Dentist in a lost place
It’s a pity that these wonderful buildings have been empty for a long time. What has this dentist’s chair been through? Who has suffered on it? Who has been relieved of excruciating pain? Who dragged that heavy chair into the corridor? These buildings are full of questions. Information about taking
Concert by Yann Tiersen
I love the music of Yann Pierre Tiersen, the French composer and multi-instrumentalist. In 2001, he had his worldwide breakthrough with his film music for “The Fabulous World of Amélie” and the German film “Good Bye, Lenin!”. Tiersen’s striking musical style combines the most diverse types of music. Most of
Usedom, bathtub of the Berliners
Usedom is the second largest German island. With an average of 1,906 hours of sunshine a year, Usedom is the sunniest area in Germany. The perfect holiday destination is the 42 km long and up to 70 m wide fine sandy beach of the Baltic Sea coast. It is no
Cretan pottery villages
As late as the 19th century, the whole of western Crete was still being supplied by about 50 potter families in Margarites with the same clay vessels that filled the magazines of the Minoan palaces three and a half millennia ago. In every Cretan household there were several of the
Spreewald, filigree inland delta
The Spreewald, about 100 kilometres southeast of Berlin, is a unique landscape. As a result of the last ice age, the Spree divided into an extensive network of watercourses here. A large inland delta with wet meadows and forests and over 1,500 kilometres of watercourses was created. This area not
Botswana, land of the Kalahari
Baines’ Baobabs are a group of seven giant trees, also known as the seven sisters. Thomas Baines, a British landscape painter, crossed the Kalahari in 1862 and rested under these trees. While doing so, he painted the scenery as a watercolour, which subsequently became quite famous. That is why the
Victoria Falls Bridge
In 2017, I was travelling by car in southern Africa. On this trip I also came to Zambia, where I naturally wanted to see the Victoria Falls. Just below the Falls a bridge crosses the Zambezi River which is built over the Second Gorge of the falls. As the river
Etosha, National Park rich in wildlife
Oryx antelope and springbok peacefully united at the waterhole. Shortly before, all the animals waited at a safe distance as a family of lions quenched their thirst at this spot. Only after some time, when the animals were sure that the coast was clear, did the first brave ones venture
The annoyed elephant
We sat in front of our hut at Elephant Sands (Botswana) and watched an elephant calmly trot along the path. Then my wife Cathrin accidentally crackled with a plastic bag and suddenly the elephant came loudly trumpeting towards us. Fortunately, he changed his mind and trotted away. Information about taking
Roque Nublo, the Cloud Rock
The rock rises about 65 metres above a flat plateau. Before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at the end of the 15th century, Roque Nublo was revered as a sacred mountain by the island’s indigenous people, the Canarios. They had a place of worship here where sacrifices were made