A Trip to Hanover Airport.

Waiting for Janet  this morning in the foyer of Braunschweig Hbf.

I went to Hanover Airport  with Janet today for her flight to Birmingham and a reunion with her family.  It felt rather strange being at the airport and then coming home again, as I'm usually there waiting to take off for Southampton.   We met in the foyer at BS station underneath the large digital train timetable, and of course, I'd got there much too early.  It is better to be early than to rush about catching last minute trams.   

The journey was uneventful, apart from the train arriving in Hanover five mintues late, which meant a dash to catch the connection to the airport.  We caught the train with just a minute to spare!   The airport was quiet, just passengers waiting to travel to Birmingham, and a huge crowd of Russians waiting to jet off to Moscow.

Waiting on Platform 6 for the ICE to Hanover.

The facade of Hanover railway station with a statue of Duke Ernst-August on horseback.

The first station on the current site was erected in 1843. From 1845 to 1847, a more permanent station, one of the first through stations, was built on the same site.  After tearing down the old buildings in 1875, today's station was constructed from 1876 to 1879, and further extended by an additional station hall in 1910.  The station was badly damaged during World War 11, and underwent extensive remodelling, which was completed  in 1948.

I have never explored Hanover, although tried last year, but had wet weather on the day in which I had planned to meet there with Meggie from Hamburg.  I would like to visit the royal palaces and  the four Herrenhausen baroque gardens, a legacy of the Kings of Hanover.  The Great Garden is one of the most destinguished baroque formal gardens in Europe, while the Berggarten, a former vegetable garden has become a large botanical garden.  The Georgegarten and the Welfengarten have been made into the style of English gardens, and both are popular recreation areas for the residents of Hanover.  The history of the gardens spans several centuries.   Now drinking tea after another busy day.