Posts in category ”Travel destinations”
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Sunsets at the Adriatic Sea
Recently I went for many walks along the Adriatic Sea, looking at the sunset and thinking back on the history of these waters. The eastern shore of the sea, which is today Croatia, was once inhabited by Illyrians.
The end of Europe
They call it the edge of the world, where the European continent exhales its final breath into the Atlantic. Back in the days when maps had dragons and the margins whispered of oblivion, Cabo da Roca was the last known point before nothingness.
Sweet days in Lisbon
It’s currently a scorching 30 degrees in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. We’ve been trying to escape the heat by all means necessary.
Port wine in the Douro Valley
Today I’m in Porto, the birthplace of port wine in northern Portugal. The Alto Douro wine country is the oldest demarcated wine region on the planet and even the Romans made wine on the banks of the Douro river.
The derelict state of Porto
In Portugal, the sea has always been close. The country was once a nation of great seafarers and the city of Porto has been an important port since Roman times. Today, things are different.
Lazy days in Lucerne
After having recently spent time in Swiss cities such as Zürich and Bern, the town of Luzern surprisingly turns out to be the prettiest of them all. It feels more like a town in northern Italy than one in Switzerland.
Wazzup in Vaduz
Welcome to Liechtenstein. A place that sounds like a sneeze and feels like someone built a postcard and forgot to add people.
The dark past of Munich
The Munich of today is beer gardens, bratwurst and BMWs. A polished Bavarian jewel that sparkles with lederhosen kitsch and Oktoberfest delirium. But peel back the postcard gloss and you’ll find a city that once danced with the devil, and did so with shocking enthusiasm.
Roaming in Romania
Romania doesn’t exactly top the average traveler’s bucket list. No glossy postcards, no luxury resorts promising umbrella drinks and soft towels. Instead, what you get is the kind of raw, unvarnished charm that sticks with you like the scent of wood smoke on an old coat.
Greetings from Moldova
Moldova. Just saying the name out loud gets you blank stares and polite nods from people who couldn’t find it on a map if their life depended on it. Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, it’s a land that feels like someone misplaced it somewhere around 1983 and never bothered to look for it again.