Helgoland is a small island in the North Sea, about 2-3 hours from the German coast by boat. Some years back there was almost no tourism in winter time but that changed with the Gray Seals (Kegelrobben) appearing on the shores to breed an getting their little babys. Other than […]

For the first time in my life I was in real Africa (for me that is everything South of the Sahara). My plan was to do a Safari so I had to choose between several African countries and ended up with a private Tour in Tanzania together with two friends. […]

14 years ago I was in Rome on a school trip. Now it was the second time I visited the city and I was really impressed. October was a great time for the visit, temperatures about 26 degrees, sunshine the whole day long and not so many tourists around. Of […]

Grindelwald has been one of the nicest destinations in the Alps I have been so far. The town is just below the famous mountain Eiger and starting point of the trip to the highest railway station in Europe – the Jungfraujoch at 3471m. The first three nights we stayed at […]

„For work?“ I was was asked when I told I was travelling to Kyrgyzstan. No it was not for work – yes you can make holidays in Kyrgizstan. The idea of that trip came early this year. Via Internet I found a local tour leader – Talant Asemov – that […]

This spring another European capital was on the travel list – Warsaw the capital of Poland. Sadly LOT cancelled the direct flight from Stuttgart, instead we had to fly via Frankfurt with a 3hr layover. In Warsaw we stayed in the oldest Hotel of the city with a long history […]