On this very warm April day I was in Greven and later in Münster/Westfalen. For this intent I had to buy me a ticket for a day for my federal state. For the German Railway there are specific ticket where you can go by train (regional trains, RE, RB and S-Bahn, not ICE and IC) for a day through your federal state. For one person you must pay at the moment 31 euros. For bike you must pay extra 5…
This first in the year I swam outside of a building. The outdoor pool „Hesse“ that is operated by a private sports club opens the door for the swimmers. It is the first outdoor pool in Essen. The other will open in May. I left my home with my bike to the railway station Essen-Zollverein North in order to go with the commuter line S2 to Essen-Dellwig. It is a short trip but a worth trip because I did not…
The warm and dry weather bestows a good weekend in order to do trip into the neighbourship of Essen and furthermore. I decided to go (bike and train) to Mönchengladbach again and again as on 07/05/2018 due to works on rails between Krefeld and Mönchengladbach the trains stops in Krefeld main station or they must do a route deviation. The regional train line RE42 had to do it, again. Today there was a special case because due to another works…
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…
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….