 Awal April 2011 ini kami mendapat kesempatan untuk berkunjung ke Dresden. Ini pertama kalinya kami mengunjungi kota ini dan sangat menanti-nanti perjalanan ini. Sebenarnya ini adalah acara yang diadakan oleh DAAD untuk mahasiswa yang mendapat beasiswa ini dan keluarganya.
Acara seharusnya mulai sejak tanggal 1 April 2011 siang, tetapi karena Wira ada ujian di Norwey dan baru kembali ke Berlin pada malam hari, jadilah kami berangkat ke Dresden belakangan. Saya janjian untuk bertemu Wira dan teman-temannya di bandara Schönefeld pukul 20.30. Setelah itu kami akan naik bis ke Dresden dari bandara pukul 21.00. Perjalanan ke Dresden memakan waktu sekitar 2 jam. Hotel tempat kami menginap ternyata masih bisa dicapai dengan berjalan kaki dari tempat turun bis. Kami menginap di hotel Ibis. Sampai di hotel, kami langsung istirahat, karena besok acara dimulai dari pagi hari. Di pagi hari setelah sarapan, kami menghadiri kuliah umum dan kuliah pilihan yang diadakan oleh DAAD. Lalu dilanjutkan dengan makan siang. Acara selanjutnya adalah tur keliling kota tua Dresden. Kami mengambil kelompok tur berbahasa Inggris. Maklum sampai sekarang, bahasa Jermannya masih terbatas :). Hari ini sangat cocok untuk jalan-jalan karena suhu yang cukup hangat (sekitar 22-24 derajat C). Pertama-tama kami dibawa dengan bis menuju daerah kota tuanya lalu dari sana tur dilanjutkan dengan berjalan kaki. Tur dimulai dari depan Albertinum (New Masters Gallery) dan berjalan menuju Kunstakademie mit Kunsthalle. Berhenti sejenak untuk foto-foto dan mendengar cerita dari tour guide tentang kota Dresden di Brühlscher Garten ditepi sungai Elbe. Setelah itu kami jalan lagi menuju Brühlsche Terrasse. Karena baru memasuki bulan April, pohon-pohon disini baru mulai tumbuh. Terbayang indahnya jika berkunjung di musim panas. Duduk-duduk di tepi sungai Elbe sambil menikmati pemandangan. Tujuan kami selanjutnya adalah Semperoper sebelumnya kami berhenti sejenak di Augustus Bridge. Kami tidak masuk kedalam gedung-gedung tua ini karena pasti akan memakan waktu yang lebih lama lagi. Ingin rasanya jika ada kesempatan berkunjung lagi dan menikmati suasana dengan lebih santai. Dari Semperoper kami masuk ke Zwinger. Sambil mendengarkan cerita tour guide saya sibuk memotret bangunan-bangunan tua ini. Sayangnya karena batere iPhone saya habis dan saya lupa mengisi mobile charger saya, foto-fotonya jadi campuran antara iPhone dan pocket camera. Bangunan berikutnya yang kami kunjungi adalah Residenzschloss dan Kathedrale. Dan dilanjutkan dengan menikmati indahnya The Fürstenzug. Jika kita berjalan terus akan sampai di Frauenkirche. Setelah berhenti sejenak, kami lanjutkan perjalanan menuju Neumarkt & Altermarkt.
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 I didn't go out much this 2 months. Because I didn't really like walk alone. I was still going to language course in February but not in March.
I spent time more at home and try to work with my blog. It's been a while since I really do something on it instead just upload pictures. I also spent a lot of time watching some TV series and movies. Just enjoying another life :) I went to visit Wira in Bergen at mid February. We also went to visit a friend in Stavanger. I also went to celebrate the Earth Hour 2011 in Brandenburger Tor. They turned off the light in the Brandenburger Tor but too bad other building around it didn't participate in this ceremonial. So you can saw a dark Brandenburger Tor with some burning candle that said "ENERGIE-WENDE JETZT!" and you can also saw the Hotel Adlon & other building with all the light on.  Because we lost our passport, so we get back to Berlin earlier. We had some more days to go sightseeing around Berlin before I have to go back to my language course and Wira to his course in Charité.
This month we went to Altstadt Spandau and Schloss Sansouci in Potsdam. Besides that, we also walking around and try bus number 100 from Zoologische Garten to Alexanderplatz. It was nice ride, quite the same with the city tour bus. It can be an alternative if you want to go alone. We can also hop on hop off if want to see something. We visit Schloss Charlottenburg, Berliner Kunstmarkt, Rote Rathaus, Rathaus Pankow and walking around the city as usual. In Berliner Kunstmarkt you can find any kind of things such as painting, old recording, photos, handmade stuffs and other. It was fun to be able see this place. If I'm going to stay in Berlin for some more to time, I'm thinking to buy a painting of a cow in field. It was beautiful painting. Love it... I love walking around in this city but not alone :)  Today was a one freezing day in January, and we decided to visit Schloss Sanssouci in Potsdam. It takes about an hour to get there from my apartment. First we took U-bahn to Alexanderplatz and then switch to RE train to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. Since we already used monthly ticket, we just need to buy the extension ticket that cost €1.5. And from Potsdam Hauptbahnhof we change to bus (695/606) to get to Schloss Sanssouci. We used ticket for group that cost €9.5 for all day long.
In winter, day is shorter than night. Because we all went to Sanssouci around 12 from Berlin, we didn't have much time to see around. Sunset will be around 4 pm. So we take our own tour in there based on the map that I bought at the gate (€2). You can get inside the Schloss and there's another cost for it. But we passed that part. We continued to walk around the schloss and then toward the park and Neue Schloss. There's not much to see during winter, because all the statues are covered with wooden box, the fountain is frozen, the trees are bold. It surely a lot prettier during spring or summer. But it has it's own beauty during winter. It almost sunset when reach Neue Schloss, and we already walk for about an hour. We decided to take the bus back to town and find something to eat. After that we walking around the city and try Potsdam old tram. They give us two plans in the map that we bought. One is short tour that takes about an hour and the other is 4 hour tour. With 4 hour tour, you'll be able to see almost all part of Sanssouci Park. We decided we need to visit this place again during spring or summer...  Gagal pergi ke Swiss, tidak mematahkan semangat kami untuk tetap jalan-jalan :). Apalagi akhir bulan Januari nanti, Wira akan berangkat ke Bergen, Norway. Jadilah kapan pun cuaca memungkinkan untuk jalan-jalan, saya dan Wira selalu menyempatkan diri untuk keluar dari apartemen kami tercinta.
Hari ini kami jalan-jalan ke Altstadt Spandau. Sebuah kota tua yang masih berada dalam area Berlin. Tempat ini seperti kota kecil yang terjaga keindahannya dan masih terawat bangunan-bangunan tuanya. Menyenangkan rasanya bisa berjalan-jalan di kota tua ini. Dengan jalanan batu khas Eropa dan hampir semua orang berjalan kaki, kita bisa menikmati segarnya udara musim dingin kali ini. Di ujung kota bisa ditemukan beberapa pedagang kaki lima yang menjual berbagai barang mulai dari peralatan tukang sampai seafood dan makanan lainnya. Silakan nikmati pemandangan kota tua yang sempat kami abadikan dan jangan lupa berkunjung bila sempat :). Disekitar sini juga kami melihat kecepatan polisi, paramedis dan dokter dalam menangani kecelakaan yang terjadi. Hebat euy...kayak di film-film... :)  Perjalanan dari Brussel dilanjutkan dengan menggunakan kereta Thalys ke Köln. Kami akan di jemput oleh Reni dan Jujun di Köln Hbf. Perjalanan memakan waktu 3 jam. Kereta berhenti dibeberapa stasiun. Karena sudah beberapa hari dijalan, kami tertidur hampir sepanjang perjalanan. Ketika kami hampir sampai di Köln, kami baru menyadari bahwa tas kamera kami hilang. Langsung menghubungi Reni dan ketika bertemu dengan mereka, kami langsung cari kantor polisi untuk bikin laporan kehilangan.
Memang tidak rejeki, tas itu tidak pernah kembali sampai sekarang. Kami sudah ikhlas, semoga isinya bisa bermanfaat buat yang mengambil. Mungkin kami kurang bersedekah. Anyway...setelah lapor sana sini dan membatalkan kartu-kartu yang hilang, kami putuskan untuk tetap menikmati perjalanan kami. Malam ini kami makan malam Tekwan ala Dapur Jujun. Yummy... Keesokan harinya kami berjalan-jalan ke pusat kota Bonn. Kota ini tidak besar dan kalau mau, bisa dijelajahi dengan jalan kaki. Dan itu yang kami lakukan, berjalan kaki menikmati keindahan kota ini.  Tahun 2010 ini, kami menghabiskan liburan akhir tahun dengan pergi kebeberapa tempat di Eropa. Ini seperti napak tilas bulan madu kami hampir 6 tahun yang lalu. Perjalanan pertama kami adalah Hamburg.
Perjalanan dari Berlin ke Hamburg memakan waktu sekitar 4 jam, karena kami menggunakan kereta yang biasa (bukan ICE). Dengan menggunakan tiket schöneswochenende, kami hanya perlu mengeluarkan uang sebesar 39 € (bisa sampai 5 orang). Dari tempat tinggal kami di daerah Pankow, kami harus menuju ke Berlin Hauptbahnhof dan dari sini perjalanan kami dimulai. Untuk rencana perjalanan ke Hamburg hari ini kami mencari dari sini. Pertama kami naik Intercity ke Stendal (sekitar 1,5 jam, seharusnya hanya 1 jam) lalu disambung naik Regional Express ke Uelzen (sekitar 1 jam) dan disambung naik Metronom ke Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (sekitar 1 jam). Ditambah waktu menunggu di stasiun sekitar 1 jam. Karena ketika itu sudah masuk musim dingin, maka kereta yang kami naiki mengalami beberapa kali keterlambatan.  This is all pictures I took in December 2010. The winter is coming. Love to see everything covered with snow. Even I found the beauty of winter. But still couldn't stand the cold. My feet even get really hurt when we walking around in -15 degree C. We also had a couple of party with Wira's friends to celebrate the end of core course.
We visit a Weihnachtmarkt in Neukölln. We went there with some friends. And I meet again with Vika. She's a girl from Moscow. We've been friend since 1993. It's was nice to see an old face in Berlin :) Actually this is the second time I met her. The first time I met her was in Jakarta around 2007 (I guess, kinda forget :p) This month we also had a trip to Hamburg, Amsterdam, Belgium and Bonn. Don't forget to read the story and see the pictures of our trip. I took all the pictures in this album with my iPhone. I'm using Hipstamatic application. Some picture might not really clear and nice but there's always something to enjoyed. That's the way this application work. I was trying a few combination of lens and film.  This is all pictures I took in November 2010. No special occasion, sometimes we just walking around the city. The weather quite cold for me especially since I just came from tropical country.
We visit a Weihnachtmarkt in Alexanderplatz. It was amazing how they create all the rides just in one night. They also sell lots of candies, foods and gluhwein. It seems everybody are there because there so many people at one time. Thinking about going with one of those rides? No way...I will freeze my butt :) Still amazed with all the people that try the ride. I start taking my Deustchkurs this month. And at the end of the month our class had breakfast at Anna Blume (Prenzlauerberg) and then we went to the museum in Mitte. I took all the pictures in this album with my iPhone. I'm using Hipstamatic application. Some picture might not really clear and nice but there's always something to enjoyed. That's the way this application work. I was trying a few combination of lens and film. I'm planning to go to Berlin anytime soon... (still hope and pray that I can get the visa soon)
While waiting for the visa, I think it's time to see places I want to visit while in Berlin. I write this based on www.lonely planet.com. So...here's some of it... 1. Get high at the TV Tower The TV Tower is the tallest structure in Germany, soaring 368m above Berlin since 1969. Come early to beat the queue for the lift ride to the panorama level at 203m, where views are unbeatable on clear days. From here and the upstairs café, which makes one revolution in 30 minutes, you can easily pinpoint landmarks and study the city layout. Address: Panoramastrasse 1a, Alexanderplatz Area Transport: train: Alexanderplatz Ticket: full €8, child €4 Open: Mar-Oct 09:00-00:00, Nov-Feb 10:00-00:00 |
@ La Gruyère. Picture taken by Kerlijn Van Assche
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