Nicholas 🎅

Come back 🏮

Vietnam puzzle: In the hotel we have a room on the sixth floor. We go from the ground floor into the stairwell and walk up six floors. When we come out of the stairwell we are...

Curious V 🚦

São Miguel 🛀

From the Miradouro da Vista do Rei you look directly at the northern crater wall and can marvel at the two lakes in their full length. Next to the viewpoint there is also an...

Waterfall and tea plantation for the birthday💦

We had a wonderful birthday. Our trip took us to the North coast of São Miguel, first to the only organic tea plantation in Europe with tasting and information. Then we visited...

Scrimshaw 🖋 and T-Shirts

Scrimshaw is a miniature carving and engraving technique on animal materials, such as ivory, horn, or bone. A very well-known Scrimshaw museum is operated by the owner of the...

Horta, Faial, Azores 📞

We were in the museum in Horta, (Faial, Azores, Portugal, Europe 🤣) There is a special exhibition: The objects are carved from the inside of the branches of the fig tree. The...

Farewell to Vietnam

The final days of our first trip to Vietnam are upon us—a good time to squeeze in one last excursion. Last week, we drove to the Marble M

Farewell to Vietnam

hell” – lined with painted figures carved into the rock – and to the “heaven”. For the latter, several more steps must be climbed, but once at the top, you have a great view over...

Food of Vietnam

In Hoi An and Da Nang, we got to try all kinds of new dishes—as well as variations on foods we were already familiar with. The bánh mì wa

The Cuisine of Vietnam

In Hoi An and Da Nang, we were able to try all sorts of new dishes – but also variations of foods we already knew. The Bánh Mì was the ea