Like many other European opera houses and theaters, the one in Kiel was built in the first decade of the 20th century. Construction began in 1905 and was completed in 1907, when the opera house was inaugurated with a performance of Beethoven’s opera Fidelio. (My father was born in 1905 Read More …
After forty-nine years in Europe I am no longer sure whether to write it harbor or harbour. It doesn’t look quite right either way. In any case, I’m a fan of harbor tours (I’ll revert to the American spelling, okay?) because harbors are, by definition, sheltered from the wind and Read More …
On a typical day there are three direct InterCityExpress (ICE) trains from Frankfurt to Kiel, but none of these left at a time that was convenient for me, so I booked an ICE to Hamburg-Altona with a connecting Regional Express (RE) to Kiel. As so often happens, the ICE arrived Read More …