Ausspracheregeln hören sich trocken an, sind aber immens wichtig. Immerhin muss ich nicht nur im Wörterbuch nachschlagen können, dass „cucchiaio“ Löffel heißt, sondern ich sollte das Wort auch dem Kellner sagen können, wenn ich vor der Suppe sitze und sie kalt wird, weil mir das passende Werkzeug fehlt. Die gute Nachricht: Italienisch ist aussprachetechnisch eine [ Read More ]
Nachdem wir nur drei Tagen online waren, konnten wir schon die erste Buchung verzeichnen! Gestern durfte Armin in seiner Unterkunft in Karlsruhe seinen ersten Gast beherbergen. Daniel kam direkt vom Frankfurter Flughafen, wo er nach seiner Reise aus Israel ankam. Er musste in Karlsruhe übernachten, um am nächsten Tag seine Diplomarbeit an der Uni zu [ Read More ]
Only two days until the Olympic games start in Beijing … if you plan a last minute trip there, it is time to prepare! By the way, the reason for the Olympics starting on 08/08/2008 is the meaning of the number 8. It is a lucky number in China. 8 is pronounced “ba” in Chinese. [ Read More ]
Today after waiting about 5 months I received my Draisler. You don’t know what a Draisler is? I think you’re not the only one. It is the name of a bike, not a normal bike, it’s the official Karlsruhe Studi Bike. And I have won it. But let me explain it. Last year I moved [ Read More ]
Well, no, we have not been acquired by Expedia. Yet the city of Karlsruhe seems to be a good place to found a successful Internet travel start-up. Back in 1999 Tilman Reissfelder, a student from the University of Karlsruhe, founded a website called VirtualTourist. Another analogy to our situation is, that he was also supported [ Read More ]
Compared to the scientifically based last post, this is more a fun post. So, please, nobody gets upset The question is: what is your favorite travel destination (although some wise man said we are traveling not to arrive but to travel – see the last post)? For sure, everybody has his own dream destination, mine [ Read More ]
Have you ever asked yourself for the reasons of your travel? They should fit in one of the following categories (actually, for most countries you will have to state which kind of travel you are doing at immigration, so you better think about it : business/study trip meeting friends and family vacation Well, these categories [ Read More ]
