Comments on: Heading to Germany for eBay Live! Germany and Entwicklertag

By: Adam Trachtenberg

Adam Trachtenberg — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:13:55 +0000

It’s a little unclear, but my talk is actually on software developements *on the eBay platform* by US developers.

The team at eBay Germany already knows what German and other EU developers are doing, but they don’t have a good handle on what’s happening by US developers. So, they’ve called out to me to help share that data with everyone.

Other talks are covering other areas.

By: Evert

Evert — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:25:49 +0000

no offence, but “software innovations in the us”, the internet is kind of a world-wide thing? Why limit your talk whats specificly happening in the us?

By: Tobias Struckmeier

Tobias Struckmeier — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:09:12 +0000

Hey you should visit our usergroup ;).
Come to #phpug@EuIRC if you are interested meeting some geeks.

By: JeLuF

JeLuF — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:42:48 +0000

When you’re in DÃ¼sseldorf, spend an evening in one of the pubs in DÃ¼sseldorfs old city center. Well, actually not ‘in’, the *real* DÃ¼sseldorfer will stand in front of the pub and enjoy his ‘Altbier’ in the public.

Visit Cologne and it’s dome. And if you’re interested in Roman history, Cologne was founded 50 AC as ‘Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensis’ and there are some ruins from that time.

The middle Rhine valley (UNESCO World Heritage) has a unique density of old medieval castles and beautiful churches. A ship journey would be the classical approach: Go to RÃ¼desheim ( http://www.ruedesheim.de/en/index.html ) by train, (alternative: Bingen, on the other side of the Rhine, but not as beautiful). RÃ¼desheim is famous for its vineyards. From there, take a ship. The journey to St. Goarshausen takes about 2h. Most ships provide tourist informations in German, English, Italian and Japanese. From there, take the train back to Cologne.

In Frankfurt, the ‘Museumsufer’ (museum riverside) has lots of museums along the Main river, among them the famous ‘Schirn’ museum for modern arts or the historical museum. Not far is the beautiful ‘RÃ¶mer’ with its medieval city hall and timber framed houses. Also visit the dome. In its entry hall you’ll find aerial photos from 1945/1946. 99% of Frankfurt where destroyed during WWII, most of the beautiful old houses have been rebuilt.

By: Adam Trachtenberg

Adam Trachtenberg — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:40:24 +0000

There are more than 5 cities in Germany? :) I am open to alternatives… The Internet must be smarter than a guide book. :)

By: Lukas

Lukas — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:12:10 +0000

Well my 5 top list of the worst cities in germany include Frankfurt and Duesseldorf. So my recommendation would be the use the time to get to any other places in germany :)