Also due to the current situation in aviation, I could follow my idea to invest more time in rail travel to Flyctory.com in summer 2020. My Four Trains, Four Countries trip was originally planned for May 2020 featuring a leg…
A Boat Trip on the Königssee
The Königssee (literally: “King’s Lake”) is a beautiful lake in Southeastern Bavaria, not too far away from the Austrian border. During my trip to the region, I luckily managed to squeeze in a boat trip over the lake before I…
Bonn Marriott Hotel
Holidays close to home? Not just due to Covid-19, I felt it to be more and more attractive to have a night or a weekend away from your home and just have a lovely day and night in a new…
Watching Cologne from Europa Rad Ferris Wheel
Sometimes, you just have to be creative: if you have one of the biggest mobile ferris wheels in the neighboring city – why not just taking it to your town and putting it up as a social distancing-compliant attraction? This…
National Museum of Singapore
During my first visit in Singapore, I just wanted to have an overview about the history of the Asian city state. I finally went for the centrally location National Museum of Singapore, which did an excellent job providing me with necessary…
Vleminckx – The Best French Fries in Amsterdam?
Sometimes you see hordes of people, locals and tourists, in front of a small booth at the end of Voetboogstraat in the heart of Amsterdam. The cause for that are fried potatoes: several travel guides name Vleminckx, the store which…
ibis Dusseldorf Main Station
In order to have a more comfortable (and longer) sleep, I decided to go for a night at the ibis hotel at Dusseldorf Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) before I headed on to Amsterdam. The hotel prices right after the Covid-19 openings…
Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall) Hamburg
The Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), which has been built between 2007 and 2016 and opened on 11th January 2017, is something like the latest signature attraction of Hamburg. Originally planned to open in 2010 already for a sum of 77 million Euro,…