AIESEC Alumni Rhine Cruise

Last weekend, I went to Koblenz for the AIESEC Alumni Rhine Cruise. On Friday evening, some of us Alumni already met in a Hotel Merkelbach at the river bank. Some old AIESECers and one from the current German Committee held speeches. Later I drove to Wiesbaden to visit Falk and Kirsten, unfortunately she already left for her work assignment in Ghana.


Late morning, we left Wiesbaden and parked my car in Bacharach - the end of the tour and then hurried on to Koblenz where we just arrived in time to board the AIESEC ship:-). There we met a lot of people we know from our active time in AIESEC. The next hours we chatted away passing by the lovely scenery of the Rhine and a lot of castles.

Chris, Steffi, Falk (AIESEC Leipzig)

Late afternoon - after lunch, on board entertainment (Miss Rhine Cruise Competition, AIESEC dances, ....) and sunburns we arrived in Bacharach - our destination. We walked up the stairs to our lovely castle for the night (see pic below) where we did a big BBQ when finally the rain hit us. Despite this little misfortune we had a great time and doing some more AIESEC dances. The next day I felt some muscles pain that I have not felt in some time.

Sunday morning brought us back the sun and it was a great day if we not had to leave. Around noon we all said goodbye. Steffi and me went together to Nuremberg and then I continued alone.

View from the castle

The Bavarian Sea - Chiemsee

This sunday, my dad, Gabi, Victor and me left for the Bavarian Sea - the Chiemsee. The lake is situated about 100 km south-east of Munich, has the Alps as a backdrop


and the three islands:

• Herreninsel (Island of Men)
• Fraueninsel (Island of Women)
• Krautinsel (Island of Herbs/ Cabbage)

Small tourist ships carry you around from the towns at the banks to islands.


We went first to the Fraueninsel, on which there is an abbey founded in the 8th century and this old nunnery is still working today. We walked around the island and stopped by a beergarden for lunch. We had all fresh fish from lake that was very delicious.


Another ship brought us the other big island - Herreninsel. On this island King Ludwig II let build a wonderful castle after the model of Versailles. He only lived there for 10 days, which was normal for him. He was known as the Fairy Tale King because he built so many beautiful castles:

• Neuschwanstein Castle (inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle)
• Linderhof Castle
• Herrenchiemsee Castle

Me, my brother and my dad on the ship:

Landshuter Hochzeit - The wedding of Landshut 1475

Today, my mom, Inka, Andreas and me made a one hour drive to the city of Landshut. It's a nice little town in Bavaria with a lot of old buildings neatly arranged the main street.

Every four years the town is celebrating a historic marriage from 1475. Then Duke Ludwig the Rich wanted to marry off his son. He negiotiated with the King of Poland about his daughter - Princess Hedwig. They agreed and the princess and her entourage left Krakau beginning their long journey over the border to Berlin, then Wittenberg, Oelsnitz and finally Landshut.

Due to the struggles on the way and the Black Death, the journey took longer than expected, but when they finally made it, it was a big party and the whole town was fed on the Duke's expenses.

We visited the play and dance show in the pomp hall of the city hall building. After the lovely show, we walked around the town to the fairground where knights, maids and other people were feasting.