. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0

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