Featured on YMCA Germany Blog

There is a lot of things happening lately. And finally spring is here, too!

I was featured on the blog of YMCA Germany. I reported on the YMCA Europe Movement Strengthening meeting that took place from 9th to 10th of March in Berlin. I attended the meeting as the german TEN SING representative We were accommodated in the lovely Missio-Center YMCA Sophienhof in Berlin Mitte. It was a great meeting and I got to know some very intelligent and kind people from all over Europe.
The Blog is in german. I will add some eyecandy for those, who don’t understand german so well as soon as I come home.
Now enjoy reading!

Review: My Climbing equipment

Some months ago started climbing. Once or twice a week I’m practicing in the indoor-climbing-center “Kletterzentrum-Nordhessen“. The center is also headquater of DAV (Deutscher Alpenverein [german alps society]), section Kassel, where I am member since January.

Piece by piece I bought equipment for my needs. As a beginner I didn’t really know what my needs were. I didn’t have any references what climbing gear would be worth buying. So I want to give you some guidance with the test results from my personal equipment after using it for some time. I mainly have beginner’s gear, so if you’re a Pro, this won’t interest you much. If you’re a beginner, read on! Continue reading

Featured on: YMCA International – World Alliance of YMCAs: Stories of Empowerment “Dude, you got to check this out” – Sebastian Vogt


The YMCA World Alliance features a new category of stories on their website since last year. In good old blog-manner young people share their experience with YMCA and how the Y empowered them.
My good friend Romulo asked me some time befor Christmas, if I want to write down my own “Story of Empowerment”. So I sat down and would like to share with you my TEN SING and YMCA story. Enjoy!

YMCA International – World Alliance of YMCAs: Stories of Empowerment “Dude, you got to check this out” – Sebastian Vogt.

Impressions from the Christmas Market

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Christmas Time is great for taking pictures with long exposure time. It’s dark, and usually there are some nice Christmas-lights around. In Ziegenhain, there was the traditional Christmas Market this weekend. So besides hanging around at the TEN SING Crêpes … Continue reading

Geneva, Flensburg, Brussels, Prague, Wildpark Knüll, Berlin

5400… I’ve been travelling 5400 kilometers in the last 1 1/2 months. I want to share some small pieces of the great experiences at the places I’ve been and the the people I cherish.

In the middle of August –> Geneva

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At ETS-Festival I found many new friends. One of them is Romulo (You can read his Blog “The life report”, link in the sidebar :-) ) He is YMCA worldalliance Secretary General for youth empowerment.

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He invited me over at the end of the festival and two weeks later, I started off with Vladi in my old VW Golf 3 to Geneva in Switzerland. Great road trip, but very warm indeed. The weather was great the whole

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weekend and we had a great time at lake Geneva, got

involved in United Nations work, explored the city of Geneva and we enjoyed being at Romulo’s place with the great view.

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End of August –> Flensburg

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Spontaneously Felix, Daniel and I decided to visit Kevin, who moved to Flensburg in August. It was a great weekend full of “men-time”, “men-talk” manly Flensburger Pilsener. The weather was

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BAD, but we were swimming in the Ostsee, explored the city and made some manly fotos

 

 

 

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Middle of September –> Brussels

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European parliament member Udo Bullmann invited 26 young socialists from Jusos Hessen to Brussels. We were visiting the European Parliament and had time to explore Brussels.

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Tuesday was very long with a lot of meetings with the DGB (Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund)

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, Barbara Weiler MdEP, Udo Bullman MdEP, PES (Party of European Socailists). In the evening we went to Hessenfest. How funny: Left Hessen behind to go to a hessish banquet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Brussels –> PragueSebastian Vogt und Vladi in Prague.JPG

My red VW Golf 3 drove me and some people from www.mitfahr gelegenheit.de to Prague. It was great weather: babí léto (indian summer/Altweibersommer) and

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I enjoyed spending time with Vladi. I was on a youth conference there and on sunday we made the touristic stuff: Castle Prague, Carlsbrige, old city and in a green parc.

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After Prague –> Wildpark KnüllTickets from czech police.JPG
Deer in Wildpark Knuell.JPGI stole Vladi and brought her back to Germany after my trip to Prague. Czech police stopped me and I had to pay a fee.

Back home we went to Wildpark Knüll and had a lot of fun. We saw bears (Vladi was very scared at first). We a lot of deer, and other funny animals. Let’s see if I can give you an impression on video Angry bird.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September/October –> Berlin
Berlin political – 24 hours! 12 young socialists from JuSos Germany met to discusspolitics can change about the web. A great meeting with lots of great ideas.

That was what happened in a galaxy, 5400 kilometers away.

New header, new article following soon

I’m movin’… my website…to some new webspace…and it is complicated…that’s why I can’t post my newest post… but as you can see, I have a new header…so come back soon and you will find a brand new update…stay tuned. In the meantime you can look at the nice people waving to you and greeting you here. By the way, picture is from TEN SING Münchhausen Festival 2011. It was great.