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Saint Nicholas of Myra

Saint Nicholas of Myra - a Christian Character in Demre

Each year between 4th and 6th December, the village of Demre (whose historic name is Myra), well known usually for the quality and the taste of their delicious tomatoes and oranges, faces an invasion of scientists and amateur historians.

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Galerie Rothamel – Exhibition Grita and Moritz Götze

Galerie Rothamel…

The days are getting darker, the light must come f...

506 submissions for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2025

506 submissions …

They are wanted again - outstanding German-languag...

Cosplay, manga, anime - at the Leipzig Book Fair

Cosplay, manga, …

Manga is actually just the Japanese term for comic...

Maya Gabeira is the best big wave surfer in the world

Maya Gabeira is …

Her record is 22.4 meters, which she set in 2020 o...

Phrygians - The origins of the migrating people were in Thrace

Phrygians - The orig…

Our tours through Anatolia had led us to the so-ca...

Turkiye - Prehistory and Antiquity of Asia Minor

Turkiye - Prehistory…

Large parts of what is now Turkey were already set...

Mistletoe in mythology - especially during Advent

Mistletoe in mytholo…

Our visit to the Christmas market in Naumburg yest...

Galerie Rothamel – Exhibition Grita and Moritz Götze

Galerie Rothamel –…

The days are getting darker, the light must come f...

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...

Saicur - a soundtrack against the absurd behavior

Saicur - a soundtrac…

SAICUR presents a soundtrack against the absurd be...

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

Pielenhofen Camping - a bike tour aiming Danube Limes

24-11-2023

Pielenhofen Camping - a bike…

It's a wonderful, sunny day at the Pielenhofen an der Naab campsite, and once ag...

Cycling hike to Wiehe with a stopover at St. Ursula

08-05-2024

Cycling hike to Wiehe with a…

Although we had only just roughly cleaned the e-bikes (the forest paths on the F...

Unexpected encounter with a Mango Velomobile

07-07-2020

Unexpected encounter with a …

Often there are the unexpected things in the course of the day that lead to an e...

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

Medieval wall remains, towers and gates in Jena

Medieval wall remains, towers and gates in Jena

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From the campsite "Unter dem Jenzig", our route into the city center of Jena too...

Early romantic park at the moated castle of Lütetsburg

Early romantic park at the moated castle of Lütet…

08-09-2023 | Hits:1526

Our preparatory planning for the coming year had once again taken us to northern...

Cultural Monument Wiener Riesenrad at Prater

Cultural Monument Wiener Riesenrad at Prater

10-11-2021 | Hits:3904

Anyone who has ever visited the capital of Austria, Vienna, will certainly have ...

Kettwig - rural, idyllic gem on the Ruhr river

Kettwig - rural, idyllic gem on the Ruhr river

25-09-2018 | Hits:5220

It was originally intended as the idea of a late summer walk that took us to Ket...

Albania - North Macedonia - Greece - Turkey - Cyprus

Exploring Pindos Mountains - Hiking to the Vikos Gorge

Exploring Pindos Mountains - Hiking to the Vikos G…

20-08-2016 | Hits:16851

During our stay at Camping Vrachos in Kastraki at Meteora monasteries we also ha...

Struga - shoeshine and bridge jumper at the Black Drin

Struga - shoeshine and bridge jumper at the Black …

05-08-2018 | Hits:6556

In Europe, you rarely encounter a public service provider who used to clean shoe...

Albania's bunker history - the Bunk'Art Museum Tirana

Albania's bunker history - the Bunk'Art Museum Tir…

10-07-2024 | Hits:56471

Whenever the name of Albania falls in talks, two theses emerge, which we can not...

Day trip to Lychnidos - today called Ohrid

Day trip to Lychnidos - today called Ohrid

23-10-2023 | Hits:55760

Early in the morning of the following day we had arranged to meet with Perparims...

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

Visit to the Split Archaeological Museum

Visit to the Split Archaeological Museum

29-10-2023 | Hits:2099

Already during our first, short visit to the ruined city of Salona, Robi mention...

World famous old bridge

World famous old bridge "Stari most" cro…

06-05-2021 | Hits:6325

Although the young state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which emerged from the multi-eth...

Belgrade - Ottoman Conquest and Turk wars

Belgrade - Ottoman Conquest and Turk wars

08-02-2018 | Hits:6741

For Sultan Mehmed II, after the fall of Constantinople, Belgrade and the complet...

Belgrade - The strategic importance of the fortress

Belgrade - The strategic importance of the fortres…

14-03-2019 | Hits:6356

We were impressed by the size of the fortresses, which from the distance from th...

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