After a weird first half of 2020 it’s finally possible to travel again. I had several cancelled trips (to 9 new countries!) but finally it was possible to hit the road again. Vilnius, Lithuania, was my the first destination of 2020. I went there mid-June [read more]
Most people, if not all, who visit Ghana will add a Cape Coast Castle day trip to their Ghana itinerary. It for sure is a highlight as it’s the most famous slave fort on the Ghana coast and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In this [read more]
Sucre was the start of my 10 days Bolivia road trip covering most of the Bolivian altiplano. Sucre is a beautiful example of a Spanish colonial town. I recommend staying at Hotel Villa Antigua as it’s located in an old colonial Spanish mansion. Exploring the [read more]
Himeji Castle is Japans largest castle and one of the three most important ones. An Himeji Castle day trip is a must do if you’re in Osaka, Kobe or Kyoto. With almost a million visitors a year it’s wise going early morning and not, as [read more]
Not counting our arrival day and the days to get to Salalah this was actually our first day of the 10 day family road trip through Oman. We planned one full day and a part of the morning the second day for Salalah. You could [read more]
I have been to Czech the first time over 18 years ago with a school trip and since then over twenty times more. During all those business trips I never had the time to re-explore Prague but this year I had a small day to [read more]
In a South France road trip itinerary the cities of Orange, Avignon and Arles must be visited. Each of the cities has a UNESCO World Heritage Site worth visiting. To visit these three places in one day (total 3:00 hours driving) is a challenge but [read more]
In our South France road trip itinerary we had two nights scheduled in Montpellier, a city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The plan was to do a full day trip out to the countryside to visit an abbey, a priory and a cave [read more]
Photo of the week 5, 2015 Ready for a great dinner? This photo was taken at the Letnice & Valtice castle in Czech in the summer of 2014 (read story here). I just like those 17th-18th century rooms with all those details!
In the weekend of 27-28 September 2014 I did a weekend trip with my daughter to the area around Dusseldorf. On the Saturday we visited these palaces and stayed overnight in Dusseldorf to visit the next day the Zollverein Essen. How to get to Augustusburg [read more]
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