Posts Tagged ‘travel’

Spraypainting the Thalys – Two days in Paris

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Tour Eiffel
Last week, on September 14-15th, our team (Kai and me) was invited to join Seak (@seaking on Twitter) and the Thalys crew to a special event in Paris, France. The Thalys is a highspeed train that connects Cologne and Paris with just a few stops along the way in Aachen, Liege and Brussels. Their goal for December ‘09 is a connection that just takes 3:15 from Cologne Station to Gare du Nord, Paris.
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And I will return…

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The Embarcadero

A week in Austria

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Where Next?
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You know you’re in Cologne if…

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Bewildered

Last tuesday I spent a rather long day in Berlin. Actually it wasn’t exactly Berlin which made the day long, it was – again – Cologne and its black hole called public transportation or short KVB. Coming out of the plane at Cologne airport – by the way: that pilot must have been mental – I went directly to the trainstation. Of course I didn’t really think about the train timing here, as they are just always late, but that’s the Deutsche Bahn and we’re kind of used to it. In the end the train came 10 minutes too late. The signs at the stations didn’t show this, even two Bahn workers who waited for the train looked suspicious at the dark tunnel. A quick look at the iPhone app that has (allegedly) every station in Germany showed the 10 minute late-ness.

If you ever come to Germany and own an iPhone get the Fahrplan app from the App Store. If you’re going to Berlin also get the Berlin Trip Planner. This one even searches for nearby stations. (more…)

444

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

444
Man, it’s really annoying to get sick during a great vacation that takes you to a really great city with awesome people. But these people around you make it so much better even though you aren’t able to do much.

Pier 23

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Pier 23