Best UNESCO sites in Japan – our insider Top 5
Japan is a heaven for travellers looking for UNESCO World Heritage sites. 25 sites in Japan belong to the UNESCO …
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Vegetarian food in Egypt – a guide for vegetarian travellers
On numerous trips combined we have spent around eight months travelling in Egypt. And we love everything in Egypt (or …
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A visit to the Rietveld Schröder house – an architectural icon
Canals, bridges, cobbled streets – Utrecht is an exceedingly cute small town in the Netherlands. But our primary motivation for …
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Iconic petrol stations around the world – architecture and design
Did you ever make a longer detour to take pictures of iconic petrol stations? Well, we do sometimes during our …
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A visit to Wadi Al-Hitan – exploring fantastic whale fossils
The pyramids are incredibly old! 5000 years of civilisation look down on us from those Pharaonic monuments in Egypt. For …
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Hassan Fathy’s ground-breaking town architecture in New Gourna, Luxor
For our Egypt travel guidebooks we are always on the lookout for interesting sightseeing ideas. Especially places that are somewhat …
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Thoughts about travelling in Liechtenstein
The long-distance bus from Bellinzona, where we visited some mediaeval castles, drops us at the banks of the River Rhine. …
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Happy New Year 2023!
新年明けましておめでとうございます!All the best for 2023!Frohes Neues Jahr 2023! Please have a look at our travel review 2022 (and a general …
A look back at 2022 – our 2022 travel review
It is this time of the year again when we take a look back at our travel year: After two …
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Hiking from Haghpat Monastery to Sanahin Monastery
In the mountains near the industrial town of Alaverdi in the north of Armenia, two Christian monasteries from the 10th …
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