One of the perks of moving to a new city, especially if it’s abroad, is the fact that we always pay more attention to our surroundings, to every detail the regular resident overlooks. That’s exactly what has happened to me … Read More
Ah, Morocco! A beautiful landscape with equally beautiful people. An exotic getaway that can make the poorest of people feel rich. Everyone dreams of visiting this dreamland and many of us can accomplish that. Before you go, we have a … Read More
Travel websites and tour companies get a lot of mileage out of the phrase “like the locals”. Travellers, especially those with a strong adventurous spirit, are drawn to any promise that an experience will be authentic to the country they … Read More
One of the very best things about traveling in Europe is that it is so easy to get around on train. This offers a fascinating and very convenient way of getting to see many different cities and countries even on … Read More
I spent the first day of my trip to Berlin trying to get to acquainted with the city, zigzagging across the not-so-invisible boundary that used to divide the German capital into two halves. But on the second day I want … Read More
Many people told me the same thing over and over: Berlin is colorless, dull and impersonal. I found many colors in the capital of Germany: in its parks, with their yellow, rust and red leaves. It certainly isn’t dull or … Read More
Ahrenshoop is a Baltic beach destination in Germany developing on a thin stretch of land between the sea and a lagoon, the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula, right on the border of Vorpommmersche Boddenlandschaft‘s national park. Them Mecklenburg-Vorpommern‘s German coast offers a great … Read More
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is a city-state. That’s right. Often we forget that through the radical transformation which happened in its history, today Germany has become a Bundesrepublik, a federal republic comprising autonomous states. And in this … Read More
The Sorbs? Who are the Sorb people? And Lusatia? Where is that? Let’s start from the beginning. Lusatia is the easternmost region in ex East Germany. And that’s no small feat, especially if – like me – you were young … Read More