WİESBADEN/ GERMANY

I have selected 'Wiesbaden' as the first city that I will write about because Wiesbaden has a special place in my heart.There are several reasons for this little German city to have that special place in my heart.First of all it's the first foreign city that I have ever been in my life.It wasn't just a short touristic visit and I have lived in Wiesbaden for 6 months (March-September 2008).I have had a dream called 'Erasmus' there and it was the best period of my life with dozens of friends from all over the world.And...I guess I've found the woman of my life there=) So anyway as I said Wiesbaden is special for me and I am starting to write with Wiesbaden..

Wiesbaden is a German city which is in the soutwest of the country and in the state of Hesse (Hessen).Even though there is a worldwide famous metropolis 'Frankfurt' in the state of Hesse, Wiesbaden has been selected as the capital city of the state.So I guess this selection is showing the importance of Wiesbaden in the area.
As I said Wiesbaden is a little city with almost 300.000 inhabitants.But there are so many characteristics in the city.For example there is a tradition in Germany to name cities with their specialities.The ones which have a name with the end 'baden' are the ones that have thermal springs, water.So as a city with the name end of 'baden' Wiesbaden is full of places where you can find thermal water.Beside being a thermal center Wiesbaden is a gamb center as well.The most famous casino of the city is called Kurhaus and it's located in the middle of the city.

Wiesbaden has about 300.000 inhabitants as I said and all of them aren't German for sure=).So let me give a brief information about the ethnicity of the immigrant inhabitants.The leading group is Turkish people for sure.(as it's in all the Germany)Since there is an U.S base in the city, it's possible to see so many American people as well.Some of the rest common ethnicities are like Greek,Italian,Arab...

There are enough many sights that I can suggest for Wiesbaden.I am going to tell just the names of them and you can google them to find out more if you are interested.The sights that I can offer to you in Wiesbaden are:The Palace Square, Schloss Biebrich(The Castle of Biebrich), Kurhaus,Brich Churches, Kurpark, The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, Neroberg.....

If I need to be honest Wiesbaden is not a city for nightlife.There is nothing much to do at nights in Wiesbaden.There are 5 places that I can suggest you for nights.One of them is called Coyote.It's really a nice place with a warm atmosphere and there are free salsa lessons there as well.So may be interesting.Your second choice can be a night club called Cubique which is really small but has some interesting 'dance shows' sometimes.Your third option may be Park Cafe which is located in the most luxury neighbourhood of Wiesbaden on 'WilhemStrasse'.It's an interesting place as well but more expensive than the others.For the ones who like karaoke and Irish style fun, there is an Irish pub located on Kirchgasse and it's really cool.My last suggestion is a place called 'schlachthof'.It's an alternative place located near the main train station and full of punk-junkie people=)But sometimes it's possible to have so much fun there..By the way schlachthof means 'slaughterhouse' in German=)Depends on your mood actually..That's all I can suggest about the nightlife of Wiesbaden but I need to say that compared to Wiesbaden, Mainz is much more better about the nightlife.And it takes just about 15 minutes to go to Mainz from Wiesbaden by train so you can think about it;)

For shopping in Wiesbaden, there is a wide variety of supermarkets.The ones that I can remember are REWE, ALDİ, PLUS, TENGELMANN, LİDLE.ALDİ is much more cheaper compared to the other ones but the one that I can suggest to you is REWE.Even though it's more expensive, you won't regret when you see the difference between REWE and ALDİ=)

Public transportation network is enough good in Wiesbaden and there is almost not traffic density .There is a train station which connects city to the country.By the way there is not an airport in the city and the nearest airport is in Frankfurt.It takes about 45.mins by train from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden but don't worry, trains are so comfortable in Germany!=)

That is all that I can write about Wiesbaden for now.If I remember something else, I will add it to the text in the future.I hope you will have a chance to see this sweet German city one day...Best wishes, aufwiedersehen=)

THE PALACE SQUARE















Schloss Biebrich(The Castle of Biebrich)
















KURHAUS














ONE OF THE BRICK CHURCHES





















KURPARK

















The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth




















NEROBERG




















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Introduction

Travelling is one of the most common activities that people like doing.It's really an important hobby for most of the people.For some it's a lifestyle, a way to express themselves or the meaning of the life.
There are so many reasons that we love travelling.First of all we love discovering new things, meeting new people/cultures, tasting/drinking the things we haven't tried before etc.But I think the most important reason is our ‘patience of observing’ which is one of the strongest patience that humankind has according to me….. Beside being a patience, observation is an obligation for us as well.There are 2 things that we are obliged to do as humankind from the moment we born untill the moment we die: breathing and observing(Watching).That obligation of 'observing' is making us curious.We always want to see something new, unseen, something virgin...This is the thing which is pushing us to travel.
There is another interesting reason that we love travelling.’Shooting the most interesting life’….Each of us is shooting his/her own movie with 2 natural cameras that we have ‘called eyes’ so all of us are trying to see more things than the rest and to record the most interesting movie called ‘the life’.
In the age that we are living now, travelling is much more easier than it was before.Since there are more travel agencies, airways, hotels etc. the comfort of travelling that we can have now is unbelievable compared to the price we pay.For example it is possible to buy a round trip ticket for 100€ between 2 European countries these days. (I am not even telling about Ryanair which sells tickets even for 1€)About 3-4 years ago just a one way domestic flight was almost with that price.So the time changes, competition between companies raises and the travelling is getting easier.
After writing some general things about travelling I would like to write about my personal purposes to write a blog about travelling.’’Why did I need to write about travelling?’’
Each time when I decide to go to somewhere , the first thing that I am doing is ‘googling’ it.But there is always a problem about it.When you ‘google’ a continent, a destination, a region, a hotel or whatever, most of the things that come up to your result are commercials.Or ‘so called’ objective comments which have been made by people who should be objective but who never do.So as a student who is studying public relations I decided to write about the things I have seen in the places I have been .My purpose is sharing my experiences, taking your comments and experiences as well and creating a good mixture out of them.

I hope all of us will enjoy it=)
Hamza


Coming up on my blog: WİESBADEN/GERMANY