Music and Light

As every year, we visited one of the nicest events in Bremen: Music and Light at Hollersee. Classical music in the dark, outside on a stage in Bremens most beautiful park near the lake "Hollersee". We have been there maybe 10 times already and this sunday we have again been fascinated by the atmoshere and the very well performed music.
This time there have been about 20.000 (!!!) people enjoying this event.

The official information:
The biggest musical event in Bremen's Bürgerpark is the concert "Music and Light at Hollersee". The Bremen School of Music plays classical pieces and well-known modern works conducted by Heiner Buhlmann on the stage in front of Hollersee. On this occasion Hollersee (a pond) is illuminated while young and old listen to the music with torches in their hands and enjoy the mood and fireworks during the concert. This event is sponsored by all those involved and is additionally funded by renowned Bremen companies. The proceeds from the sale of torches also go as a donation directly to the Bürgerpark's coffers. Not to forget the Play Activity Programme, whose organizers and staff take part in selling torches at the event as volunteers.

Cornfield Labyrinth

Have you ever been to a Cornfield Labyrinth??
We have been to such a labyrinth and really enjoyed it. When we entered that area, we saw a playground for kids made of hay bales, a small cafe, a look-out tower and a lot of resting places where families held their picnic.


The labyrinth itself is in a cornfield of maybe 500 x 500 metres. There are prepared ways for walking of appr. 1,50mtr width and it took us nearly 2 hours and 3 kilometres to find our way out again. The corn was standing very high...nearly 3 metres, and so it was no chance at all to have an approximate overlook. Fortuntaley I took my GPS Unit with me and via the "tracking" function I was always able to see where we have already been. So, we did not have to spend time on trying some ways double maybe. But in the end we had to try nearly every way because we did not only have to find our way out, but there was also a "detectives game" taking place. Means: Every visitor had to find 12 stations inside the cornfield to answer questions. Everyone who solved the game takes place in a lottery and the first prize is a trip to the Euro-Disney Park near Faris/France.
We solved all the questions and now all I need is a little luck...
More photos here


distance by bike last week: 85 km

Bookcrossing

This morning I was listening to a podcast where they were talking about "bookcrossing".
The thing is to share books. You register at bookcrossing.com and there you can register any of your books that you would like to share with others and/or give away. You can leave your book just somewhere and write it down on the website. Someone else will probably find it, read it and place it somewhere else. I have searched the database and found out that there are about 40 books hidden somewhere in the city of Bremen.
Sounds like a very interesting thing to me and I will surely try it. I will post it here as soon as I have found my first book somewhere...

Since I am already a member of geocaching, this bookcrossing thing is not really new to me but I don't know anyone who already is a member and/or has any experiences with bookcrossing. If you know about this, please drop me a comment.

Childrens Day

Yesterday was a huge event in Bremen: It was Childrens Day. This event is like a big party for kids with lots of toys and different exercises/games to play. It is a yearly happening always under the motto: Making kids strong (In German: Kinder stark machen). Means that children should be raised in a responsible way, showing them the good stuff in life, giving them self-confidence and holding them back from drugs, criminality etc.
I don't know how many children have been there yesterday, but in our newspapers it was written that there were about 700 people who made this event possible and did all their work for free. Must have been some thousand children there.