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A Weekend on the Lesbos Island, Mytilene

Lesbos - A Weekend on the Island, Mytilene

Mytilene – the Lesbos Island is the place where a poet and an author were born since the Ancient Greek civilization and with its cultural inheritance, natural beauties and vivacious lifestyle, it is still an inspiring island to the poets and author...

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Station 23 - Camping Motel Dereli at Ephesus

02-12-2018

Station 23 - Camping Motel Dereli at Ephesus

A wonderful place by the sea, in a large garden-like complex, with large sh...

The Alaturka Pansiyon at Olympos - Antalya

10-05-2016

Station 24 - The Alaturka Pansiyon at Olympos - Antalya

Enjoy your holiday and leisure time in a different way - that's the motto o...

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Hike to the Kloppstock spring and to the Bismarck tower

21-06-2021

Hike to Kloppstock spring and to the Bismarck tower

After visiting the state school in Pforta and getting to know one of it´s ...

Trekking on the St. Paul Trail

20-12-2013

Hiking in an apostle’s footsteps: the St. Paul Trail

Perge, today one of the best preserved, most visited ancient sites on ...

Laurel forests line the way - hiking tour

04-02-2025

Laurel forests line the way - hiking tour

Once again it was time. Our dear friend and hiking guide Ömer had invited ...

Germany – the Netherlands – Great Britain – France – Italy – Portugal

Okerstausee - when will the long-awaited

Okerstausee - when will the long-awaited "big" rain come back

04-06-2025 | Hits:6271

Okerstausee - How well can I remember my childhood, when there was a lot of life...

Beautiful Giethoorn - as the season’s changes

Giethoorn - Beautiful as the season’s changes

25-11-2020 | Hits:15259

Giethoorn - Almost car-free, very idyllic, and incredibly romantic - this is the...

Grenzlos Festival also inspires the very young audience

Grenzlos Festival also inspires the very young audience

30-01-2023 | Hits:2995

Today, Sunday, the day on the site of the Grenzlos Festival begins early in the ...

Hike to the Volme-Heights-Trail next to Witten

Hike to the Volme-Heights-Trail next to Witten

25-07-2020 | Hits:4815

The city of Witten, the destination of our visit last weekend, is located at the...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

Portrait of Vural Öger - A German with a Turkish heart

Portrait of Vural Öger - A German with a Turkish heart

11-01-2021 | Hits:5624

Öger started charter flights to Anatolia for Turkish guest workers in 1969. The...

Car number plates of Turkey - numbers mark origin

Car number plates of Türkiye - numbers mark origin

17-02-2024 | Hits:50427

For the traveler initially unfamiliar are the license plates on motor homes and ...

The memory against forgetting - never again dictatorship

Envar Hoxha - memory against forgetting - never again dictatorship

30-11-2016 | Hits:7079

Envar Hoxha - "The place of testimony and remembrance," as the Museum of Communi...

Olynth - once the political center of Halkidiki

Olynth - once the political center of Halkidiki

14-07-2016 | Hits:44758

Our explorations in Halkidiki had us led to the ruined city of Olynthus, despite...

Poland – Czech Republic – Austria – Switzerland – Slovenia – Croatia – Hungary – Serbia

Györ - The Archeological Meaning of Arrabonas

Györ - The Archeological Meaning of Arrabonas

07-12-2019 | Hits:13849

In the area around Győr, once being the Roman military camp Arrabona, and along...

Györ - Small shops for curiosities and specialties

Györ - Small shops for curiosities and specialties

22-08-2018 | Hits:19444

After a first, morning recovery phase of the exhausting descent with coffee and ...

Short Visit to Wejherowo - Statue of Jakob von Weiher

Wejherowo - Short Visit to Statue of Jakob von Weiher

17-06-2019 | Hits:11067

Wejherowo calls itself the spiritual capital of the Kashubians, so it has become...

Madonna of Rudolfov in the South Bohemian Aleš Gallery

Madonna of Rudolfov in the South Bohemian Aleš Gallery

22-02-2024 | Hits:6023

We were to encounter another surprise during our visit to the Aleš Gallery in H...

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