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The Athos Monasteries Chalkidiki and the Hesychasm Dispute

The Athos Monasteries Chalkidiki and the Hesychasm Dispute

Of course, during our visits to Thessaloniki and Halkidiki we also discussed the monasteries of Athos, the way of life of the monks and a possible visit to the monastery complex several times. Ultimately, this is still pending, but has already been a...

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Reflection: “Media and Freedom” conference in Izmir

Reflection: “M…

We were only too happy to accept the invitation of...

Nevfel Cumart - co-author and reviews

Nevfel Cumart - …

We, the entire Alaturka editorial team, are very p...

Max - the blackbird chick - Werner Koschan

Max - the blackb…

Whit Monday evening around 9:30 p.m., Night is slo...

Mausania at Lake Ohrid - author Michaela Sybertz on tour

Mausania at Lake…

A wonderful side effect of traveling by caravan or...

Johanniter – from the pilgrim hospital in Jerusalem to Rhodes

Johanniter – from …

Long before the First Crusade, merchants from Amal...

The Hospitallers - expansion and consequences to Europe

The Hospitallers - e…

In the first part of our article “The Hospitalle...

Reflection: “Media and Freedom” conference in Izmir

Reflection: “Media…

We were only too happy to accept the invitation of...

Water supply in the Roman Empire

Water supply in the …

The quality of execution in the Roman Empire is ab...

Saicur - a soundtrack against the absurd behavior

Saicur - a soundtrac…

SAICUR presents a soundtrack against the absurd be...

Strange Kind Of Women – visiting Meiningen

Strange Kind Of Wome…

Meiningen is located on the Werra in southern Thur...

Evening cabaret at the Rino campsite

Evening cabaret at t…

Some people are really spontaneous and willing to ...

Jon Davis – singer of Korn and fan of HR Giger

Jon Davis – singer…

Jonathan Howsmon Davis was one of the founders of ...

Spring awakening on the Ahr and Main

Spring awakening on …

Longer than ever before, is the almost convincing ...

Olive trees - cultural-historical examination of the olive tree

Olive trees - cultur…

During our return journey from Istanbul via the Da...

Blooming yellow gentian on the slopes of Walmendinger Horn

Blooming yellow gent…

Our hike up to the Walmendinger Horn was not only ...

Even the ancient Romans used the wood of the serviceberry!

Even the ancient Rom…

Right at the beginning of our project trip we met ...

Easter time – egg time - chicken and quail eggs!

Easter time – egg …

We arrived in the south of Germany in time for Eas...

Muskateller – a pleasure as a grape

Muskateller – a pl…

You probably don't necessarily have to be a wine d...

Dutch cuisine – fast food completely different!

Dutch cuisine – fa…

Hardly any national cuisine is free of influences ...

Swedish Kanelbullar – the slightly different cinnamon rolls

Swedish Kanelbullar …

In almost every international cuisine there are si...

Bicycle-Travelling & E-Bike-Camping

To the windmills of Zaanse Schans - by e-bike, of course

04-08-2023

To the windmills of Zaanse S…

Located in the Dutch municipality of Zaanstad, the Zaanse Schans is a small, tra...

Bike or walk along the Manavgat River

28-10-2018

Bike or walk along the Manav…

Despite all efforts, we can not continually review all of our articles for up-to...

Heinrich on Tour - Preparations are running at full speed

16-05-2019

Heinrich on Tour - Preparati…

With the handover of the BTurtle, the mini-caravan for bicycles, about 3 weeks a...

Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Great Britain - France - Netherlands

Visiting the Christmas market in Friedberg

Visiting the Christmas market in Friedberg

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Together with Lydia and Georg, who still had some errands to do in Augsburg, we ...

Thermal Bath Wiesbaden - city of thermal springs

Thermal Bath Wiesbaden - city of thermal springs

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For some time now, we have had business contacts in Wiesbaden, which, due to the...

Nürburgring - Grand Prix Circuit - Through the Ahr Valley to Altenahr

Nürburgring - Grand Prix Circuit - Passing Ahr Va…

14-06-2018 | Hits:3861

After an eventful day with many great conversations and hundreds of historic mot...

Let´s join the medieval festival in Bonstetten in Swabia

Let´s join the medieval festival in Bonstetten in…

02-10-2022 | Hits:769

From the local daily newspaper we had read about the beginning of the medieval f...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

Skopje - First Excursion through the capital of Macedonia

Skopje - Excursion through the capital of Macedoni…

24-08-2016 | Hits:4680

Of course, we were excited in looking forward to our first impressions what woul...

Crossing the Rio-Andirrio-Bridge to Peloponnesus Peninsula

Crossing the Rio-Andirrio-Bridge to Peloponnesus

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After our surprisingly pleasant and interesting stopover in Nafpaktos we had dec...

Camping on Lake Ohrid near Struga – first steps

Camping on Lake Ohrid near Struga – first steps

08-11-2023 | Hits:332

Family warmth and the first open conversations on the evening of our arrival had...

Diving and Water Fun - Ohrid Lake, Struga and Black Drin

Diving and Water Fun - Ohrid Lake, Struga and Blac…

12-11-2023 | Hits:8130

By bike we had traveled from the Campsite Rino into downtown Struga, had st...

Serbia - Hungary - Czech Republic - Slovenia - Croatia - Poland

Republic of Poljica for Omiš

On the road through the former Republic of Poljica…

19-09-2015 | Hits:8729

For traffic reasons Robi had chosen the route through the Valley of Poljica to O...

The Eger Castle - fortification of the town of Cheb

The Eger Castle - fortification of the town of Che…

23-08-2017 | Hits:3453

The former imperial palace, also called Eger Castle, was built before the end of...

Cheb in Czech Republic - Covered bridge crossing the Eger

Cheb in Czech Republic - Covered bridge crossing E…

19-08-2017 | Hits:6477

During our walk through Cheb, we took advantage of the magnificent view from the...

Diocletian's Palace in Asphalatos, then Spalato and today Split

Diocletian's Palace in Asphalatos, then Spalato an…

07-10-2023 | Hits:499

Early the next morning we drove into Split with Robi, because we were finally go...

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