Hiking in Chamonix – In the French Far East
“After reaching a little pass, you will have to cross several small snow fields,” our French hiking guidebook about Chamonix …
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Hiking in Valais – Half-way to Italy, half-way to France
„To Milano“ is written on the yellow road sign, and a cardboard announcement at the fence of a chicken farm …
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Rice Balls and Raclette below the Matterhorn in Zermatt
Coming up the mountain, we suddenly see about sixty Japanese sitting on the lawn in front of the Riffelberg Mountain …
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The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers – Are you good at praying?
„Are you good at praying?” Brother Paul asks us, with a disconcerting gingerly smile. “Ummm, not really” we stutter. “If …
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Cherubs and Garden Gnomes along the Isar cycle path
“1500 meters altitude.” The two sun-tanned boys with stubbly faces and sinewy cyclists’ calves in the seats opposite are bent …
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Nice Weekend on German trains
“Letzter Halt: Osnabrück“ roars the automatic announcement through the local train. This train ends in Osnabrück. “Halt” can also mean …
Bella Italia in Naples
“This is Italy! Naples!” Marco points excitedly to the steep cliffs coming into view. “And behind the famous Amalfi coast, …
Touristy Tunisia – Roman ruins, beaches and some mosques
“Tunisia is wonderful and very different from Libya! It has a weather,” Fatia, a young Tunisian IT student we met …
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Carthage – Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam!
“And by the way, I think that Carthage should be destroyed!” Cato the Elder never forgot to mention this before …
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More Marvellous Marble in Libya
The rickety bus stops in Salloum, a small town in the far west of Egypt. From here private pick-up trucks …
