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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I haven’t been to Italy for a while. This time I chose the Dolomites where I have been a long time ago for skiing, now of course for Hiking. From Meersburg it took about 4,5 hours to get to the Pragser Wildsee to have a little break after the drive before […]

This is my second trip to Bulgaria. Again to visit Iliana and her Family and again in winter. It was COLD! Again (like 4 years ago) I used my Lufthansa miles to fly to Sofia. Sadly the first days the weather was very foggy. The first day we spend in Sofia […]