Weimar (10 May 2013)

Finally, my last stop in this long trip, Weimar.

Weimar is a city with strong dramas, if you want to know more about some great writers like Geothe and Schiller, you should be here! And if you want to know the great musician Liszt, then you should, too!! Since I'm not a man with a lot of interests in literature........ so..... I don't really familiar with Geothe and Schiller very much, actually. I only know Geothe created "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" and Schiller...I don't know... that's it!! Sorry about that......@@  Oh! There's another famous thing is Bauhaus. It's something about modern art, and it has already founded its own museum and a school!!

Anyway, in a view as a bystander, Weimar is a nice place for people who has interests in arts or literature.

Weimar Hbf

in front of main station

Leipzig (09 May 2013)

In Leipzig, I felt more musical than Dresden. Here I visited so many musicians' museum, like Bach, Meldelssohn, and Schumann. When I got there, I realized after I asked the reception of the hostel that 09 May is a Father's Day in Germany, and they got a holiday this day!!!! So,... most of the stores were closed, and fortunately the museums were still opened. Since I had enough about the history about Germany, I only visited the museum related to musicians and others unrelated to histories or paintings. Btw, the weather this day was very unstable, rainy this moment and sunny later, and so on. So... good! It was a nice day to stay in museum!

Dresden (08 May 2013)

Dresden, a beautiful city located in east Germany. Although the center of the city can not be compared with Berlin, it still need at least 2 days to visit the whole center of the city, unfortunately I didn't. Since it need about 2 hours from Berlin by EC to get here, it was already 11 when I hot here. There's an interesting thing was that the hotel I lived let me check in at 11 without any question!!! So... great!! I went to visiting the city without worrying about my luggage right away~~~ Basically, Dresden has two part, old city area and new city area, and I started from the old one which is also the main one.

Dresden Hbf, also very large!

Potsdam (07 May 2013)

Taking S-Bahn only less than 40 minutes to get Potsdam from Berlin Hbf. In Potsdam, the most famous attraction is Schloss Sanssouci. If you come here to visit by yourself, you can feel "sonssouci" truly. "Sanssouci" is Franch, which means "without worries". It was built in 1745~1747 by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. It's a building with Rococo style. In Park Sanssouci, there are so many other palaces to see, so if you come, you can spend a whole day here in this park.

Potsdam Hbf

In front of the station, you'll see these buses stopping by here.

Berlin (05~07 May 2013)

It won't take too long from Hamburg and Berlin by ICE, so I got Berlin before noon and started my journey in Berlin city right away!

Berlin is a really big city that I couldn't visit all the places I wanted to go, but I still maximized my limit to go around as more as possible......@@ Basically, you can separate it into three parts, Unten den Linden and Museumsinsel, Potsdamer Platz, and Kurfürstendamm. Since Kurfürstendamm is a shopping area and I've already bought most of the things I want, so... I decided to go there only if I had more time.

Oh! I found that in Berlin I've heard English more than German!!!! I didn't why but there were so~~~~ many people speaking English. And most of all, people in Berlin can speak excellent English I've ever heard in Germany.

Berlin: Museumsinsel (06 May 2013)

In Berlin, there's an island full of museums, Museumsinsel. The time was limited and it was Monday, so I only visited two museums. This time, I found I started to like some museums of histories or arts. After this day, I thought maybe I should go to National Palace Museum in Taipei someday, and probably I'll feel something different.

In Museumsinsel, there were too many museums that you can buy a 3-day ticket and spend enough time just right here. Unfortunately, I had only one day to visit the museums......

Hamburg (02~05 May 2013)

Hamburg is the biggest harbor city in Germany. It's a lively city in North Germany, here you can stay for about a week and won't be boring at all! In the morning, you can visit some attractions and museums; while at night, you can go to see a opera or musical, or if you don't mind, you should go to the red light district here and don't be shy.

Hamburg Hbf

Lübeck + Lüneburg (04 May 2013)

Lübeck, a small town not far from Hamburg, is worth visiting if you have enough time.
This day, I decided to walk slowly and had a leisure day.

Lübeck Hbf

Speicherstadt: Miniatur Wunderland (04 May 2013)

A famous tourist attration is the Speicherstadt. You may see many museums on this island, for instance, Hamburg Dungeon, Miniatur Wunderland, ... Sorry but I didn't have the courage to go to the dungeon because it's a ......... scary paradise in there, so I only went to visit the Miniatur Wunderland.

In Miniatur Wunderland, you'll see enormous models of everything you can imagine!!!! The airport, the trains, the view of many cities, the hostory of Germany,... You can stay there for more than 2~3 hours and you didn't even notice it!!

Speicherstadt

Bremen (02 May 2013)

Bremen, my last stop about Brothers Grimm, the hometown of the story Bremer Stadtmusikanten.
Although I didn't remember exactly the story about Bremer Stadtmusikanten, I still like this city anyway.
Unfortunately, I underestimated the size of this city, I which I could stay for more time...
Here, I started to see the architecture of northern Germany, which is totally different from the southern.

inside the Bremen Hbf

Hannover (28 Apr. ~ 01 May 2013)

The weather in Hannover was much much better than few days before. Actually, I lived here but I didn't took much time visiting this city, because there's so much other small towns nearby I wanted to go, like Hameln, Wolfsburg, Celle, and Goslar.

the logo of VW was very clear near the Hannover Hbf

Celle (01 May 2013)

Suddenly, my journey has already been 1 month!!!

Celle, a small but beautiful town. Here you can view at least two things, the style of the buildings here and the gardens in this town, at least I think so. Although maybe you've already seen enough buildings of German style, you can still come here to see something special here if your journey has some more time.

Celle Hbf

in front of the train station

Goslar & Hahnenklee (30 Apr. 2013)

Every year at night on Apr. 30 across to May 01, there's an activity called the Witches Night, and there's a story about it. In ancient time on Apr. 30, the witches in mountain Harz will celebrate the end of the Winter and welcome the Spring to come with some devils. Until now, the celebration has become a happy ceremony and has been a kind of spreading happiness. And that's why I chose this day to come~! The night of course!

In this city, you'll see most of the houses were built before 1850, so it's a kind of special attraction of this city, so... enjoy!

The Goslar Bahnhof was small but look nice.

Hameln (30 Apr. 2013)

Hameln, the hometown of Grimms' Fairy Tales "Pied Piper of Hamelin". It's a very small town and you can take just 2~3 hours to finish the tour. I recommend you to come in the morning after 10 o'clock, and then you can visit the town with a very slow tempo. Here, you can see rats everywhere... not the real one of course! And many of the signs were very interesting, too!

Hameln Hbf

Wolfsburg: die Autostadt (29 Apr. 2013)

On 29 Apr. 2013, it was a car city day! When you take off the train at Wolfsburg, you'll see the factory just in front of you. It's telling you that you're in Wolfsburg, die Autostadt.
As the name said, it's a city of cars. Here, you can spend all day long in the museum because the museum is... almost the entire city I think! Although it might be too overstated but the museum is really big!!!
The best part of the museum is that there were a lot of interactions much much more than other car museums, and they have more exhibition cars that you can touch and sit into it. Oh! I really like the buildings here, and you can see the views here were just like the 2010 International Flora Expo in Taipei.

die Autostadt

You'll see the factory which has four chimneys when you're at Wolfsburg Hbf.

Göttingen (28 Apr. 2013)

Göttingen, a nice small but cute town in Germany. Walking along the streets, I felt comfortable just like I was part of the city.

Göttingen Hbf

Kassel (27 Apr. 2013)

Took off the train, I stunned. The temperature was quite low I believed! I checked it and it was true......only about 5 degree Celsius..... The weather in Europe is really unstable...@@

Kassel Hbf, the decoration was quite interesting.

Uh....I don't know why there's a statue which a man walking on it just in front of the station.

Marburg (27 Apr. 2013)

I found that every place related to the Brothers Grimm were all raining when I got there, even in Kassel later ...T^T My fairy tale trip was so..........Mmmmmm.....= =|||

The downtown is a little bit away from the train station, so you have to walk for about 15 mins to get there. Unfortunately, the station didn't have the luggage room!!!!! Are you kidding???? I was thinking, "It was raining...", "Do I have to bear my 15kg backbag(or even more) to walk through the mountain town in such a bad weather?", "Can't I just leave and go to Kassel?",...... blablalba, many thoughts emerged into my mind. In the end, I still visited the town with my BIG backbag......

Marburg Bahnhof

Frankfurt (24~26 Apr. 2013)

Frankfurt is a big city in Germany, and many centers of economic company are located here, so you can see the tempo here is faster than many other cities in Germany.

Frankfurt Hbf

Hanau & Steinau (26 Apr. 2013)

Hanau and Steinau were both a place not far from Frankfurt, it would be nice to visit if you have interest in The Brothers Grimm.

Unfortunately, the time I chose and the weather were both bad this day. I found Hanau was under construction everywhere near the tourist attractions when I got there, and the weather was raining all day long included Frankfurt. In the end, I only took some pictures in front of the Hanau and left right away heading to Steinau.