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Category Archives: Travel
Handwritten Timetables
Question: How can you tell that a train journey will be idyllic? Answer: By the handwritten timetable in the slightly dilapidated train station. Examples: (please click on the name of the station or on the photo to read the full description … Continue reading
Stromboli – a night on the volcano
For four days, I had been calling Magmatrek to inquire if they would run an excursion to the top of Stromboli the next day. For three days, I was told to try again the next day. It was March, the weather in Sicily … Continue reading
No Morocco: I missed my flight
From today on, nobody shall ask me for travel advice anymore. Never. I have disqualified myself. I missed my flight to Morocco. It happened like this: I always plan in such a way that I get to the airport one hour … Continue reading
Târgu Mureș tonight
Many of you have been asking me for photos of Europe’s most romantic boulevard with snow. But there actually was not that much snow in Târgu Mureș this winter. On the few snowy days, there was no sun. And when we had sun, … Continue reading
Dragan. An Encounter in Montenegro.
“Where are you from?” the guy asks me with American-accented English. “Germany.” “Na, dann lass uns doch auf Deutsch schwätzen!” Clearly a south-west German accent. We continue in German. His beard is older than the proverbial three days. Judging by his smell, … Continue reading
The Russian Embassy
I am planning to go to Ukraine soon. But who knows if there will even be a Ukraine left in a few months. Russia is coming closer, at least geographically. To be on the safe side, I want to apply for … Continue reading
Next trip: Morocco
It’s time to explore a more exotic location again. And to get some sun. From 9 to 24 February, I will be in Morocco. I post my tentative itinerary before I travel in the hope to solicit advice from locals or fellow … Continue reading
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Horse in the Snow
Horses are tough. At least in Lithuania, where they have to live in the snow for half of the year. (Photographed during my hike to Lithuania’s highest mountain.)
In the Lithuanian Alps
Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. Boyan Stoyanov is a mountaineer from Bulgaria who is on a mission to climb the highest mountain in each European country. This includes tough nuts like Mont Blanc, Triglav or Elbrus. Luckily, Boyan visited me when I lived in Lithuania. The … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 