Travelogues Lower Saxony

The history of the Volkswagen AG main plant began in the late 1930s. It was founded by the Nazis in 1938 as the "City of the KdF - Wagen" (Strength Through Joy) or "City near...

Started in Haren/Ems on the DEK downstream, with no wind and little current, hardly any ship traffic (Holiday - Father's Day -), but plenty of 'Father's Day parties' along the...

Day #5 Tuesday, May 5th. The day starts as the previous one ended. And while the sound of the rain yesterday was somewhat idyllic as one swayed in the hammock,

Stopover in the Salt City

TÜV initial inspection of a playground in Braunschweig - I got to be there!!

In October, we went on our last trip of the year with the camper before it goes into hibernation. In Goslar, the thousand-year-old imperi

Shoe Last Factory with World Heritage Status and Spa Resort

On our first day of vacation, we made a stop in Hamburg before continuing to Hildesheim.

We went on a short trip to the Harz Mountains. We stayed at the Torfhaus Harzresort and can definitely recommend it. Overall, we were really only away for 2 days. Around the...

Darum! Good morning! When I woke up, the first thought was “the branch of the oak has obviously n

Kids - it's hard to believe, but another year has passed. It's high time that we hit the road again, as our distant relatives, friends, and colleagues could use something to...

After more than 11 hours, we arrived in Moisburg near Hamburg on the farm for the first night. We share the space with chickens, ducks, alpacas, and ponies. We slept very well...

Today we walked through the nature reserve along 5 lakes, crossing 5 bridges. We discovered beaver bite marks, looked for shady benches in between, listened to the birds in the...

06/21/2025 Today, we had 275 km ahead of us. The weather was as forecasted. Initially refreshing, it became increasingly hot throughout the day. Standing at a traffic light in a...

And off we went to Hannover! Here I finally got to visit Clari again. I met Clari in elementary school, and I have counted her among my closest friends for more than...

Route 107 kilometers, total 772 kilometers | Elevation 270, total 3,110 meters, distance from home 597 kilometers (as the crow flies) For the first time on this route, the...

Hi everyone! I'm glad you found your way to my blog! :) Here, I would like to take you with me on my journey to Verona - three unforgettable weeks in the heart of the most...

Well, I don't think so. In/at Nordholz, it was first about visiting friends and oh yes, riding a bike... ahem, Brompton riding. And from there, a few more impressions. ...

Today we have the penultimate day of our tour and are traveling from Sehestedt to Bremervörde. However, we have discarded our original plan to go all the way to Stade. On one...

Today we traveled through Groningen towards Germany. At Peize: Good morning! The forerunners of Dead Vlei in the Netherlands Groningen: The large coffee is mine! ...

A wonderful holiday comes to an end

The night noise This time the nighttime noise was the crowing and bickering of the magpies in the tree next door. The morning chirping is different. The morning - the day ...

The day's tour takes us to Otterndorf with a view of Schlick and the beginning of the North Sea. The wind is blowing briskly from the east (tailwind up to here) with gusts of...

On October 6th, 2023 around 9 p.m. the Sollos took place in the Hildesheim Café. All suitcases loaded onto the bus and we headed south to Geneva. On the way: the first break

We slowly move home. It's good that the Harz is on our way home. We like to be here often. This time we are heading to the World Forest. A great project with trees from all...

August 11, 2023 (Friday) Arrival day number 1 done, two more to go. We started very early today. Michel reported for dinner at half past three and by the time everything was...

Nice start - we have planned a first overnight stay in Amelinghausen (before Hamburg) so that we don't have to drive all the way through the 1000 kilometers to Hirtshals....

Heute haben wir einfach mal die Seelen baumeln lassen und die Zeit und die Ruhe genossen. Davide war mal wieder schwer beschäftigt mit im Sand buddeln und ich lag daneben und...