Wow, what a packed program it was on 9 May 2015! Two days before the tour: “Sarah, your ship will be eight hours late!”, one day before the tour: “Sarah, your ship will be four hours late!”, two hours before the meeting: “Sarah, your bus will be 30 minutes late!”, at the meeting: “Sarah, your […]
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Good Friday’s service and the following Easter Days and festivities are especially illustrated and highlighted through a window in the choir of our main church St. Petri of Hamburg. The “Easter Window” in the center of the choir – together with three further colored glass windows above the altar – builds a collection of different […]
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The Good Friday Mass and the subsequent Easter days and celebrations are highlighted and illustrated by one of the choir windows in our main church in Hamburg, St. Peter’s. The “Easter window” in the middle above the altar, together with the three other stained glass windows in the chancel, depicts the highlights of the Bible. […]
read moreCity tour at the end of a business meeting – a customer’s perspective Following a one-day meeting and to bridge the gap until dinner with our business partners, we booked a city tour with Hamburg city guide Sarah Janning-Picker. Ms. Janning-Picker asked me to describe my experiences and for permission to publish them. I am […]
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Today was the day: Hamburg’s “swan father” Olaf Nieß and his team brought back our white animal spring heralds – directly amoung us onto the Alster Lake. Book keeping documents relating to the swans can be traced back to the 16th century. Since the 12th century they enjoy a special protection: It is not only […]
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Today was the day: father swan Olaf Nieß and his colleagues brought our white heralds of spring back to the Alster. Records of the Alster swans, which have been under special protection since the 12th century, date back to the 16th century: It is not only forbidden to kill or injure them, but even to […]
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On Wednesday, March 4th, 2015, I was allowed to receive a group consisting of American university professors and students. After their six hours journey from Amsterdam I considered it adequate to walk a bit first in order to get everyone going again. So directly after their arrival we started our tour through the city center: […]
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On February 12, 2015, I set off with a group of business people from Baumwall at 7 p.m. to give these “Hamburgers” a closer look at their city. We had come together to “bridge” the time until dinner at 8:15 pm. Due to the proximity, we entered the world’s largest warehouse complex on stilts via […]
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013, around 3 a.m. in various small towns in Swabia The first guests are waiting for their bus to the North Cape. “My goodness, you’ve got a lot of luggage! And you’re not on the list.” – “Are you going to the North Cape?” – “No, we’re going to Burgenland.” … Who […]
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