Dresden
Jul 31, 2013 7:29:38 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2013 7:29:38 GMT -5
Good afternoon to you all! I should perhaps confess that today I am in Dresden. Yesterday, I was working in Berlin.
Zwinger
This journey across Germany is part business and part holiday. Tonight, I have a meeting in Leipzig. In the mid-twentieth century, Leipzig's medieval trade fair assumed renewed importance as a point of contact with the Comecon Eastern Europe economic bloc, of which East Germany was a member. At this time, trade fairs were held at a site in the south of the city, near the Monument to the Battle of the Nations. In October 1989, after prayers for peace at St Nicholas Church, established in 1983 as part of the peace movement, the Monday demonstrations started as the most prominent mass protest against the East German regime. Moreover, I commend Schloss Wörlitz to everyone reading 'The Third'.
Gartenreich - Schloss Wörlitz – England and classical antiquity all under one roof
According to Stephen Hawking, over coming centuries, we shall have to look for a new home beyond our own world, but in the meantime, we should make what we can of what we have here on Earth. So which is my favourite city in Germany?
Go Germany - Germany's Top 10 Cities - Best Spots for City Breaks in Germany
I actually prefer Würzburg.
Würzburg
Thinking globally rather than locally for a change, however, Asia, the world's largest continent, may be heading for something of a bust in the terrible 'teens, but if you fancy an adventure, how about China?
Modern China is a vast country. It is the world's fourth largest country and is home to approximately 1.25 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population. It has a great variety of climates and terrains. The south is wet and tropical, with some rainforest coverage. North-west China is covered in desert. In the very far north-east, close to Russia, the temperature can drop to -50ºC in the winter. In the west of China there are the Himalayas, with some of the highest mountains in the world. China's lowest point is in the Turfan Depression, at -154 metres below sea level. The Turfan Depression is also known as one of the 'furnaces' of China because of its incredible heat.
The melting snows from the mountains in the west create the headwaters for two of China's most important rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangzi River. The Yellow River gets its name because of the yellow windborne clay dust called loess that is blown across the north of China from the steppes of Central Asia. The loess is blown into the river and gives it a yellow appearance. The Yangzi River is the longest in China and third longest in the world. The Yangzi River irrigates the rice growing regions in the south of China.
British Museum - China - Geography
After Eurasia, Sydney, America!
Zwinger
This journey across Germany is part business and part holiday. Tonight, I have a meeting in Leipzig. In the mid-twentieth century, Leipzig's medieval trade fair assumed renewed importance as a point of contact with the Comecon Eastern Europe economic bloc, of which East Germany was a member. At this time, trade fairs were held at a site in the south of the city, near the Monument to the Battle of the Nations. In October 1989, after prayers for peace at St Nicholas Church, established in 1983 as part of the peace movement, the Monday demonstrations started as the most prominent mass protest against the East German regime. Moreover, I commend Schloss Wörlitz to everyone reading 'The Third'.
Gartenreich - Schloss Wörlitz – England and classical antiquity all under one roof
According to Stephen Hawking, over coming centuries, we shall have to look for a new home beyond our own world, but in the meantime, we should make what we can of what we have here on Earth. So which is my favourite city in Germany?
Go Germany - Germany's Top 10 Cities - Best Spots for City Breaks in Germany
I actually prefer Würzburg.
Würzburg
Thinking globally rather than locally for a change, however, Asia, the world's largest continent, may be heading for something of a bust in the terrible 'teens, but if you fancy an adventure, how about China?
Modern China is a vast country. It is the world's fourth largest country and is home to approximately 1.25 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population. It has a great variety of climates and terrains. The south is wet and tropical, with some rainforest coverage. North-west China is covered in desert. In the very far north-east, close to Russia, the temperature can drop to -50ºC in the winter. In the west of China there are the Himalayas, with some of the highest mountains in the world. China's lowest point is in the Turfan Depression, at -154 metres below sea level. The Turfan Depression is also known as one of the 'furnaces' of China because of its incredible heat.
The melting snows from the mountains in the west create the headwaters for two of China's most important rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangzi River. The Yellow River gets its name because of the yellow windborne clay dust called loess that is blown across the north of China from the steppes of Central Asia. The loess is blown into the river and gives it a yellow appearance. The Yangzi River is the longest in China and third longest in the world. The Yangzi River irrigates the rice growing regions in the south of China.
British Museum - China - Geography
After Eurasia, Sydney, America!