Each year in late August the town where we live hosts a small carnival -- the Norschter Kerb. We walked to the carnival and let the children play some of the games and ride some of the rides. They each got a small treat as we started to walk home.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Hofgut Langenau
Oscar's cub scout pack visited a Rhine River island in Trebur. The island has some nice jogging and biking trails that are popular with visitors. There is also a restaurant and a small "beach" area. We had a short ferry ride to the island and then we walked to the restaurant. Everybody had a great time.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
HHamburg
At the end of July, I spent a week in Hamburg for work. Hamburg is Germany's second largest city and Europe's third largest port. Hamburg's official name (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg) reflects the city's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and as a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. Hamburg is also one of three German city-states (Berlin and Bremen are the others).
The largest German cities generally use only one letter as the city code on their license plates. For example, B=Berlin, M=Munich (München), K=Cologne (Köln), F=Frankfurt, L=Leipzig, and S=Stuttgart. Although Hamburg is Germany's second largest city, H is used by Hanover and Hamburg instead uses HH as a reference to its earlier membership in the Hanseatic League (German: Hansestadt Hamburg).
My coworker Jamie also came on this trip and he brought his family. In the evenings, we visited a fair at the Hamburger Dom and I got a chance to go to the harbor and take some photos.
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