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Master Builder Sinan - a humble genius

Master Builder Sinan - a humble genius

On our travels through the historically significant sites of Turkey, we frequently encountered the name of the great master builder and architect of the Ottoman era, Koca Mimar Sinan, the "venerable Master Builder Sinan."

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UVERSE – The Leipzig Book Fair's Young Creative Workshop

UVERSE – The L…

The popular Youth Campus will return to the Leipzi...

Franziska Maderthaner - exhibition in the Rothamel Gallery

Franziska Madert…

Franziska Maderthaner interweaves representational...

Guest performance by Tiyatro Tempo in Antalya

Guest performanc…

As part of the series of events “50 years of the...

Kahla - Porcelain for everyone from the center of Porcelain

Kahla - Porcelai…

After the first visit of the city center of Jena, ...

Master Builder Sinan - a humble genius

Master Builder Sinan…

On our travels through the historically significan...

Artemisia - Ruler of Ancient Halicarnassus

Artemisia - Ruler of…

Artemisia was a daughter of Lygdamis. Around 480 B...

Fisherman of Halicarnassus

The Fisherman of Hal…

Cevat Şakir Kabaagaçlı, the son of an Ottoman f...

UVERSE – The Leipzig Book Fair's Young Creative Workshop

UVERSE – The Leipz…

The popular Youth Campus will return to the Leipzi...

Mike & The Mechanics

Mike & The Mecha…

In addition to his activities with Phil Collins an...

Saicur's debut album,

Saicur's debut album…

She is the first artist who created an anthem for ...

International Street Art Music Festival at Residential Palace

International Street…

The Residential Palace in Ludwigsburg is a truly i...

Busking – a little stopover at the port of Marseille

Busking – a little…

As in many cities, street music in Marseille re-es...

Mistletoe - Sandalwood plants and their mythological background

Mistletoe - Sandalwo…

Who does not know them, the characters from the As...

St. Nicholas Church Rostock - Rostock Bosai Days 2024

St. Nicholas Church …

It is often just coincidences that cross our path ...

Hiking - Giant Parasol Mushroom at Lake Garder

Hiking - Giant Paras…

With the end of the summer camping fun and our mov...

Beach grass - a native plant of particular use

Beach grass - a nati…

The mudflat hike to the bird sanctuary island of M...

Bouillabaisse - a Provencal fish dish in Marseille

Bouillabaisse - a Pr…

Our days in Marseille were coming to an end and we...

Porcini mushrooms - a food specialty from the forest

Porcini mushrooms - …

Our walks or rather hikes in the region around Lak...

Honey cake everywhere - an interesting variation from Holland

Honey cake everywher…

Honey is considered a healthy, aromatic sweetener ...

Fresh fish from the fish market at Güzelbahçe

Fresh fish from the …

We were on our way to the Turkish metropolis of Iz...

Bicycle-Travelling & E-Bike-Camping

With the e-bike to the unicorn cave near Scharzfeld

03-06-2023

Riding the e-bike to the Uni…

Today is supposed to be the day, because our goal is the unicorn cave near Schar...

With the e-bike along the Rehberger Grabenweg

10-07-2023

With the e-bike along the Re…

Once again, we wanted to explore a target path with the e-bike from the Prahljus...

The bike path along the Unstrut - Memleben monastery

26-09-2020

The bike path along the Unst…

We were cycling along the Unstrut river, where we came across the small town of ...

Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Great Britain - France - Netherlands

The fortified church museum in Mönchsondheim

The fortified church museum in Mönchsondheim

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On Sunday morning, after we had had another great breakfast with interesting con...

Walking the Treetop Path in Hainich – Bad Langensalza

Walking the Treetop Path in Hainich – Bad Langen…

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Slowly it gets wintry, even though it sometimes seems that the trees getting bar...

From Camping - Hiking Tour through the inner city of Jena

From Camping - Hiking Tour through the inner city …

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Large parts of the historical city center were destroyed by American air raids a...

Harburg Castle on the Romantic Road

Harburg Castle on the Romantic Road

16-07-2022 | Hits:2491

In our article "Harburg an der Wörnitz" we also mentioned Harburg Castle itself...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

A detour with consequences - Passage of the Lake Dojran

A detour with consequences - Passage of the Lake D…

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Our return journey from the CMT fair in Stuttgart was overshadowed by a very spe...

Skopje - centuries of Ottoman rule in Üskub

Skopje - centuries of Ottoman rule in Üskub

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When in 518 an earthquake destroyed the entire city of Skopje, it was a primary ...

Turkey - Country on two Continents

Turkey - Country on two Continents

16-06-2020 | Hits:9627

Whenever travelling to Turkey, don´t forget that Turkey belongs to the Eastern ...

The wetlands at Lake Kerkini in the region of Serres

The wetlands at Lake Kerkini in the region of Serr…

23-02-2017 | Hits:20645

The first impressions at Kerkini Lake were so impressive that we decided to comp...

Serbia - Hungary - Czech Republic - Slovenia - Croatia - Poland

Sirmium - today Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia

Sirmium - today Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia

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Our route to the north should this time lead us passing Skopje, Nis and Belgrade...

Kashubian Switzerland and the Kashubian ethnic group

Kashubian Switzerland and the Kashubian ethnic gro…

05-08-2021 | Hits:3149

Anyone who has read the “Tin Drum” by the recently deceased writer Günter G...

Kite- and windsurfing in the bay of Rewa

Kite- and windsurfing in the bay of Rewa

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Everywhere in Poland, where there are sailing centers, you can also do windsurfi...

Porta Caesarea - a city gate of Salona

Porta Caesarea - a city gate of Salona

10-09-2015 | Hits:43730

During our second visit to Solin we were again visiting the ancient ruins of Sal...

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