Category: Travels

The ministry of education and research awarded almost half of the contracts, totaling more than 464 million euros.

A spokesman for the ministry of education pointed out that the amount primarily includes external administrative services for demand programs in education and research. For example, for years, the organizational management of programs such as "cutting-edge research in the new federal states" or "innovative small and medium-sized enterprises" has been handled by external project sponsors. These are located, for example, at the research center in julich or at the german center for aeronautics and space travel.

Despite the weakening economy, bundesburgers remain in a buying mood.

According to the monthly consumer climate survey conducted by the gfk market research institute, the economic expectations of the people of germany have fallen to their lowest level in more than six years, but consumers continue to have a positive view of the development of their own income.

"In the past year, the sector has developed very well. For this year, things are looking less good than in 2011," the head of the EU’s team of experts, horst reichenbach, told "handelsblatt" (monday). Anti-german campaigns in greece may also have had an impact. "The number of german tourists is indeed declining. The mood in the country may play a role there."The development is certainly also related to the fact that north africa is once again an attractive travel destination following the stabilization of the situation there.

Recurring strikes could be of little help to the image of the destination in southeastern europe. In protest against a seven percent cut in their pensions, greek driving crews plan to strike for 48 hours starting monday morning. The islands of the agais, which do not have an airport, will be particularly affected. They will be practically cut off from the outside world because of the strike. The seamen’s union (PNO) announced on sunday that it will discuss on tuesday whether to extend the strike for another two days. The cuts in seafarers’ pensions are part of a major cut in all pensions in greece and an essential part of the tough austerity program to save greece from bankruptcy.

"What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of afghanistan??", saeid herawi wants to know right at the beginning from his 60 or so listeners who have come to hofheim at the invitation of the volkshochschule im landkreis habberge and the freundeskreis asyl hofheim for his illustrated lecture.
The general answer is: "war" – natural. But the 22-year-old from herat, afghanistan, is determined to show his audience, and also to tell them in german, that his home country, away from the war, is already diverse and worth seeing, as the organizers have announced.

Wonderful pictures

In addition to presenting afghanistan's geographical position as a neighboring state of pakistan, iran, china and the former soviet republics of turkmenistan, tajikistan and uzbekistan, saeid herawi reported on the region's long history from alexander the rude to the empire of the darrids to the present-day state of afghanistan. The audience saw wonderful pictures of historical buildings, pre-medieval citadels, impressive nature and unusual wild animals. They also learned, for example, that the new year's festival nowruz, which is celebrated at the beginning of spring, only includes dishes that begin with the letter "S" begin. In general, the afghan cuisine is a topic that interested the audience vividly, be it in everyday life or at festivities, for which saeid herawi showed films of traditional afghan dances.

Johann paul friedrich richter, who is better known to most friends of literature by his later name jean paul, was, no wonder, also in french-speaking switzerland. There many writers before and after him found an intellectually invigorating fludium.
But the special thing about jean paul's travels in french-speaking switzerland was something else: he was all about love. "Don't forget our rose yard and the rose sun before streitberg; they may bloom this year and you'll probably get there tomorrow evening", hermine, his beloved, said in a low, wavering voice in the book "palingenesia" as a farewell. She thus recalled the joint visit of streitberg a year before. On a high place there they both watched a glowing red sunset. To commemorate this, jean paul planted rose seeds in a circle around her location: on the inside, female roses, and on the edge, red roses, which together were supposed to symbolize the setting sun.
On easter sunday 1798, it was a 3. April, jean paul went wandering with his servant florian stub, presumably because he had quarreled with hermine. She was jealous of his admirers, so he gave her some letters to read, but they angered her even more. Via berneck and bayreuth he arrived at muggendorfer geburg on old stagecoach routes and approached his destination for the day. He writes about it: "it was towards evening, the day with its sources of light in the waters and on the meadows gradually dried up – the sunlight jerked from the peaks onto the mountain tops and poured halay into the sheer transparent sky. We went up the dark mountain in haste to find the deep sun still lying on the crust of the streitberg valley."

"With trembling heart"