A new year is here and with it comes new goals and challenges. Before I tell you about my favorite books in January, I’d like to share a few of my reading goals for 2021. Complete the Helmet Reading Challenge Read 100 books Dive into the fascinating world of non-fiction. […]
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Are you planning on going somewhere during the darkest months of the year? Why not go to wintry Warsaw, the fascinating capital of Poland? It is time for us to dream back to a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, when traveling was less complicated. In 2018, we planned our Christmas […]
Exactly one year ago few of us would have imagined that 2020 would turn into such an annus horribilis. However, there’s one thing I cannot complain about: there has been plenty of time to read indeed. My goal was to read 70 books this year, so far I’ve reached 72. […]
Hello! This is Susann writing about the highlights in Boston. When we started to plan our trip to North America, it was my wish that we’d spend at least a couple of days here. As a matter of fact, Boston was one of the cities on my list. As far […]
Already during our first evening in Montréal, our Airbnb host Olivier mentioned the Lachine Canal. At that time he suggested us to rent bikes and ride along the canal. We did, however, never rent any bikes in Montréal. But we did find our way to the beginning of the Lachine […]
Getabergen – the hills of Geta – are a group of hills in the north-western part of the Åland Islands. This area is filled with hiking path and great views. It’s the perfect place for taking the time with the forest around you and enjoying the fresh air from the […]
What is it like to visit beautiful Malta with a toddler? Traveling with little kids always requires some extra planning. Depending on the destination, it may be a question of safety, activities or both. We recently spent a week on the small island nation with our 2-year-old daughter. Although there […]
We visited Bergamo for the first time in 2015. At that time, we traveled down to the Italian city after our wedding. That trip was quite an adventure with some unexpected turns of events. When we returned in September 2018 it marked the end of our short return trip to […]
Our second trip to Italy in 2018 continued from Florence to Milan. The capital of the Lombardy region and Italy’s second biggest city with a population of 1.3 million. Milan was our third city in three days, after Pisa and Florence. Arriving from Florence We took the morning train from […]
Our second trip to Italy during 2018 started in Pisa and it eventually took us to the city of Florence. This is the capital of the famous region of Tuscany and is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance. We really looked forward to exploring the city. After all, […]
Eventually, like most things in life, all trips come to an end. It was time for our last day in Italy. After five weeks away from home – four in Athens and almost one in Rome – it was actually a nice feeling to get back home. The days in […]
We might still dispute whether all roads lead to Rome or not. However, in our case all the small roads we took across Europe eventually ended up in Rome and the Vatican- to our great surprise. This is the story of a day in Rome. Italy was a stop on […]