USA Road Trip: New Orleans Natchez, Mississippi Okefenokee and Waycross, GA Charleston, SC Magnolia plantations Richmond, VA: Gwar Bar and Edgar Allan Poe Washington DC: White House, National Mall, and the Gwar popup bar Lisbon 2018 Manchester 2018 Fab Mallorca in 2018 Carnival 2018 in Bonn Leizig 2017
Berlin in 2019 Gibraltar in 2019 Helsinki and Tampere in 2019 Soviet War Memorial in Berlin in 2019
Seville and Cordoba in 2021 Football games during the Corona pandemic in Munich autumn 2021 The Berlin VCFE 2021
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig - 2022 Bahn-Museum Nürnberg 2022 Kunstlabor Munich 2022 Portugal: Sintra is a town, a municipality, and a mountain range really close to Lisbon. It is really quite green because of its location. We only spent a day in Lisbon this time. The fabulous 9-Euro-Ticket allowed Germany-wide travel in regional trains for three months in 2022. I used it a lot: Cottbus Barnim Gärten der Welt Berlin Botanischer Garten Berlin Willy-Brandt-Museum Karlshorst
Belgrade, Serbia I dodged the Christmas bullet in 2023 by visiting Belgrade. I was lucky to catch the Eternal Derby between Partizan and Red Star, tour the excellent Museum of Yugoslavia (including Tito’s grave), and indulge in food and craft beer. Bonn, Germany In 2023 I visited Bonn. I noticed some nice Deutsche Bahn ads and enjoyed many exhibits at the #DeutschlandDigital temporary exhibition in Bonn’s Haus der Geschichte. Malta and Cyprus November offers mild weather—perfect for visiting Malta and Cyprus. ...
Shanghai Shanghai, China’s most international city, provided a fascinating introduction to this vast and complex country. Highlights included the Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party - where we found ourselves the only foreign visitors - the futuristic high-rise district of Pudong across the river, and the historic Bund waterfront with its colonial-era architecture. Taiwan Taiwan is delightfully navigable by rail. We made a compact four-stop loop: Taichung (central hub and starting point), Tainan (historic temples and mellow streets), Hualien (gateway to dramatic east-coast scenery), and Taipei (the energetic capital that ties it all together). ...
Fürth Fürth is Nuremberg’s immediate neighbor, way smaller and often overlooked. I saw their football club battle Hertha — two greats from the 20s, albeit the 1920s — in an entertaining 3:3 draw. The museum to see is the Ludwig Erhard Zentrum about the father of Germany’s Wirtschaftswunder; it also had a special exhibition on Fürth’s other famous son Henry Kissinger. Last but not least, there’s some good subculture, e.g. Kopf und Kragen. And of course it is the place where public transportation started in Germany! ...
Cote d’Azur What a big difference in weather in late March between Germany and Nice: the aptly named Cote d’Azur is still affordable, with sunshine and mild temperatures. I stayed in Nice and explored the region by train. The area offers stunning mountains, blue skies, sea views, decent museums, and good food. Monaco is, well, Monaco, but I was lucky to be there during the first papal visit since the 16th century, a rare event that left me wondering: why Monaco? A fantastic destination!
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