Having more and more cold days and fog at home it is a good time now to escape to northern Italy where it is still warm and (in theory) sunny. Leaving Wednesday noon I did not want a full afternoon of driving so we stopped over in Längenfeld (Ötztal) for […]

I got up at 4 am this morning to take some pictures of the Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon) we had in Germany. There were no clouds and the view of the moon was great. When the Eclipse is total the moon turns into red color. I did not watch […]

Finally, the first time for me in the Alps this year – a complete weekend in Schröcken (Austria). Sadly the weather was not that nice (rain…), hiking was only possible Saturday. From Warth – famous for wintersport – we took the chairlift up to Steffisalp and from there we hiked […]

Finally – especially after all the stress of moving – it was good to have some days off. I was invited to a friends wedding near Paris (in the Champagne), so I took 2 days off work to stay a night in Metz on the way. Metz is the capital […]

Destination for this years Easter Holidays was Amsterdam. Instead of a hotel (Amsterdam is super expensive) I booked a flat overlooking the Damrack (little station where the Grachten cruises start) in the middle of the old city which was a great choice. We were welcomed with wine and chocolate and […]

Flying North in wintertime – even above the Artic circle – sounds stupid? It was not. With the right weather it is a real winter wonderland up there. Due to the Golfstream the Lofoten Islands can be warmer than South Germany in wintertime. Plus during the night there is the […]