Category Archives: Travel
The Towers of Tallinn
As many churches and castles with beautiful towers you may build, one guy is going to dwarf them all by building a huge chimney.
A different view of nature
“The Niagara Falls is simply a vast amount of water going the wrong way over some unnecessary rocks,” wrote Oscar Wilde in 1882.
An envelope in an envelope in an envelope
This morning I had a Russian doll experience. No, not that kind of Russian doll. The matryoshka one. I received a large envelope and opened it (of course). In it was a second envelope, also large and that one even … Continue reading
Italy Reading List
To me, travel would only be half as much fun without taking the time to read books. I am even happy about long train rides or ferry passages because they allow me to read for a few extra hours I … Continue reading
Frozen Assets
When you read about “frozen assets” in connection with economic sanctions, you may have been wondering how this process actually works. In February 2013 I could observe it myself in Nida, on the Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit. There … Continue reading
What a Sky!
Some may admire the church. Some may derive joy from watching the playing children. I was most taken with the sky. The church is Matrice Nuova in Castelbuono, a beautiful little town in the hills in Sicily. (Hier geht es … Continue reading
How bad is Spain’s Infrastructure?
We keep reading horror stories from the southern European countries about how badly they are affected by the economic crisis. Factories are closing, civil servants are made redundant, the provision of medical services suffers, people emigrate, everything is going downhill. The … Continue reading
Water
You can tell whether an area is good for hiking or not by the availability of water. Either from natural sources (creeks, waterfalls) or from wells. A few handfuls of cold water are enough to continue walking for many miles, even … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 