The Odyssey to the Overseas

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On 24.08.2017, we were finally to set off. Since Nicolas’ journey was short and uncomplicated, I’d rather describe my own: Before I could even leave the house, I received an email from Korean Air that our flight would be taking off a few hours later in Frankfurt due to problems in Seoul. So I briefly informed Nicolas and immediately made my way to Hamburg-Harburg station. The IC to Cologne was on time, but the connecting train in Düsseldorf had already been cancelled. Without a constant mobile connection (and only sufficient in the DB stations), I had to find another train. Here, the DB Navigator app wasn’t useful at all, as it could never decide which trains to pick; in the end, however, I took the Sprinter from Amsterdam, which left Düsseldorf only a short time after my scheduled train. All in all, I arrived only 7 minutes later at the airport.

As compensation from Korean Air, we each got a €10 meal voucher for Frankfurt Airport and, as we could not get our connecting flight to Fukuoka, a voucher for 10,000 WON (about €7.50) for the airport in Seoul. We redeemed this voucher at Lotteria, the in-house burger chain of the Lotte Group – the only place at the airport where they had menus for this value.

We arrived at Fukuoka airport much later than originally planned. There, we immediately picked up our pocket wifi and withdrew some money at the 7-Eleven. Unfortunately, we kept the large 10000 yen notes for the time being, which turned out to be disadvantageous on the subsequent bus ride to Hakata station, as the exchange machine only accepts notes with a maximum value of 1000 yen and you always pay in the correct denomination. However, a helpful Israeli was able to help us, so that our first bus ride became the most adventurous and at the same time most instructive of the whole tour.

After saying goodbye again at the station, we quickly exchanged our vouchers for JR passes and made our first train reservation of the trip; in true Bullet Train style, we were to travel to Kokura in just 15 minutes, where the Comfort Hotel Kokura was waiting for us.

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TKathke August 25, 2017 July 19, 2026 Titanic Max Day 0

Hamburger Sommerdom (2017)

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Who would have ever believed to see the last Mack Rides log flume to disappear from the German fair circuit and yet it is. Since my childhood, Meyer/Steigers log flume Wildwasser dominated all fairs in Northern Germany and of course most of the other parts of Germany as well with its stunning backdrop and the great double drop finale. Let’s see where Mellors will place the Grande-Dame, maybe we will see her again in Skegness in some years.

While Wildwasser shows up for the last time, the VR dark ride Dr.Archibald Master of Time had its great premiere. Sadly, it was broken on my day of visit, but Mr.Greier did a fantastic job on the decoration of the ride. You can hardly tell, that this ride used to be the Geistertempel/Geisterhotel ghost train in its former life.

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TKathke July 29, 2017 May 7, 2023 Hamburg

Attractiepark Slagharen

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Theme Park:	Attractiepark Slagharen
	Ponypark Slagharen (1963 - ?)
	Teil des Resorts Slagharen Themepark & Resort

Address:	Zwarte Dijk 37
	7776 PB Slagharen
	http://www.slagharen.com/de

Operated by:	Parques Reunidos

Attractiepark Slagharen in Slagharen nearby the Dutch-German border is a medium sized theme park and holiday park, which started as a pony park by the Bemboom family in the early 60s. Due to the rapid success of the holiday park, some fairground attractions were added in order to entertain the park guests further. With time, the park quickly developed into a theme park featuring the first looping roller coaster in the Netherlands. Today, the park is operated by Parques Reunidos.

Fun Fact: The Bemboom family were the first to operated a number of theme parks across Europe. In the 80s they took over the historic Dreamland theme park in Margate, England and operated the long forgotten Freizeitpark Kirchhorst nearby Hanover, Germany.