A day in Basel with a focus on museums and culture
Basel seems to be well-disposed towards us. After a fantastic autumn weekend in October 2015, we went back home raving and this time we were no different. How could it be when the
Off to the Caucasus – on the Georgian Military Road
Mighty beautiful mountains are a good reason to travel. And so it was crystal clear to me that a trip to Georgia includes a detour to the Caucasus Mountains. Already from the plane
City trip to Belfast – sights and restaurant tips
In recent years, it has become a tradition that we use the Fridays between the years for a city trip. After Helsinki, Edinburgh and Saint Petersburg, Warsaw, Athens and Belfast wer
Istria road trip: sights and photo spots
A time budget of 72 hours, a car and a camera – this guarantees an eventful Istria road trip. After exploring the Slovenian part of the largest peninsula on the northern Adri
Series of images: The people of Morocco
Morocco is one of those countries that immediately captivated me. Two or three steps into the medina of Marrakech and I was hooked – these colours, smells, the noise of market vi
Gothenburg – travel tips, restaurants and sights
No Sweden posts on the blog? Well, that’s not possible. Yes, dear readers, I’m with you. Although, it’s not like I’ve never been to Sweden. My first solo tr
Amiens – insider tip in Picardy
Do you remember how I pondered beauty in Le Havre? Architect and urban planner Auguste Perret also left an impressive testimony to his work at the second stop of my northern French
Tips for a weekend in Lille and Roubaix with the best sights
My France city trip took me from the fascinating Le Havre via Amiens to Lille. Since the capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region will be in the spotlight from next week due to the
Bordeaux – tips for a city trip
Bordeaux, not Porto! After our weekend trip, there were one or two communication problems in the office, where we hung out at the weekend. What both cities have in common is that g
Lueg viewpoint – spring trip to the Emmental
Almost two weeks ago, we ended up in the Emmental on one of the first beautiful spring days. I grew up in the Gürbetal – which is not far from the Emmental as the crow flies. Bu
Weekend in Rome – sights and travel tips
5 years of Latin. Finding subjectives, objectives, and verbs sentence by sentence. Decipher Roman stories and wisdom from Virgil, Ovid, Cicero and Caesar. And in the end, the littl
Funchal top tips – experience Madeira’s capital
No, Funchal is not a “pearl”. From a distance, the island capital of Madeira looks as if the depression between the coast and the hilly hinterland had been filled with