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At the beginning was the great desire: to stand directly by the water. This has now almost become a habit. We often camp in places almost alone, with a view of the sea or a lake....

Rõuge, our last stop in Latvia, is reminiscent of the French "rouge," but is a small town with a huge observation tower and six lakes in its vicinity. We explored...

Visit to an old, enormous manor house (built with the taxes of the small farmers in the surrounding area), correspondingly small wooden huts of the farmers and fishermen, Estonian...

Today we left Tallinn and headed to Lahemaa National Park. Our first route took us to the bog. To ensure that we and other visitors do not sink in it, we had...

Today we spent a bonus day in Tallinn just outside the old town. It was time for a visit to the Fotografista Museum. We were once again amazed that photographs can express such...

This weekend we will spend time together with Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian families and couples at their beach in beautiful weather. We can only distinguish them by...

As a history teacher, I have often visited with students the traces of the persecution of Jews in Bielefeld. After the collection at the 'Jewish House Kyffhäuser' at Kesselbrink,...

After the calm and unremarkable days in the countryside, we were able to enjoy the vibrant activity in Riga today.

With images in mind of demonstrators in Barcelona, Mallorca, Venice, or on Greek islands protesting against the threat to their homeland from overtourism, I want...

How often do we hear complaints and think ourselves that there is no real coexistence, no solidarity among us humans anymore, but only egomaniacs populating this world...

Today we are travelling from Travemünde by ferry towards the east to Lijepaia in Latvia. Will we then pass over the 'West Sea' (?), which is actually more commonly referred to as...

Suddenly, I was the only white person for miles around in the mall. All around me was a colorful hustle and bustle of such diverse people. "We are all Africans," and the...

Movement is good, we thought, considering that one spends many hours in the car and always eats warm in the evening. The pools in our accommodations are so small that after...

This is how German Namibians are referred to here To put it bluntly: We occasionally meet friendly Germans from Namibia who greet us in German in their homeland. But...

We have now been in Swakopmund for two days, possibly the most German city in Namibia. Today was Cassingaday, a non-working memorial day to commemorate a...

Today my dream of encountering the sand desert in Namibia came true. We crawled on all fours up the steep dune, rewarded at the top with a fantastic view of the entire dune...

Streets that seemingly lead straight ahead endlessly. Cars rarely come toward us on the side roads. That's a good thing, as it allows us to better avoid the...