London Like I Would Never Have Expected It To Be

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A visit to Ottolenghis Restaurant And the best dinner with friends

Bright Sunshine And An Angelic Choir In Cambridge

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We made an excursion to Cambridge which is a wonderful and very well arranged accumulation of British architecture. Our time was short and so we doubted at first if we should visit King’s College Chapel where there was a service accompanied by the famous King’s College Boys Choir. It would have been so wrong to miss that. The architecture of the chapel and the otherworldly chants impressed us deeply.

Our second favorite thing was the ice-cream we got from a Jack’s Gelato on Bene’t Street. Yummy Earl Grey and prunes flavor. Could it get more British?

Irish Landscapes: On The Road Through The West

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Better than the Mediterranean: Derrynane Beach in Ireland

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On this bright and sunny April day on Derrynane Beach, a woman walked past me, threw her arms in the air and shouted: “The Mediterranean has arrived in Ireland!” And while Mediterranen people would never had set foot into the water at this temperature, Irish people are quite fearless.

Derrynane Beach is on the West side of the Ring of Kerry and it’s one of the best beaches I have ever seen. Dunes, white sand, big rocks, crystal clear turquoise water. Everything asian beaches dream of.

At the end of the beach there is a small, old cemetery with a very special and serene atmosphere.

Berlin Day Hike: Hidden Forest Lakes, Ranting Birds And A Spectacular Sunset

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Location: Biesower Straße (coming from the B 168 direction Prötzel) – Biesow – in Biesow head West – Krummer See – Barssee – through the forest back to Biesow / Distance: 9,5 km / Public Transport: I guess there is none / from city center: 50 km, 1h / North / East, Weather: 10 °C, sunny […]

Berlin Day Hike: Spring Atmosphere And A Fluffy White Dog

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Wandern Berlin Hike Schönerlinder Teiche

Berlin Day Hike: Horses With Strange Hairstyles At Schönerlinder Teiche

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Today I was not feeling well but when I saw the slight mist over the city I decided to go for a short hike anyway. Location: S-Bahnhof Mühlenbeck-Mönchmühle – along Kastanienalee direction north – directly after the Bridge head into the forest on your right– follow the small path around Schönerlinder Teiche – back to S-Bahnhof […]

Armenian Landscapes Seen From The Road: A Journey In Pictures

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This is my final post from Armenia. It was really a fantastic journey. Look at all those divers landscapes! I can really recommend this country for people who love to go somewhere, where there is no touristic infrastructure in every corner. I would have liked to speak Russian to talk to people more, they all […]

Armenia: Saghmosavank Monastery And The Myth Of The Bearded Virgins

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The Monastery was build in 13th century and is picturesquely located next to the gorge of Kasagh river. One peculiarity of this Monastery is the tympanum of the “Bearded Virgins” which are obviously also depicted in Hovanavank Monastery. There is the myth that there are five wise virgins and five stupid virgins with beards and Jesus […]

Armenia: Jermuk, A Soviet Shangri-La

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Jermuk with its today 4.000 habitants, was once a center of soviet medical tourism and is still a mountain spa town today. It is famous for its hot springs and its bottled mineral water. The Gladzor Spa Hotel or Gladzor Sanatorium, seen on the picture above, seams to be a ruin of a former luxurious soviet […]