Levoča, Spišský hrad und Prešov
Nach einem abend voller Lieder besuchen wir am nächsten Morgen den evangelischen Gottesdienst in Kežmarok. Da ich spät im Bett war, bin ich ein bisschen zu spät dran, die anderen sitzen schon in einer...
View ArticleOlsztyn und Ankunft in Vilnius
In Olsztyn habe ich ein bisschen Zeit, bevor Wiebke ankommt. Ich frage eine ältere Dame am Hauptbshnhof nach dem Bus in die Stadt. Wir kommen ins Schnattern, innerhalb von Minuten hat sie mich zu sich...
View ArticleErste Eindrücke von Riga und der Gauja-Nationalpark
Im Bus nach Riga werden wir auf deutsch dazu aufgefordert, unsere Dokumente vorzuzeigen, und als wir dann losfahren, macht der Busfahrer die Ansagen auf litauisch, russisch und deutsch. Wiebke...
View Article2012 in pictures
2012 has blessed me with beautiful travel experiences. As I look back on them, I feel very lucky. I haven’t left Europe much for travelling – but going through my pictures I don’t regret that. There is...
View ArticleTsarevets Castle in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
This Bridge on Bridges on Sundays seemed to stretch out between different layers of time throughout history. This is the bridge that leads to Tsarevets castle in Bulgaria’s proud medieval town Veliko...
View ArticleThe Variety of Home
I am curating a twitter account this week that works by the rotation curation principle. It is called @i_amgermany and a different German or lover of Germany tweets on it every week, changing Sunday...
View ArticleA World of Its Own – Kosovo
This post is based on this German original / Dieser Post basiert auf diesem deutschen Original. While I figured fairly early in my big Balkans trip three years ago that I probably would not get to see...
View ArticleA Hidden Gem in Pomerania – Grudziądz
When I came to Gdańsk in February, my friend Karol suggested that one of these days he’d show me his home town Grudziądz, some 120 kilometers south of Trójmiasto (Tricity, the city complex Gdańsk is...
View ArticleVaradin Bridge in Novi Sad, Serbia
After a lot of bridge posts about Western and / or Northern Europe, today I am taking you back to my beloved Balkans and some summer sunshine while autumn has turned wet and grey in Berlin. This is the...
View ArticleTravnik Castle Bridge in Travnik, Bosnia & Hercegovina
In spite of the fact that my roommate has today, truthfully, noted that the sun has been shining in Berlin for the past three Saturdays, I miss summer. And I miss the Balkans. And most of all, I miss...
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