Category: Travels

Since august of last year, canal construction work has been underway between amtsgerichtskreuzung and the city’s parish church. An asphalt crew has been on the job since yesterday. Until friday, 18. October, it is to rebuild the trench and sidewalk surface in von-hessingstrabe and the adjacent parts of salinenstrabe and maxstrabe. For this time the concerned area is closed for the traffic.

The city bus lines impeded by the full closure – i.E. All lines that travel from berliner platz in the direction of garitz – are being diverted through the fubganger zone (ludwigstrabe). This is causing resentment among cab drivers in bad kissingen, who are not allowed to use this detour. A driver points out that they had to take detours of up to 20 minutes. For the customer, the cost of the trip increased from six to twelve euros.

"Kreuz und krug", this saying condenses the essence of the kreuzberg like no other. A place for spiritual contemplation and a venue for beer-fueled conviviality at the same time.

Whoever thinks of the kloster kreuzberg and thus frankens highest point, thinks a suffiges,

Without doubt, it is beautiful here. In the winding streets of limburger’s old town, the midday sun is reflected in the windows of the small houses. They nestle against the cathedral hill like crooked teeth. Much half-timbering, much schnorkel, much lovely there is to admire here. But the crowds of people who travel to limburg these days don’t come here for the beauty, they come here for franz-peter tebartz-van elst and his "show-off" building.

The bishop and the increased cost of his new residence are attracting a lot of attention to the town. "There are much more tourists than usual in autumn", says first city councilor michael stanke (CDU). Many people would see the limburg sign on the nearby highway and spontaneously drive off.
The old town is therefore also full of fubgangers on weekdays. On a kiosk stand, the "mirror" is displayed advertised, on the cover the bishop. A few steps further on in front of the "zum batzewert" inn lures a board with the offer "today again bischofsknodel 6,20 euro. The rustic taproom inside is well filled, old gentlemen sit at the bar over their first beer, sonorous pub murmurs can be heard.

"We want nothing to happen to foreigners in south korea in the event of war," a statement from the communist regime in pjongjang read on tuesday. North korea has now also stopped allowing workers from its own country into the industrial park in kaesong, which is operated jointly with south korea – the first time this has happened since the opening of the complex near the border in 2004. Production is at a standstill there.

Conflict between north and south korea threatens to spiral out of control, un secretary-general ban ki moon says. "The current mab of tensions is very dangerous. A small incident, triggered by a miscalculation, could create a situation that is no longer controllable," sud korean ban said tuesday in rome.

Australian cardinal george pell, who was surprisingly acquitted of sexual abuse charges a week ago, has sharply criticized the proceedings brought against him.

He wondered if the witness who testified against him had been used, the 78-year-old said in an interview on the sky news channel. "I don’t know what the poor guy was up to."He himself has been made a "scapegoat" for the terrible sexual crimes of others.