StringGrrl sees the World

When one goes to Germany you might think of Berger / Burger and not think of hamburgers. Even Hamburg does not have anything to do with the seemingly (but wrongly) namesake Hamburger. Hamburger could refer to a person from Hamburg, but not the sandwich is not.  A "premium burger bude" (stall, stand, booth) Buffalo Beef in Dortmund is a cozy little burger joint that delivers large and tasty burgers in the heart of Kruezfeld. This is almost ALL the seating,  only the six-top that I am sitting at is not shown  At an average of 10€ per burger menu (burger with fries or coleslaw) it is a premium priced burger. The burgers we quite good, and on part for prices with what we might pay in the US for an "upscale burger". Well above what I might expect from a 5 guys or Smashburger offering, this is on a level similar to the Detroit Favorite Brasserie Burger from the Red Coat Tavern. The limited time Champion Burger hiding behind the beer Served on your choice of ...

Site map of mammoth location, This shaft was only for the extraction of the coal. Miners entered and exited from other shafts  For a recent company outing we toured the "Cokerie" at the  Zollverein Coal Mine  in Essen. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a stop on the European Route of Industrial Heritage . It is reputed to be the most Beautiful Coal Mine in the World. It is certainly impressive and worth the visit if you are in the Ruhrgebiet (or Kohlpott as some know the area for the very same reason of mines like this). The building directly behind is the Coal storage area, conveyors passed the coal directly from mine to this building Germany has done an admirable job of recognizing the importance of their industrial history, unlike most of the USA which prefers to think of Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Guggenheim as cultural institutions that just sprung into existence fully formed rather than acknowledge the industrial history of those family names and the i...

  Munster St. Lambert's Church Nice gothic details, like the cages that the Anabaptists were confined to upon their "redemption" Among the sites in Munster one can visit the church where heretical leaders of  The Munster Rebellion  were confined after the rebellion was put down. After all the idealogy that all men are created equal needs to be quelled whenever it comes up, and the church is just the group to do it. Child labor still used in Munster to construct the church using this giant Hampster wheel The market still assembles outside the church along Pricipalmarkt Burkhard and Ute were our gracious guides