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…
Nightjet Night Train – Single Deluxe Class
While – especially for business reasons – trans-European rail connections may still take too much time for daytime transfers, night trains are having an increasing popularity, on private as well as on the professional travel side. Thus, it may have…
The Constance – Meersburg Ferry at Lake Constance – Is It Worth It?
If you travel in the Western Lake Constance (Bodensee) area, you have a choice of transport: you can either shortcut the route between Meersburg and Constance (Konstanz) by ferry or drive around the lake. A tough decision to take –…
Abu Dhabi New Year’s Eve Dhow Cruise with Extreme Arabia
During our December 2019 / January 2020 stay in Abu Dhabi, we discussed a lot of options for New Year’s Eve. For example, Bruno Mars was performing at Yas Island, close to the race track, the Yas Mall and the…
Pittsburgh Light Rail – It’s (partially) for free!
The climate discussions during the last months again boosted discussions whether local traffic could not be for free to reduce individual traffic in the city centers. Pittsburgh already has this concept implemented since a quite some time – at least…
Mount Washington and the Pittsburgh Inclines
Pittsburgh is not only the city of the three rivers and countless bridges – on the southern bank of Monongahela and Ohio River, one of the scenic natural beauties is the not too high, but very steep Mount Washington, which…
Riding the Arlanda Express
If you want to travel from Stockholm’s major airport Arlanda to city center, you have multiple options. Undoubtedly, the strongest appearance in the travel hub regarding advertisements is up to the Arlanda Express, a non-stop high speed train service on…