Ostend again
Posted by Rainer Beel on February 3, 2019
I have to admit, I’m an addict to Ostend. I’m a stranger to this place but this place has never been a stranger to me.
I have to admit, I’m an addict to Ostend. I’m a stranger to this place but this place has never been a stranger to me.
Is it better to renovate or rebuild? In Freudenberg, there’s an easy answer: Let’s bulldoze, baby. Bulldoze and rebuilt from scratch. Unfortunately, it’s all about profit potential. People don’t realise that historic preservation and downtown revitalisation go hand in hand – maybe they don’t care. Abrissorgie geht weiter
I haven’t really seen this round here before. But it’s becoming a fashion: demolishing a house the DIY way. This house was neither dilipidated nor damaged. The owners had a sawmill once, and you can still see this by the solid wooden structure. However, the historic home has to go. Property developers want to replace […]
Glorious sunshine and splendid spring colours made me mount my bike and cycle down from Freudenberg to Kirchen on the Asdorf Valley Cycle Route. I passed the small railway museum in Niederfischbach and the old locomotive built by local manufacturer Arnold Jung in Kirchen. Have a look!
Zwei Tage Regen, dann endlich etwas Sonne, also raus und ein Stück der Sieg entlang … Easter stroll in Siegen
Daffodils, milder temperatures and first glimpses of sunshine. A trip to London started my personal springtime.
Early February I came again to Oostende. I really love the town, the many memories, the sea, the colours and, of course, the great Belgian beer. Did you know that Madame Blavatsky, the legendary occultist and spirit medium, wrote parts of her book ‘The Secret Doctrine’ here?
In late autumn, when every light has a shadow, a stroll around London is especially intriguing. I walked the streets on All Saints’ Day and even took a nice boat trip on the River Thames. I got a number of very new impressions and like to share them with you. Here they are – some […]
Monster, Kirche, Fegefeuer Halloween und seine christlichen Ursprünge von Rainer Beel und Dr. Jeffrey Myers Es wird geliebt oder gehasst, aber nur selten verstanden. Was ist das für ein Fest, über dessen Herkunft man so wenig weiß? Fakt ist: Halloween ist weder ein Konsumfest noch stammt es aus Amerika. Vielmehr geht es geht zurück auf […]
In August 2017 I stayed in Vienna for the third time and instead of spending hours in a café I strolled around the Karmeliter Quarter, visited the Crime Museum and took a walk through the Augarten park and along the the River Danube. In the Augarten park massive air defence towers had been built towards […]
Die EKD distanziert sich mal wieder: pünktlich zum Reformationsjubiläum von Luther und seiner angeblichen Judenfeindschaft. Allzu große Nähe zum Leben und Wirken des Reformators hätte man den EKD-Oberen ohnehin nicht unterstellt, aber diese Entschuldigerei ist historischer Unfug und ein einfältiger Versuch, sich selber ins rechte Licht zu rücken. Es war Luther, der Anstoß gab, das […]