Already for the fourth time in Alsace: On a long weekend we visited the Alsatian Wine Route with the towns Riquewihr, Ribeauvillé and Bergheim as well as the city of Strasbourg. I won’t tell you anything about wine in this article, because I haven’t had any alcohol for more than a year. Instead, I would …
My passion for travel began early in my life and indeed with the Orient. Since then I have traveled to several oriental countries. In each of them I hoped to find “1001 Nights” and sometimes I found glimpses into it. However, some years later I traveled to the Sultanate of Oman. Until then I had no …
Since I already had visited Estonia and Latvia, I was terribly curious to get to know the third Baltic state Lithuania. Not long ago I knew nothing about the country or its capital Vilnius. I am curious about all countries and it was clear to me that I would visit Lithuania at some point, if …
The island of Texel was one of the destinations we visited by accident. We wanted to see our friend Freek in his hometown, as we hadn´t met him for far too long. Therefore, I looked around, how to combine a visit to Groningen, which is an interesting destination in itself, with a relaxing break at an …
The wind is whistling in our ears at minus 17 degrees. It’s so cold that I can barely take pictures. We are standing on an – who knows how thick it is – snowy surface, while cross-country skiers rush by, and we do not know whether there is the beach or the icy seawater underneath. …