This time, though, it was only a brief stint: I arrived Sunday afternoon and left Monday evening. Still, my short visit felt very nostalgic, especially when I on the Sunday I walked the paths that had become so familiar to me.
If you have already been reading my blog in 2014, maybe you remember this post about the walk with the view of Ulm Minster - the very same church I saw from a very different perspective the Sunday before last.
Back in 2014, on my Goodbye-Walk, I thought I'd never see this place again. But now I had good reason to return, because the EU parliament has issued a new set of data protection regulations which I need to know inside out. I enrolled for a one-day seminar about the new law, and that's why I was back.
Here are the pictures I took on Sunday:
The hotel. Not exactly luxurious, but clean and simple, which is all I need for such a short stay (plus just across the road from the seminar rooms). This time, my room was facing the front; you can see my window: It is the bottom one in the first row of windows from the left. Inside, it looked like this:
Outside, I found little has changed here in the past two years - at least outwardly.
The view of the minster is, of course, zoomed in, but it was visible very well. It was a walk I enjoyed a lot, even though it wasn't very long and the scenery is certainly not the most spectacular I've ever seen. But it was like time-travelling to a period in my life which was both very intense and very happy - not that I am unhappy now (quite the contrary!), or do not find my life intense enough. It was just special, and it was nice to literally walk down memory lane.
Sounds like a satisfying short visit which both fulfilled a practical purpose and let you travel back in time.....I've drive through Ulm but not spent much time there. I remember (a rather silly memory) seeing a model of Ulm's Cathedral which a man in Cleveland, Ohio constructed out of wooden toothpicks. But I like this part of the country very much.
ReplyDeleteI should mention the tooth pick model was over six feet high.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll like my next post, Kristi! (It is not about toothpicks, but a model of the cathedral will be part of it.)
DeleteOh yes, I do remember that post! And I even remember the tree with the leaves blowing in the wind that was on the wall!
ReplyDeleteIt looks nice to me, nice walking weather!
I am not surprised you remember it, Kay, you do have a good memory for such detail!
DeleteIt was nice walking weather indeed, not very warm, but dry.
That sounds like a nice re-visit of Ulm for you.
ReplyDeleteIt was, Terra!
DeleteI like your comparison to time-travelling :)
ReplyDeleteThat's what it really was - we even had class in the same room as before, and I would not have been surprised if I had been put in the same hotel room as in 2014 :-)
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