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getting there The journey begins with the train to HH. On the way to Bremen, an older woman spoke to me and asked about the mandolin case and whether it was a violin. We start...

This blog post is primarily about Bruce Springsteen and Mr. Sleeve's love of him, so it's a little different from the other travel blog posts here. When Mr. Michael Ende wrote...

A warm welcome included a meal together at Matt's home: homemade pizza from the special oven - very delicious. Micah and I got to know each other and played together. But by 8...

Beautiful white teeth I know this isn't new and everyone knows it, but it is noticeable with all the white teeth. It's not that I'm uncomfortable with smiling with my not...

Sunday, 31.07.2022 Last night the power went out in our hotel room. After several failed attempts to fix the problem, we had to move to another room. The alarm clock goes off at...

Sunday 13.06. Philadelphia - Cape May Next to the hotel is a Starbucks, which - despite this godforsaken area - is open and I build myself up with coffee and a sandwich and roll...

Today is our next travel day from the west to the east coast of the USA. Or rather, since we have a night flight, a suitcase-packing-resting travel day. We took an 'Uber' across...

Continuing along the Jersey Coast with two shopping stops toward New York City

From Washington DC to Atlantic City, the Las Vegas of the East Coast - with a shopping stop at the Tanger Outlets.

Tuesday 15.06 - Cape May / Ocean City Bright sunshine - I have breakfast at the end of my street, which leads to the beach, in a small diner. Breakfast view The waitress is...

Flight NYC, July 24, 2017

I had already landed in Newark as an exchange student in 1987/88 (and flew back to Germany from there almost a year later). However, I had hardly seen anything of the city at...

Thursday 17.06.2010 - Cape May Hot, hot, hot! Plus a strong breeze in the morning. I have breakfast at the beach bar and do one of the two best things you can do here. I walk 2...

Saturday 12.06. – Philadelphia – Atlantic City – Philadelphia – ? We have breakfast at the hotel and then visit the Quaker House opposite the hotel. It is a plain assembly...

Monday 14.06. A peaceful day. Nice. I get myself a bagel and coffee for breakfast and enjoy both in the sun outside my room. Then I take a little walk and grab my beach chair,...

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 - Cape May An annoying fly wakes me up at 6:30 am. Why don't they fly onto chairs, shoes, or into the toilet, but always into the face? I doze off a...

In total, the "blue one" accompanied us for 2235 miles. At times I had it at 40 miles per gallon consumption. Whatever that is in liters/100km. I'll have to do the math. 😆...

Visiting Rita from Glarus. She lived with me and another Swiss Girl in a family in Montclair N.J. in the 80s. Since then she has lived in America, currently in Glen Gardner, NJ....

Pretty little village with lots of shops and fine restaurants. A boutique has such great stuff, you could spend hours looking around.. And a shop had dollhouses and everything,...

Merry Christmas.

Top of the Rocks - is definitely one of the most beautiful places in New York City. Located in the middle of downtown, you can take the elevator up to the huge rooftop terrace...