Travel Tips

Before 1990

A lot of family holidays in Switzerland with day trips to Italy, Austria, France and at the North Sea in Germany, Holland and Denmark

A lot of school trips within Germany

Family trip to the GDR to visit relatives

Rowing trips to Berlin and to regattas all over Germany

1990

Several week or weekend trips to trips to Berlin

3 week Interrailing through the UK and Ireland

One week School trip to Prague

1991

3 Week Camping trip in France (Strasbourg), Switzerland (Spiez, Locarno, Lausanne) and Italy (Milan, Aosta)

New Years Eve trip to London

3 week coach trip through Scotland with university

Another New Years eve trip to London

1993

A summer week in Prague

An adventure week in Paris for New Years eve

1995

A summer week in Lucerne, Switzerland

Another summer week in Prague

A summer week in Lucerne again

A rowing trip to Werder near Berlin

New Years eve in Amsterdam

1997

A summer week in and around Dublin and a day trip to Belfast

A week in Prague for New Years eve

A few days in London in January

A short trip to Göteborg, Sweden in April

Two weeks in Helsinki and Lappeenranta in summer

Another weekend in Helsinki in autumn

A rainy day in London

A week in Denmark for New Years Eve

1999

A two week summer holiday at Lake Thun in Switzerland

A long weekend in Berlin

10 days in Ireland (Dublin, Cork) for New Years eve

An all year trip around the world during Expo 2000 in my hometown of Hannover

Three week road trip around Scandinavia (Ljungby, Stockholm - Sweden, Helsinki, Lahti, Porvoo - FInland, Tallinn - Estonia, Copenhagen - Denmark)

Weekend trips to Hamburg and Berlin

A winter week for New Years eve in Spiez, Switzerland

2001

A weekend in Cuxhaven at the North Sea

A weekend in Cologne and Indoor skiing in Bottrop

Lots of long weekends in Amsterdam (The Hague, Rotterdam)

A two week road trip to Ireland (Along the west coast and Dublin)

A few days in Paris for New Years eve. A day in Disneyland Europe on New Year's Day.

Move to Düsseldorf, many trips to nearby cities to explore my new home

Three days in Brugge and Antwerp in Summer

A weekend in Brussels for the flower carpet in summer

A day trip down the Rhine and holidays at home when Steve and Susan were over

New Years Eve in Innsbruck to watch the skijumping and to meet the Croatian Ädler s-e-n-i and Nykaenen.

2003

Skijumping competitions in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck

A day in Maastricht

2 weeks in England (Darlington, Lake District, Liverpool, York, Newcastle, Oxford, London ....)

A day in Heidelberg and some hours in Darmstadt

Some summer weekends in Hannover

A day in Maastricht for the great VT meeting there

A week in Berlin in September

A VT meeting weekend in Breda (NL)

A long weekend in Helsinki in October/November

A week in the Netherlands (Zeeland) for New Years with side trips to Gent, Brugge and The Hague

A long weekend in Amsterdam for easter.

A trip to Finland for midsummer in June.

4 Days in Munich in August

A day in London for work

A few days in Zagreb (Croatia) in December checking out the local VT scene ;) Thank you Germanwings :)

A week in Liverpool and the Lake District (UK) for New Years

2005

A weekend in Lahti, Finland for the skigames in March 2005

A weekend in Munich for Easter.

A business trip to L.A. (Manhattan Beach) in June with a few days extra in San Diego and along the South Californian coast. Just a week for my first trip to the USA but better than nothing!

A few days in London for my birthday.

A long weekend at the west coast of Ireland (the annual company trip).

A weekend in Hannover followed by a week in Munich and the "Allgäu".

A weekend in Berlin in September.

A long weekend in Hannover with a day trip to Hamburg.

A trip to Copenhagen in November including a very funny VT meeting in "Sabines Cafeteria" :).

A few days in Zagreb in December. This grows into a tradition slowly ;)

New Year's Eve in Munich.

2006

A weekend in Berlin for ITB fair in March.

Easter in and around Amsterdam

A week in Munich in May including a trip to Königssee/Salzburg

A long weekend in Dresden with VT friends

My birthday in Hannover inlcuding a world cup match :)

A weekend in Zandvoort (NL), the hen weekend for my friend.

A long weekend in Vienna in August

A week in Munich in early October

A VT wine weekend in and around Bonn

Three days in Brugge/Belgium in mid December

Christmas in Hannover

A few days over New Years Eve in Dublin, Ireland

2007

A weekend at ITB fair in Berlin

A road trip through Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia with two stops in Munich

A long weekend in France (Paris, Rouen, Deauville, Honfleur)

A day trip to Kassel followed by some time in Hannover

A day trip to Maastricht for the VT meeting

Three days in Prague (company trip)

A week in Munich for Oktoberfest, one night in Nussdorf am Inn and a day in Austria.

A weekend in Hamburg for work.

3 nights in Brussels for New Year's Eve with side trips to Antwerp and Leuven.

2007 was the year of capital cities, we visited 8 European capitals in one year (Dublin, Berlin, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Paris, Prague, Brussels)

2008

A weekend in Berlin for ITB

A few days in Munich around Easter

A day trip to Brussels with a friend

Euromeet in Karlsruhe in May/June

A weekend at Mosel river for the birthday party of my boss in June

A few days in Switzerland (Berner Oberland) in August

Planned Trips

A trip to the British Virgin Islands (Caribbean), possibly with a stopover in New York City, is planned for November 2008.