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The charming fishing town of Foça near Izmir

The charming fishing town of Foça near Izmir

The idyllic fishing town of Foca, just 70 kilometres from Izmir, is a popular holiday destination with beautiful and clean sandy beaches, well-kept restaurants, accommodation and several other attractions.

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Readings and lectures during the Leipzig Book Fair

Readings and lec…

Book fairs such as those in Leipzig or Frankfurt, ...

A meeting with Ottilie PfefferMinze - Actually!

A meeting with O…

Open and curious, the eye wanders from the cover o...

Architecture Bauhaus Museum with ladder to heaven

Architecture Bau…

In our article about the new Bauhaus Museum in Wei...

Leipzig Book Fair: “The Noise of Life” – Jörg Hartmann

Leipzig Book Fai…

Many of us are very familiar with the always grump...

Readings and lectures during the Leipzig Book Fair

Readings and lecture…

Book fairs such as those in Leipzig or Frankfurt, ...

A meeting with Ottilie PfefferMinze - Actually!

A meeting with Ottil…

Open and curious, the eye wanders from the cover o...

Architecture Bauhaus Museum with ladder to heaven

Architecture Bauhaus…

In our article about the new Bauhaus Museum in Wei...

Leipzig Book Fair: “The Noise of Life” – Jörg Hartmann

Leipzig Book Fair: …

Many of us are very familiar with the always grump...

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

Bike tour to Kallmünz - Camping Pielenhofen an der Naab

25-08-2023

Bike tour to Kallmünz - Cam…

As already announced, there should be further discussions about the German-Turki...

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 and hiking tour - the Unstrut attracts with wine knowledge

24-04-2021

Bike and hiking tour - Unstr…

On the total of 13 kilometers between Laucha and Freyburg an der Unstrut, there ...

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

Aquileia - Roman trading town with ancient port

Aquileia - Roman trading town with ancient port

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We first got to know Aquileia in its current size as a small, provincial town fa...

Hike through the Ochtum lowlands near Brokhuchting

Hike through the Ochtum lowlands near Brokhuchting

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Once again, we were visiting Laura and Jan, so we had the opportunity to explore...

Romkerhaller waterfall in the Okertal in Harz Mountains

Romkerhaller waterfall in the Okertal in Harz Moun…

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Our early spring tour high in the cold north of Germany was finished and we deci...

Almost a family meeting - vintage meeting at the Nürburgring

Almost a family meeting - vintage meeting at Nürb…

09-03-2019 | Hits:3005

We almost felt transported back to the early seventies and eighties, when it was...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

Hammam - also Hamam - the steam bath of Agkistro

Hammam - or Hamam - the steam bath of Agkistro

09-03-2017 | Hits:5102

The Hammām is a further development of the Greek-Roman bath, which the ancient ...

Lesvos - Trip to the Greek Aegean Island near Ayvalık

Lesvos - Trip to the Greek Aegean Island near Ayva…

28-09-2022 | Hits:1810

In order to get away from the hectic city of Izmir for a short time, we planned ...

After exploring Argilos - The Lion of Amphipolis

After exploring Argilos - The Lion of Amphipolis

05-06-2018 | Hits:6232

After a brief exploration of Argilos, a strong downpour had completely weakened ...

Thessaloniki - Metropolis - Modernity and History

Thessaloniki - Metropolis - Modernity and History

17-11-2023 | Hits:822

After our first explorations in Thessaloniki, which gave us some unexpected aha ...

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

Sirmium - today Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia

Sirmium - today Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia

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Our route to the north should this time lead us passing Skopje, Nis and Belgrade...

Hiking with Alaturka - from 2.06. - 07.06.2015 next to Omis

Hiking with Alaturka - from 2.06. - 07.06.2015 Omi…

06-11-2015 | Hits:6682

Meanwhile, after more than a year on the roads across the Balkans and in Turkey ...

Camping Club Serbia - meeting at the Danube near Smederevo

Camping Club Serbia - Danube-Meeting Smederevo

03-10-2017 | Hits:8936

After the invitation to the camper club meeting on the river banks of the Danube...

Nepomuk – not just a well-known dragon that no one wants

Nepomuk – not just a well-known dragon that no o…

10-10-2023 | Hits:500

Who doesn't know Michael Ende's tragic-funny story about the little green dragon...

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