alaturka

Taksim Square and the

Taksim Square and the "Tünel" in Istanbul

Taksim Square – Not because of the civil unrest in May and June 2013 is Taksim Square considering the true centre of Istanbul, but because it has always been a major transportation hub in the heart of the metropolis.

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Music in Another Dimension - The Rio Book

Rio Book - Music…

Rio Book - "Music in Another Dimension" is the bib...

Origami in Rostock's St. Nicholas Church

Origami in Rosto…

Origami – During our visit to Rostock's St. Nich...

Danube – Under Pressure and Between Worlds

Danube – Under…

Danube - The Leipzig Book Fair is introducing a cu...

Wieland Payer with the Quest series in Erfurt

Wieland Payer wi…

Wieland Payer - We cordially invite you and your f...

Music in Another Dimension - The Rio Book

Rio Book - Music in …

Rio Book - "Music in Another Dimension" is the bib...

Origami in Rostock's St. Nicholas Church

Origami in Rostock's…

Origami – During our visit to Rostock's St. Nich...

Danube – Under Pressure and Between Worlds

Danube – Under Pre…

Danube - The Leipzig Book Fair is introducing a cu...

Wieland Payer with the Quest series in Erfurt

Wieland Payer with t…

Wieland Payer - We cordially invite you and your f...

Silverio de Luca Square – a special tribute in Wittmund

Silverio de Luca Squ…

Silverio de Luca Square – When an acquaintance d...

Gümüşlük Music Festival – An Experience Since 2004

Gümüşlük Music F…

The International Gümüşlük Music Festival was ...

Mike & The Mechanics

Mike & The Mecha…

In addition to his activities with Phil Collins an...

Saicur's debut album,

Saicur's debut album…

She is the first artist who created an anthem for ...

Juniper - bushes and fruits along the way

Juniper - bushes and…

Juniper - The surroundings of the Campsite Ri...

Milk-Orange Tree or Maclura - Thessalonica confuses the visitor

Milk-Orange Tree or …

Milk-Orange Tree - Already last year we had notice...

Banana cultivation on the Turkish Riviera next to Gazipasa

Dwarf Banana at Turk…

Dwarf Banana - Almost every Turkey lover knows the...

Truffles in Switzerland near Yverdon-les-Bains

Truffles in Switzerl…

Truffles - In our first articles on the region aro...

Chocolate from Zurich – a delight even on the go

Chocolate from Zuric…

Chocolate – One of the first things we think abo...

Marienbader in Eger - the best traditional baked wafers

Marienbader Wafers i…

Marienbader Wafers - During our visit to Cheb's pe...

Bouillabaisse - a Provencal fish dish in Marseille

Bouillabaisse - a Pr…

Our days in Marseille were coming to an end and we...

Porcini mushrooms - a food specialty from the forest

Porcini mushrooms - …

Our walks or rather hikes in the region around Lak...

Bicycle-Travelling & E-Bike-Camping

Holidays with your dog - How to properly ride a bike

03-08-2023

Holidays with your dog - How…

As relative newcomers on a section of the Main Cycle Path, we were quite astonis...

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...

Robert Neu - Wild Atlantic Way by Bike

07-05-2025

Robert Neu - Wild Atlantic W…

Cycling along Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way - For many years, a travel talk about ...

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

Mühlhausen - city centre with historic half-timbered buildings

Mühlhausen - city centre with historic half-timbe…

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After our tour along the fortress wall of Mühlhausen, the city centre should no...

Viaducts of the former Finnebahn near Bad Bibra

Viaducts of the former Finnebahn near Bad Bibra

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The two viaducts between Bad Bibra and Saubach were probably the most difficult ...

Short walk along the Kemnader lake - spring air lures!

Short walk along the Kemnader lake - spring air lu…

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The Kemnader lake is located between Bochum, Witten and Hattingen and as a popul...

Schladminger-Tauern mountain trail with pictures from Jana

Schladminger-Tauern mountain trail with pictures f…

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We had met Jana and her daughter Lucinka on the Lake Ohrid, had been on mountain...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

The Macedonian Royal Tombs of Vergina

The Macedonian Royal Tombs of Vergina

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For more research on the footsteps of the Romans we were in Thessaloniki again, ...

Turkish property in inheritance - Keep it in mind

Turkish property in inheritance - Keep it in mind

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About 14 days ago we had a rather serious conversation with a long-time friend w...

Chalcidice - just a summer paradise with ancient past?

Halkidiki - just a summer paradise with ancient pa…

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Halkidiki - After several days of exploration of trails in the National Park of ...

National Park Olymp - pure nature for hiking and relaxing

National Park Olymp - pure nature for hiking and r…

08-03-2017 | Hits:163107

Mount Olympus, according to the Greek saga, is the home of the twelve ancient Gr...

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

Short Visit to Wejherowo - Statue of Jakob von Weiher

Wejherowo - Short Visit to Statue of Jakob von Wei…

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

Gdynia - sandy beach and business port of great importance

Gdynia - sandy beaches and important business port

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Gdynia - Today an imposing city on the Baltic Sea, Gdynia was a real village unt...

Visit to the Split Archaeological Museum

Visit to the Split Archaeological Museum

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Already during our first, short visit to the ruined city of Salona, Robi mention...

Osłonino – formerly a fishing and landing place for Kashubians

Osłonino – formerly a fishing and landing place…

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We've already been to Poland a few times and were mostly looking for accommodati...

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