Easter Holidays Italy – Day 5 – Rome

21.04.2022 Today there will be a little more exploring of the city. With the bus ticket it is easy to get from A to B without to much problems. Goal is Trastevere which is an old part of Rome with narrow streets and medieval houses. A lot of restaurants here, art places and seems to…

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Family Meeting in Stockholm – Easter 2022 – Day 3

13.04.2022 Breakfast at 9. The weather is gray and colder today. But as long as it is not raining, we are going on a boat trip today. Everybody does what they want in the morning, and we meet up at Slussen at 1 pm to take the bus out to the harbor. My morning is…

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Northern Norway – Day 4 (12.07.2021)

After the long drive yesterday this will be the opposite. Stay local and look around Kirkenes. After a nice breakfast I stay in my room doing some stuff I had to do with my bank – more leisure time. Lunch at the local Thai Food Truck. Ok food. Not too expensive. But after that was…

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Traveling in 2021 and other plans

The new year has started. I hope all of my readers are well and in good mood to make this year better than the last one. I stayed in Germany for the last weeks of 2020 to celebrate Christmas with my family. Three weeks at home has not happened for a long time. But I…

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City walk… and more rain (Canada/USA 2019 – Day 17)

Less rain today. After breakfast I make my way into downtown, close to the Sears tower (that’s what it still is for everybody). Even with a little rain, I want to do the architectural free walking tour. It is the same guy who waited for all the participants yesterday. Me being one of them (without…

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Walking tours and gums (Canada/USA 2019 – Day 8)

First full day in Seattle. I slept a little bit longer, but the US like their terrible thin blankets and a pillow that is too small. That makes me miss my bed. 🙂 A quick shower and then to breakfast that is included in the hostel price. There are toast and bagels, with butter, jelly,…

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Seattle here I come (Canada/USA 2019 – Day 7)

Waking up early like every day. 5:30 is a little bit early. But I have time to lie in bed. Karen is picking me up for the airport at 10. I am thankful for the service and happy how the last days were. Totally worth the detour to Calgary. The city itself has not that…

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Bushwalk and wet feet (Canada/USA 2019 – Day 6)

Jet lag is still with me. Woke at 5:30 (which is the normal time now). ENough time to do nothing in bed and get up around 7. Shower and breakfast. MAking some sandwiches for the tour today. Karen is at my place at 8 and brought coffee. Nice. On our way to the meeting point…

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I gave myself some tech presents..

Hohoho… Christmas is close and I decided to give myself two presents. After changing my camera gear to the Micro Four Thirds system I had one great travel lens. But I wanted something for just taking with me on a walk, not the full 24-120 mm spectrum. On the net I found some review about the Olympus…

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A weekend in Sørlandet

This weekend I have been visiting friends close to Arendal in the southern part of Norway. I have been to this region once before, but then I spend a rainy weekend in Kristiansand (not to mix up with Kristiansund – that is some 500 km north – so don’t program your GPS the wrong way!)….

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