How could a visit of Rotterdam be complete without having a look into the harbor? The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe (and even outside Asia). Thus, during our summer trip in 2020, we just had to…
Riding the Dubai Ferry
When you think about Dubai local transport, you typically refer to the efficient and cheap metro, the buses and taxis and of course the traditional abra boats crossing the Dubai Creek. Even though I have been to the United Arab…
Chicago River & Lake Michigan with Mercury Cruises
When Germans think about vacation in the USA, they typically think about destinations in the Northeast like New York City or Washington, Florida, California or Las Vegas. Chicago is heavily underrated. This is quite a shame – which I especially…
Rhine Cable Car (Kölner Seilbahn) Cologne
There are periodically discussions, whether the Cologne local transport is upgraded by cable car traffic over the river Rhine. However, there is a cable car in Cologne since 1957, introduced with the Bundesgardenschau (National Gardening exhibition) in the city. It connects…
Car Rental Review – Europcar Dubai Int. (DXB) T3 (December 2020) – Mazda 6
After having my very first car rental review about the local company AutoReisen on Gran Canaria, my second review about a car rental featured a location which has been a tricky one in my past experience: Dubai International Airport (DXB)…
Car Rental Review – AutoReisen (Grand Canary Airport, 12/2020) – Renault Clio
During my trips to Tenerife, I had cars from the local Canary rental car dealer AutoReisen (which is a German word simply meaning “car travel”) a couple of times. During my first time in Gran Canaria / Grand Canary, I…
Riding Italo Rail Club Executive Class
Apart from Trenitalia and their Frecciarossa network, there is also NRT (Nuovo Transporto Viaggiatori – “New Travellers Transport”), who are offering high speed train rides through Italy. By that, they were the first private open access operator of trains travelling…
FRECCIALounge Milan
After visiting so many German Rail lounges in my life, I was really looking forward how the more exclusive waiting areas will be like in Italy. Just before boarding the Frecciarossa 1000 Executive Class ride from Milan to Rome, I…