My sister and I were pretty excited when on 9th May at about 3:20 pm, we walked up to the “Plus” store in Burscheid to wait for our comrades in the mission “Teethbrushing”. While she was still pretentiously hoping for 20 to 30 participants, I had already braced myself for meager five people. Thus I wasn’t disappointed when [...]

Today I was in the Roman city Xanten, of which I had only seen the archeological park so far. Now it was about time to have a look at the rest of the city. It’s not too big, but every two meters there’s something to discover. Of course the Xanten Cathedral St. Victor is especially [...]

Today I was again at the old dam I commented on in August. Meanwhile, the demolition has started, as shown on the pictures. As you can see, the barrage has been dug up in the middle, so the Eifgen creek can pass more or less unchecked again. A part of the accrued debris has been [...]

Today I was in “Mondo Verde”, a theme park in the Dutch town Landgraaf, where natural and cultural landscapes are imitated. Within a few hours you can walk from England to Italy, from Russia to Australia or from China straight into the South American Jungle and marvel at the prevailing animal and plant world. You [...]

Today I visited the old dam on the Eifgen creek, which is located only few kilometers from here in the forest. It was built in 1906, and as far as I know, it had served a great part of Burscheid as drinking water supply for many years. The last time I was there was certainly [...]

Yesterday I found out that our mayor lives in 80 meters linear distance from me, quasi right behind our backyard. To get there however, you have to take a circuit of 223 meters. The good man’s called Hans Dieter Kahrl by the way and has already been mayor of Burscheid since 1998. Due to the fact that I’m [...]

My boyfriend and I went on a trip to Amsterdam today. It’s only 260 km from Burscheid, so it took us about 2 1/2 hours each way. We hadn’t planned the excursion very well – we only knew we wanted to visit “Madame Tussaud’s” and eat Frikandel speciaal. We noted down a few sights we had read about on [...]