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Classic Computing 2008

27. September 20087. November 2021 Mia Jaap 2 Comments

Those retro events seem to be always in place I’ve never heard of. Moers is in Northrhine Westfalia and not

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30 minutes of Muenster

27. September 20088. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

What I never liked about the Deutsche Bahn is, that their electronic ticket system is not flexible enough for stopovers.

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Kiel bridge
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Short trip to Kiel

16. September 200825. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments kiel

No, this was not a sight-seeing trip (and honestly Kiel has not that much to offer outside the Kieler Woche

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Schleswig – Landesgartenschau

14. September 20088. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

In Germany there is the Landesgartenschau (LaGa) and the Bundesgartenschau (BUGA). The latter one is held every two years and

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Aachen Cathedral
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Aachen

8. September 20088. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Aachen may not be in the top 5 of German tourist cities, but it has, along with some other towns,

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Celle Castle + Park
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Celle

7. September 20082. November 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Celle may not be your first choice for a day trip but because I’ve been to almost every small town

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Revisiting my school: Long long time ago…

5. September 200814. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments hamburg

…I went to high school here in Hamburg. It’s the Heinrich Hertz School (HHS), named after the famous physicist. I

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Teddy bear in Heidelberg
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Eating in Heidelberg

26. August 200725. October 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments heidelberg

Probably the most unexpected trip this year was the trip to Heidelberg. Our primary destination today was Speyer of course

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NordArt 2007: Modern Art Festival in Rendsburg

25. August 20076. November 2021 Mia Jaap 1 Comment art

Must be modern art week – after Thomas talked (quite enthusiastic) about a modern art exhibition in Rendsburg, I decided

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Oldenburg

12. August 20071. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

One of the tree houses (map) Oldenburg is situated between Emden and Bremen. I had already decided earlier that this

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Emden

12. August 20071. March 2021 Mia Jaap 0 Comments

Emden’s town hall in the city centre (map) Today’s destination was a small German town in the west: Emden. So

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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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