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Unexpected strike this morning

Unexpected strike this morning

The trade union EVG did a short strike this morning. The EVG is responsible for the engine driver. Normally the trade unions announces a strike a few days before but now we have new dimensions in Germany. The trains can be cancelled due to strike. Happily my train (RE3 from Altenessen station to Düsseldorf) still went but the opposite train to Hamm/Westfalen was cancelled. To go by train is Germany a game of luck. If there is no strike, the…

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After work swimming and doing an old sport, again?

After work swimming and doing an old sport, again?

At the moment I need some sport more as in the last weeks / months. Now the spring has begun and I go more to the indoor pool. There are some shifts where I do not fancy but this week it will be seem that I like it. Saturday I was in Dortmund in the indoor pool and also this evening after work. I was in the indoor pool of Düsseldorf-Unterrath again. It is the next pool near my work….

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Swimming in Düsseldorf-Unterrath

Swimming in Düsseldorf-Unterrath

After work I was swimming this afternoon. I had to do it because the last two days were very busy. From my work to the swimming pool in Unterrath in the Mettlacher Str. 55 (40468 Düsseldorf) it is a short distance. I only needed 20 minutes. That’s ok because on a winter evening it is not so very nice to go a long distance. My swim clothes is a yellow waterproof bag. Origin it is created for saving the content…

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Diaspora – a new beginning

Diaspora – a new beginning

I have started a new beginning with a new social network. On April 2019 (there is no exact day) Google will close Google+, his social network. It has begun on June 2011 and I was at this time in Google+ (or a little bit later). I had not an Google account because my tablet came later. But for three months Google announced that Google+ will close in August 2019. A few weeks later they told us that the social network…

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Oberhausen – swimming and Mülheim shopping centre

Oberhausen – swimming and Mülheim shopping centre

On this cloudy day I was in Oberhausen (in order to swim) and then to Mülheim to a little shopping center. In 12 minutes I went by bike to Essen-Altenessen station. I was very fast, faster than on other days. I wanted to take the S2 (local commuter train) to Oberhausen main station. The S2 stops in Essen-Bergeborbeck and Essen Dellwig, too. From main station to the indoor pool it is a short distance to the indoor pool that opens…

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