Rainy days in Morocco’s Imperial Cities
Morocco is not always dry and hot. This year, the winter rain in Morocco was “a bit more than usual.” …
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Carnival in Cologne – a trip into the heart of madness
The European climate is marked by four distinct seasons: Spring, summer, autumn, and winter. This year, the winter is very …
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Saints and Heroes in Wrocław
Not all of the sidewalks have yet been cleared of snow. The grainy white piles look like soft sand on …
A visit to the concentration camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau
Trolleybus No 156 runs directly from the city centre to Majdanek on the outskirts of Lublin. We are on a quest …
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Winter in Poland: In the snowy forests of the East
We have spent the night in the former SS and RSD officers’ hotel. Our room is looking out into the …
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Malbork and Torun: In the Land of the Teutonic Knights
From amber to gingerbread, from Torun to Malbork, we discover the riches of the former crusader state around Gdansk. “These …
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The German countryside from South to North
After a number of unmotivated stops, our train comes to a halt in Uffenheim. Three people disembark. The train does …
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Mud à la mode in Piestany
“Tsään Minuten, Nikht Rrräden!,”(Ten minutes – and don’t speak!) barks the gaunt woman in a white medical coat who brought …
Hiking the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain
Hiking up to the top of the Zugspitze from the German side and back down to the Austrian side took …
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Brass band and beer at Lake Kochel
In Kochel, a small Bavarian town in the foothills of the Alps at the shores of Lake Kochel, the summer …
