A Saturday Trek at Schwarzwald

A Saturday Trek at Schwarzwald

The Schwarzwald (English: Black Forest) located in Baden-Wuerttemberg, the south-western state of Germany, is a name constantly repeated by travel and nature enthusiasts. Even by food lovers, who love to occasionally enjoy a Black Forest cake. The onset of warmer days from May to August/September is a welcome call for Trekkers in Germany. While having never really trekked in the past myself, the ad I spotted accidentally in the local newspaper (benefits of reading German) sparked a thought to sign up for one. The ad spoke of a local club organizing a one-day Trek starting at Durmersheim, a town located 8-10 kms south-west of Karlsruhe, and invited even non-members to join if interested. Couple of weeks later, we were all boarded on the local train (called 'Murgtalbahn' informally, meaning the train that runs in the valley of the river Murg. Hint: Geographical features and City/town names are very closely linked). In a group of 30 odd people, I was the only Indian and perhaps the youngest at 26 years of age,...
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INGOLSTADT – WHAT OPTIONS DOES A STUDENT HAVE ?

INGOLSTADT – WHAT OPTIONS DOES A STUDENT HAVE ?

WHAT OPTIONS DOES A STUDENT HAVE IN INGOLSTADT?  - SOCIALISING, ENTERTAINMENT, HOTELS etc Personal Experience,  I am Anoop Krithvasan living in Ingolstadt. Having stayed for 6 months in Ingolstadt, I would like to share things that I have done to socialise and to spend your free time on arrival at Ingolstadt . I personally enjoy socialising , learning new things and making myself feel comfortable across all genres of activities.  For e.g spending time with international community. Few things one could do at Ingolstadt are: I am part of international students club where we organise movie nights (english / german ) , board game night ,etc. These are for students part of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt. Through this you get know to people from different countries , culture s, languages etc.These usually happen once a month. For students who are travelling to my city for internship / thesis etc , you will have associations like International students in Ingolstadt, Indische Deutsche Verein etc where...
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