May 19. River cruise MS Victoria Jenna

May 18. Chingqong

One of the highlights of this trip: the world's largest megacity (34 million inhabitants), eight times the size of Saarland. From Elin Park, and especially from its modern...

May 20. Three Gorges cruise on the Yangtze

With bright sunshine downstream, first through the short but steep Qutang Gorge, only 8 km long. In the Wu Gorge, after passing the 'Chinese Loreley', transfer to small boats for...

Mykonos Town 25.9. - 2.10.

After a week, we switched to the hotel Korali, which is close to the city. Given the frequent shuttle service from the Imperial to Chora (even at night), we didn't really need...

Mykonos Eliabeach September 18 - 25

A long-held wish of Elke was to see the white houses of Mykonos. So we finally decided to take a vacation there. I was there exactly 50 years ago, with...

Conclusion

China is highly interesting. There are MANY Chinese, very many, and everywhere. They are friendly, but mostly speak NO English, which is surprising for a global power. However,...

May 30. Return trip

In China, Hong Kong, everything went smoothly with the airline Cathay Pacific. As soon as we landed in Frankfurt, the drama began: poor signage, our train is canceled, and the...

Tofu on the Train

A brick from brickmaker Hu Mingqing

Where the old emperor lived

The Magic of Aging