Trier and Luxembourg

On the first September Saturday I decided I need to do some trip and I chose to go to Trier - the oldest German town and then I continued to Luxembourg. I spent some hours in regional trains, going along the Mosel river with beautiful wine-yards around and I managed to escape from the rain clouds the whole day. When the train kicked me off in Bonn again at 1am at night I was culturally satisfied and nicely tired.


Trier was really crowded in the city centre but the main reason was obviously Saturday shopping because when I turned into some smaller streets, suddenly, the town was totally empty.I visited the old Roman excavations and ancient buildings. The exhibition of Roman spa was really interesting and then I went to see the amphitheatre as well. In the Centre where the main sightseeing point of interest is the ancient Porta Nigra I remembered my final exam at the grammar school. During the German part one of the topics were old German architectonic highlights and Porta Nigra was definitely among them.

Later in the afternoon a small train took me over the German border to Luxembourg where I spent three lovely evening hours wandering around the City and marvelous views on the old fortifications and Citadella of St. Esprit. Luxembourg has a great atmosphere and also the fact that you can hear so many languages in the streets is fascinating. So I even tried to speak few sentences in French again :-). It felt almost quitchy when the sun was going down over the hilly City panorama with old bridges and viaducts.

News from Bonn

What my days in Bonn this year look like? First of all, diploma thesis, diploma thesis, diploma thesis...secondly I also try to relax, meet with my old and new friends and do some little trips. I went with my collegues Martin and Sebastian to an international supplier meeting in the Netherlands which was an interesting event for me to see.

There is some restructuring going on in former T-Mobile International and therefore the company organized a nice barbecue in the park near T-Mobile Campus which was ended rather dramatically by the arrival of a big windy storm that carried one of the white tents away :-). Me and few other people continued afterwards to the well-known after-job party, it was an evening full of fun.

And then again, routine and work, biking to work everyday. But one has to admit it´s a nice routine here in Bonn. Me and Ondra visited the Kunstmuseum in Bonn last Sunday. This one did not amaze me too much, I was expecting more masterpieces but the building and coffee afterwards were nice as well :-). One thing I will never forget - the painter named Blinky Palermo - marvelous name, really. The thing in the picture is his work. This week I also met with my flatmate from last year Christian who is now studying technical logistics in Duisburg. We spent a nice evening in Bonn. And next week me and Sare, hopefully, we are finally going to Düsseldorf, to visit our friend Cigdem who was my last year´s sparing partner in TMO.