Hier bin ich -- in Köln!

(Danke, FluentU)

Hier bin ich...



... zu Hause! (Here's where I'm.... at home!)
... Metzger (butcher)
... Fischverkäufer  (fish salesman)
... Sushimeister
... Frei  (Free!) 
...  Pizzabäcker
... (der) Levelang - FC  (for a lifetime:  Cologne's football club)
... den Himmel nah   (near heaven)
...  immer gut drum   (always good)
... wo sonst?   (where else?)
... der Kochechinese  (a Chinese chef)
... glücklich  (happy!)
... Kölschemädchen (Cologne-Girls)
... Kinderprinz (Karneval Junior Prince)
... zu Besuch  (visiting)
... Kultur 
... Colonia
... Vater geworden (became a father)
... Photograph
... Jazz
... ein Kölsches Original  (an original Cologner)
... für die Sauberkeit zuständig (responsible for cleanliness)
... Sänger, Songtexter, Beobachter  (singer, songtext writer, observer...)
... aufgewachsen   (raised)
... Wellkommen in Kölle
... Studentin  (students --  female)
... verliebt in dich! (in love -- with you!)
... Theater, weil man in dieser Stadt, am besten Theater machen kann
... und es ist auch gut so  (and that's all good)
... im Gespräch  (in conversation)
... Olympiasieger (Olympic champion)
... gelandet  (..is where I've landed)
... und lebe gerne hier  (and glad to live here)
... bin ich schon Jahrelang ehrenamtlich engagiert  (I've been engaged voluntarily for years)
... der Oberbürgermeister unserer modernen und liebenswerten Stadt, Köln  (First Mayor or our modern and treasured city, Cologne)
... zu Hause! (at home!)

Condor Airlines arrives at T.F. Green: German bloggers add R.I. to their 'Places We Love' list

Providence Journal
 Posted Jul. 17, 2015 at 11:09 AM By Paul Edward Parker
, Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island is a hit in Germany, if the German lifestyle blog Uberding is any indication.

Uberding, which roughly means "about things," sent a crew on the first Condor Airlines flight to Rhode Island from Frankfurt on June 18. Bloggers Mia Bühler and Thies Janknecht spent four days visiting Newport, Westerly and Providence.

"When you ask us about New England, we respond with our memories of Newport," Bühler wrote in her blog report, which posted on July 10. "The town, with its small boutiques, sports facilities (the International Tennis Hall of Fame) and the nature, between sandy beaches and coastal paths, is pretty much everything you would expect from New England!"

Even a rainy day spent in Westerly captured Bühler's heart. "It is not surprising that the South coast of Rhode Island has attracted stars like Taylor Swift," she wrote. "The area is ideal for exploring the beautiful countryside when it rains ... I would have liked to stay here longer."

Bühler found Providence less captivating, finding downtown deserted on a Sunday morning. "The capital of the U.S. state Rhode Island, we must say, was worth the visit for a day -– but we wouldn’t have liked to stay longer," she wrote, thanking a homeless woman who gave her a tour of street art. "My highlight was visiting the prestigious Brown University in Providence. The campus is green and full of life -– quite contrary to downtown Providence."

Bühler concluded her blog report, which is accompanied by a sharp-looking video, "Lil Rhody, it was a party for us! We have experienced so much in these four days and are happy to have added an until-recently-unknown place to our 'Places We Love' list!"

Check the above video link.  Here's the description:

Vor wenigen Monaten hatten wir "Neuengland" als Reiseziel noch nicht mal auf dem Schirm und dann klirrte das Telefon und der Anruf der unser Interesse am kleinsten Staat der Vereinigten Staaten Amerikas war geweckt.  Seit diesem Anruf gab es vor allem ein Thema: 

Unsere Vorbereitung, Vorfreude und Aufregung: 

 #CondorTraveldingLilRhody stand auf dem Plan.

Musik: Thies Janknecht / Tease

Posted June 18, 2015  at 11:15 PM

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  By Paul Edward Parker
, Journal Staff Writer

Inaugural flight by German carrier links R.I. with Europe







Condor Airlines arrived for the first time at Warwick's T.F. Green Airport Thursday night.

WARWICK, R.I. — At 6:17 p.m. Thursday, a Condor Airlines 767 touched down on runway 23 at T.F. Green Airport, marking the first time ever that scheduled airline service has linked Rhode Island to the European continent.

Michael Aziz, of Boston, was the first passenger on the flight from Germany who cleared customs and emerged into the airport terminal. "I'm so excited to have won the race to be the first human being to fly from Frankfurt to Providence," Aziz told reporters. He exulted about the new service, "I'm going to Boston, and I saved over a thousand dollars by flying through Providence. It's compelling. I hope the rates stay as they are." And to dash an old saying about air travel, Aziz said, "The food was excellent." The menu included a seafood salad with crayfish, as well as chicken satay.

Christine Husted, a native of Germany who has lived in the United States for 50 years, waited in the terminal for her sister and brother-in-law and also raved about the German airline. "I think it's half-price what Lufthansa charges to Boston," said the Middleboro, Mass., resident, adding, "It's much more easy to travel to Providence."

A total of 118 passengers made the inaugural flight from Germany, with another 236 booked on the return flight two hours later.

The new international service — which joins Cape Verdean airline TACV, which also this month began flying between the island nation off the coast of Africa and Green — is at least a major psychological boost to Rhode island's main airport, which had seen years of plummeting passenger numbers before turning in mixed results the last two years.

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline touted the service as much more than flights between Rhode Island and Frankfurt, saying it will connect "Central Europe and the heart of New England." Cicilline said he spoke to travelers waiting for the flight to Frankfurt who were making connections to Italy and to Poland. "It's going to be a wonderful thing for tourism and for business," agreed his colleague in Congress, U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin.

The first flight wasn't the only good news for Green to arrive from Condor. The airline also announced that is has begun selling tickets for the Frankfurt-Providence service for next year, extending what had been a trial summer for the seasonal service. This year, service will run until Sept. 3, before resuming for a similar season next year. Tickets begin at $680 roundtrip.

"We're going to come back year after year," Condor vice president Titus Johnson told The Providence Journal in an interview last week. "We're here to stay. We're very confident that this will follow the Condor traditional model." That model, he said, includes expanding the season in subsequent years if passenger demand supports it, with an eye toward eventual year-round service.

Earlier reports had Condor flying into Düsseldorf, which would have been just perfect for us. Having our partners meet us in Düsseldorf, and also deliver us there at the end of our visit put a definitive start and end to our exchange. As delighted as I am to have this direct (summer) service to Rhode Island, I must admit to being somewhat disappointed to see the destination airport changed to Frankfurt.   For me personally, Lufthansa's ICE connections between Frankfurt and Cologne presented some of our biggest challenges this year.  And that was supposedly WITH the cooperation both of the Airline and our Partners.  I'm now wondering just what kind of land connections our tour operators with Condor might book for us, if any.   

Certainly I'm hoping that, in two years the Condor-season into TF Green will have extended at least one week earlier.  This year, with June 27th being Burgau's last day of school, and with us slated to attend 2 full weeks, I could not even consider delaying our trip to wait for Condor's opening.  (That will be different in 2017, when the summer break in Nordrhein Westfalia begins July 17; so yes, I hope there will be the option to consider flying with Condor then.)   -- rsb

Zuhören: Der Radschnellweg zwischen Hamm und Duisburg

http://www.kiraka.de/spielen-und-hoeren/nachrichten/erklaer-mal/beitrag/b/was-ist-der-radschnellweg/

DER RADSCHNELLWEG KANN EINE GUTE IDEE SEIN

Was ist der Radschnellweg?

Keine Ampeln, keine Kreuzungen, kein Stau, sondern freie Fahrt mit dem Fahrrad. Im Ruhrgebiet soll eine Autobahn für Fahrradfahrer entstehen, der "Radschnellweg Ruhr" zwischen Hamm und Duisburg.

Heute (5.9.) wurde eine Studie vorgestellt, in der ausgerechnet wurde, dass der Radschnellweg über 180 Mio. Euro kosten würde.

Mehr Radfahrer, weniger Autos

Fahrrad fahren ohne ständig anzuhalten an Kreuzungen und ohne Autos neben sich, das ist die Idee hinter dem Radschnellweg Ruhr. Dadurch sollen mehr Leute dazu gebracht werden mit dem Fahrrad zu fahren. Im Ruhrgebiet gibt es jeden Tag viele Staus auf den Autobahnen. Zu manchen Tageszeiten wäre man auf der Fahrradautobahn wahrscheinlicher schneller als mit dem Auto.

100 Kilometer Radschnellweg

Zwischen Hamm und Duisburg sollen 10 Städte und vier Universitäten mit der Fahrradautobahn verbunden werden. Sie soll sechs Meter breit sein, vier Meter für Radfahrer und zwei Meter für Fußgänger. Es wäre die erste Fahrradautobahn in Deutschland. Die Idee kommt aus den Niederlanden, wo es schon zehn solcher Radschnellwege gibt, allerdings ist keiner so lang wie der im Ruhrgebiet geplante.

Die 100 Kilometer Radweg würden über 180 Mio. Euro kosten. Wer die Kosten übernimmt, soll in weiteren Gesprächen geklärt werden. Im Jahr 2020 könnte die Fahrradautobahn dann fertig sein. Auch in anderen Regionen in Nordrhein-Westfalen sollen in Zukunft Radschnellwege entstehen.
Es gibt Experten, die sagen dass sich der große Aufwand nicht lohnt. Nur ein Prozent der Pendler würde vom Auto aufs Fahrrad umsteigen. Andere Experten glauben, dass im Ruhrgebiet jeden Tag 50.000 Autos weniger unterwegs wären. Und das bedeutet: Weniger Umweltverschmutzung und mehr gesunde Menschen.

Stand: 05.09.2014, 14:54 Uhr

THEMA UMWELT:

Soll die ELBE NÖRDLICH VOM HAMBURG VERTIEFT?  

Lern doch Deutsch! Detlef Schrempf

aus Leverkusen (NRW)

WANDERLUST Summer Excursions

Select a beginners tour (2 weeks, including a crash course) or an intermediate one (3 weeks).

Groups are limited to 12 students, and include hiking through the Eifel, as well as being introduced to Cologne, Aachen and Bonn.  In Bonn, there are family stays.

LEARN MORE HERE

Sign up in March and the cost is reduced by 10%.

Tuition costs include:  All meals. group gear, accommodations, activities and transportation during the trip, including to and from Germany

Not included are:   Personal gear and clothing, Airfare to and from the trip start and end airport (potentially Philadelphia; Bradley Int'l --Connecticut -- or JFK in NY), Trip Insurance, Health Insurance.

Das verlassene Dorf in NRW, Borschemich

HIER IST DAS VIDEO
http://www.quia.com/files/quia/users/nge2014/4A_Niklas_smalltwoways.mp4

Wie alt ist Nikolas?
Was macht er am liebsten auf dem Bauernhof seines Grossvaters?
Will er gern umziehen?
Wer sonst muss umziehen?

Cassidy Clayton - Astronaut

(Danke, Andreas.  )




Songtext....

Ich habe alles was ich brauche,
und noch viel mehr,
denn ich bin Astronaut.
Die Welt wird langsam klein.
Ich steige immer höher...
Irgendwie ist es ganz allein hier.
Die Erde ist ein Karussell...

So lange du am schnellsten bist

Diese Einsamkeit erdrückt mich...

Peter Minuit aus Wesel (am Rhein, NRW) kauft Manhattan

Über Manhattans Kleindeutschland

About the Project

German Traces NYC is mobile, augmented reality experience designed to let learners explore German cultural heritage in New York City. The application makes use of archival documents, photographs, and multimedia narratives to bring to life to this significant thread of New York City and United States history.

A brief history of Germans in New York

In 1626, Peter Minuit—a native of the German town of Wesel am Rhein—purchased Manhattan Island for 60 guilders worth of trade goods. Since that purchase, German immigrants have been integral to the development of the city of New York.

Over 24,000 German immigrants called New York home in 1840—a sizeable community to be sure, but nothing compared to what the following 20 years would bring. Between 1840 and 1860, land shortages, unemployment, famine, as well as political and religious oppression sent more than a hundred thousand German immigrants across the Atlantic Ocean. At the end of those 20 years, there were over 200,000 German immigrants living in New York, most congregating in the area east of the Bowery and north of Division Street—or, what became known as Kleindeutschland.

It is important to note that until 1871, there was no unified Germany; most of these German immigrants would have been called Prussians, Bavarians, Hessians, Rhinelanders, Pomeranians, or Westphalians. The establishment and extension of the German Empire in the 1870s and 1880s, however, only brought more immigration, as tens of thousands more Germans found themselves dislocated and fleeing to New York.

By 1880, about one-third of the residents of New York—roughly 400,000 people—were classed as German-American. At the time, only Vienna and Berlin contained more German speakers than New York. During the same period, Kleindeutschland alone contained a German speaking population of 250,000, stretching from Division Street to 14th Street—making up the entirety of the neighborhoods now known as the East Village and the Lower East Side.
As New York entered the 20th century, the increasing socioeconomic pedigree of the German community, as well as the tragic General Slocum disaster, diffused Kleindeutschland’s population across the city—founding and expanding enclaves in areas like Yorkville in the Upper East Side, Ridgewood in Queens, or Bushwick in Brooklyn.
As the German community in New York exploded in size, it built churches, started businesses, founded hospitals, created clubs, propagated culture, erected monuments, and birthed dynasties. Over the years, however, the community assimilated and dispersed, but not before it left an indelible mark on the city. Since that time, New York has been built up and torn down, both by design and by tragedy, but if you look close enough, you can still find traces of the German immigrant experience hiding throughout the city’s corridors.

Credits

German Traces NYC and GeoStoryteller are a joint project between the Goethe-Institut New York and Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. The project team includes:

Brigitte Doellgast, Goethe-Institut New York
Anthony Cocciolo, Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
Debbie Rabina, Associate Professor, Pratt Institute

With Support From:
Katherine Borkowski, Research Assistant, Pratt Institute
Jeffrey Hiban, Graduate Research Assistant, Pratt Institute
Jessica Schneider, Graduate Research Assistant, Pratt Institute
Johanna Blakely-Bourgeois, Graduate Research Assistant (Alumna), Pratt Institute
Jill Goldstein, Assistant for Marketing, Goethe-Institut New York
Katherine Lorimer, Goethe-Institut New York

With Special Thanks to:
Robert Lyons (Voiceovers, English)
Jon Gilbert Leavitt (Original Music, "Spuren")
Miriam Ibrahim (Voiceovers, German)

We thank the many individuals and organizations that made this projects possible. Please visit the references and photo credits page for specific attributions.
Interested in this project? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and iTunes! Or you can email us atinfo@germantracesnyc.org.