Bremen

Hey guys :)

I was just wondering if you like my blog and/ or have any advices for me (what I could change, what I should write about, what you like/dislike)??? Would be nice if you would just leave a comment ;)

And now something more actual.... I still haven't translated all my other posts, but I thought I could tell you something about Bremen :)

We're the red dot is :D

First you can just google all that :D
Bremen has a population of 547,535 people (november 2010), just because everyone asks me about that and I just can't remember :D
what else??

Kassler, Kochwurst, Grünkohl und Bratkartoffeln - delicacy in Bremen (it tastes better than it looks :D) - Wikipedia

Bremen is a hanseatic city and is located at the river 'Weser' and during the day (or at night time) it's really nice to sit at the medieval harbour 'Schlachte'.
The 'Schnoor' is the oldest quarter in Bremen and the 'Bötcherstraße' is quiet famous as well :)
The centre of Bremen is the Market Square (Marktplatz) with the town hall, 'Bremer Dom' (cathedral) and the statue of the 'Bremer Roland', a knight that protected the city. Close by are 'The Bremer Town Musicians' (Bremer Stadtmusikanten) - the donkey, dog, cat and rooster from the Grimm fairy tale.

Schnoor - Wikipedia

Bötcherstraße - Wikipedia

Market Square



Liebfrauenkirche (church)

City

Bremer Roland

Town Hall

Bremer Dom

Bremer Town Musicians and me with long hair

Does anyone know the story??
I'm too lazy to translate the whole story, but you can read it here if you're interested (I really like the story ;))

http://german.about.com/library/bllesen07dual01.htm

sadly they don't have all the cute pictures like in the books :(

I'm living a bit outside the city centre, and go to school in anoother borough as well :D
We'll go into city for shopping, having ice cream and meeting with friends.
I'm also going (or used to go) twice a week for dancing (Ballroom and Latin) ;)

I acually don't have that many pictures of Bremen... just because I'm used to be there, so I just took a few before I left.

Our soccer club is 'SV Werder Bremen' (I'm not that big into soccer :D) and we even used to have a kiwi soccer player: Wynton Rufer.
And (interesting for me) the 'Bremer Grün-Gold-Club' (Green - Gold - Club) won the world championship in latin formation last year ;) (and theis coach is the owner of my dance club).

We get snow in winter so everything get's beautifully covered in white :) evern if that isn't the best for driving somewhere on the icy streets...
The last winter was one of the coldest with - 20°C at night (glad that I wasn't home), whe it's usually around -10°C.
Probably still to cold for you?! ;)
In summer it gets around 30°C, but we had hotter summers as well with more that 40°C. Some days it's cooler and some it's really hot, so that everyone is lying in there garden (in the shadow of course) or hanging around in one of the open air pools.

We don't have a beach which is really sad, but we can drive up to the 'noth - 'or ' east sea', which is quiet cold the whole year.

I'm living with my parents and my sister, my grandparents and my aunt live in Bremen as well.
The rest of the family lives all over Germany, so I don't see them that often.
We have four big hospitals (why am I writing this??) -one is across the street from my house with a nice park and a runnig track.

When I go somewhere close to my house I use my bike (like our shopping mall, or my friends place, my grandparents house...), otherwhise I use bus and tram :)
We have trains as well, but I don't really use them except when I go to another city ;)

Train Station - Wikipedia

Tram in Red and White - colours of the 'Bremer Flag' - Wikipedia

We have lots of small parks in Bremen, but the ones I sometimes go to is the 'Bürger Park' (biggest park), 'Rhododendron-Park' (obviously with lots of rhododendrons ;)) and the 'Wall Anlagen' (you come along when you walk into the city from some busstops).


Wall Anlagen - Wikipedia

We have a few big events in Bremen:
in winter of course the 'Christmas market' (Weihnachtsmarkt), then during easter holidays the 'Osterwiese' where we have a big fire on easter and around that time we have lot's of small carousels and people selling all kind of food. The biggest event for everyone is the 'Freimarkt' (named the fifth season and the oldest fair in Germany :D) is the biggest festival in northern Germany, celebrated in the last two weeks of October. sooo looking forward to go this year *yaaay*

Freimarkt *__* - Wikipedia

So I think that was it :D If you have any questions about myself or Bremen, just ask me.
I don't bite, I promise ;)

So have a nice evening
Love Lea ♥