Von Perlenketten und Pyramiden

... the French pilot was right and actually kept the predicted flight time exactly. After exactly 7 hours of flight time, we landed in Paris. We had already taken off at 8:20...

Now we are practically at the end of our journey, even though we won't be home until tomorrow evening local time, today already feels like the grand finale. We had planned well,...

Today was mainly intended as a buffer before our return journey tomorrow. Time to pack, relax, enjoy the anticipation of home a bit, but also look back on almost 3 great weeks...

At some point it had to happen. The day was very rainy. We used the time until noon to go shopping in Pigeon Forge. Then we headed to the mountains of the Great Smoky Mountains....

... our day started with this song by Rascall Flatts. 100% chance of rain - a good day to continue driving. We had a delicious breakfast at IHOP, bought some water for the road...

Today I'm writing before the day is over. That could take a while. We're in Nashville and there's really a lot going on here.. right now we're at Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row...

The day started ... leisurely. Since we have a balcony and windows inside the pyramid, there is no daylight here but constant "weather conditions". So we woke up at 10 o'clock...

Attentive readers will have noticed that the title of the blog is a bit strange. By now, the perlenketten will have been explained, today we come to the second part. In Natchez...

After Mardi Gras is before Memphis, but Natchez as a stopover was definitely worth a stop. After having a delicious breakfast at WaffleHouse for the third time this morning and...

The Americans can do a lot, but sometimes it's not that easy technically. We had planned to visit the famous cemetery and also stop by Anne Rice's house that Nadine knows from...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the reason and at the same time the chosen destination of our trip. And it was incredible. The whole city turns into a party mile. Bombastic parades

Mardi Gras was practically invented in Mobile. Therefore, of course, there have been various parades here for days. Each organized by different Krewe's. For today…

In terms of weather, today must be described as a setback. I have the shorts...

Can a day start better than with a view like the one in the first picture? I do not think so! At nine…

Don't worry, nothing got lost - but it was part of the travel plan that Nadine wanted to buy a suitcase here, which we have...

What a day! Not only a day of this trip rich in events, but in my USA history so far it should be today. But maybe one thing at a time...

We started the day at eighteen degrees today. Unfortunately also with a lot of rain. We headed for Senoia. There we have …

When you feel your feet in the evening, you know that we haven't been idle that day. We are from our…

Who would have thought that yesterday. We arrived in Atlanta without any problems. Neither Corona nor...

With a roller coaster ride included, we're safe in Amsterdam...

Storm depression Antonia blew us to Berlin. On almost deserted streets we were in ...

Facts are supposed to start at the witching hour at midnight. We got our negative COVID tests in…

As "Corona heroes" we left our home port of Rostock for a day last year. Before that we even met once...

A few years ago we went on a great, unforgettable cruise together with the AIDA. Let's take this as a great dress rehearsal to...