Eating out at Restaurant Soy in Berlin
The couple at the next table use the flashlight function of their smartphones to read the menu because the guest …
Author: Westwards
Happy 2016 – Year of the Monkey
Travel-work balance and travels 2015 Again, 2015 has been a very busy year with a lot of research work and …
Krampus rally in Osttirol (East Tyrol) – Alpine winter demons
In the distance we hear the metallic rattle of cow bells and voices. The dark road is lined by spectators …
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Some thoughts about travelling in Lithuania for two weeks
As some of you know, our autumn vacation plan was to walk on the “Abraham Path” long distance hike in …
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Amsterdam Photo Collection
These are some photos from a brief visit to Amsterdam in summer. We stayed at municipal campsite, which is very …
Digging for the history of mining in Banska Stiavnica
In the Slovakian contryside, Banska Stiavnica is a small mining town that used to be rich, immensely rich even: There …
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Travelling India – by train and bus from Mumbai to Chennai
In 2002 we travelled to India for a few weeks of holidays. At that time we lived in Japan and …
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Wonderful November days on the Curonian Spit
“It doesn’t look like rain today – let’s leave the Thomas Mann Museum for tomorrow. We’d better head straight for …
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Vilnius Old Town, a cute Baltic capital
The street is full of people, many of them standing with folded hands and looking up to the town gate. …
The steep Kernave hill forts near the Neris river
The hillside is so steep that steps lead up to the top of five strangely shaped, almost conic Kernave hills …
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