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Pure nature on Fehmarn!

Iceland: a magical land in winter too!

This time I'm spending 5 days in Andalusia. My journey begins in the beautiful city of Seville. I am thrilled with the city, especially with the Plaza de Espana, a 50,000 square...

On the main square of Djemaa el Fna...

After three wonderful days in Northern England, my dear friend and I cross the border into Scotland at Berwick-upon-Tweed on the east coast. The first highlight is Tantallon...

This time, I'm traveling through Northern England and Scotland with a dear friend. We start in Manchester and travel along England's east coast via Haworth and York to...

Actually, I just want to go to the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. But since both flights there and accommodations on site are very expensive, I decide to fly to Brussels...

Teatro Massimo Bellini

Taormina is a dream. The small town on a hill near Mount Etna is the first stop of my stay in Sicily. This time, I start my sightseeing tour directly with the most attractive...

Driving along the Amalfi Coast with public transportation can be quite exhausting. There are only buses to get from Sorrento to Salerno along the steep coast, and these buses...

The ancient ruined city with today's Pompei in the background

As part of my discovery tour in the Gulf of Naples, I also spend a day on Ischia. The ferry that takes me there rocks quite a bit, and I realize that I don't have what it takes...

The image of Naples is inseparable for me from the image of freshly washed laundry. Freshly washed laundry hangs everywhere here: in front of windows and on balconies, across...

Rome is amazing, but during a long weekend due to holidays and bridge days, it gets overcrowded. During my sightseeing tour, the two most important questions are: How can I get...

Back on the Greek mainland, the heat in Athens is overwhelming. Even now, at the end of April, it feels like 35 degrees Celsius. The desire to leave the city and drive to...

From Athens, it only takes a 30-minute flight to the beautiful volcanic island of Santorini. I'm staying in Karterados, not far from the capital Fira, in a cozy little...

After a few wonderful days in Athens, I take a trip to the Peloponnese Peninsula. I leave at just after 7 o'clock in the morning by train for Corinth. When I arrive at the train...

All archaeological sites in Athens close (at least in the off-season) daily at 3pm - due to a lack of personnel, as explained to me by an employee. So I continue my dive into...

I start my Greece-Italy trip in exciting Athens and head straight for the Acropolis at the beginning of the first day. I behave like a cat, sneaking around the hot milk without...

I'm flying from Berlin to Amsterdam for a weekend and I can't get enough of this beautiful city. I want to take pictures of every house, every bridge, all the different boats on...

After two relaxing days in Cafayate, I continue by bus to the historic town of San Miguel de Tucumán, which is 230 km away. Halfway there, I make a stop in Tafí del Valle, a...

From Cafayate, I take a guided excursion to the Quebrada de las Conchas ('Gorge of the Shells'). This is a narrow section of the Río Guachipas valley, also called the Río de las...

After a 4-hour drive through a very green country, I arrive in Cafayate, about 200 km south of Salta. The town, with about 12,000 inhabitants, is located at an altitude of 1,700...

From Salta, you can take wonderful trips into the Argentine Andes. I don't want to miss the 'Train into the Clouds' (Tren a las Nubes), which runs on one of the highest railway...

Two hours flight from Buenos Aires is Salta in the mountainous northwest of Argentina. The center of the country's eighth-largest city, with 550,000 inhabitants, offers some...

I also dedicate days 3 and 4 of my Argentina trip to the colorful metropolis of Buenos Aires. On long walks, I discover impressive buildings, the harbor, and the famous La...

Buenos Aires is colorful, with many different faces, poor and rich neighborhoods, green avenues, colorful buses maneuvering swiftly through narrow streets, friendly people who...

A wonderful country full of natural forces and breathtaking landscapes!! :-)