Visting Germany

The latest news: we went to Germany this weekend.

I (Natalie) booked this trip in January, because Peter wanted to visit Cebit (IT trade fair) in Hannover. We also thought we'd make a weekend of it, because Hannover is not very far from Bremen, the city that I spent a year in as an exchange student.

So, we had a very early start on Saturday morning. We made it to Hannover shortly after 9.00am, and then headed to Bremen by train. The Lampe family (good friends of mine in Bremen) picked us up from the train station. Unfortunately, the weather was not very friendly (I got blamed for taking the English weather to Germany), so Peter didn't get to see Bremen in its best light.

We had a delicious German lunch with the Lampes, before heading off to the city to have a guided tour of Bremen. We enjoyed hearing about Bremen's history from an indigenous Bremer, and had some lovely coffee (and hot chocolate) in a cafe to warm us up halfway through.

We visited the Schnoor (oldest part of Bremen) and saw some very old buildings and skinny streets. We also saw the famous Bremen town musicians (you can read their story here: http://www.brementownmusicians.com/en/textonly) ' you can see a picture of them above.

On Sunday, we went to my old church in Bremen with the Lampes (Peter enjoyed the English translation that they have at the church) and we caught up with some of my friends.

Sunday afternoon we went for a walk through a park in Bremen, and saw some animals there. It was very pretty and refreshing (about 5 degrees). We then had coffee and cake at home (typical German tradition).

Then it was off to Hannover, where we stayed in a hotel. I flew back to London on Monday morning, in time for classes, while Peter stayed in Hannover to visit Cebit.

More photos and a description of Peter's time at Cebit will follow soon....