After I already introduced you to the Dresden Suspension Cable Railroad (Schwebebahn), it is urgently time to share my other special public transport experience in the German city with you. The Dresden Funicular (or Dresdner Standseilbahn) is located very closely to…
The Sauerland in the Western part of the German state of North Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) is very popular as a getaway destination. Not only the hills and mountains there attract active people for hiking, mountain biking and swimming in summer…
Even though the Grand Central Terminal (or: Grand Central Station) in New York City is a popular touristic attraction, it is in fact also a very important transportation hub for the East Coast US-American city. Especially for the regional public…
Oh, I traveled too much the last weeks again. Time for another Food I Had Onboard posting – this time also featuring quite some rail travel (the next episode will have even more of that, I guess). Enjoy – or be disgusted…
Everybody in German-speaking countries knows the (Erste) Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (which literally means “(First) Danube Steam Ship Company”). The word is a perfect illustration for the nice fact that in German you can combine multiple nouns to one word. However, apart from…
4,354 meters long – the Dajti Ekspres is (by its own marketing) the longest cable car in the Balkan region. During my visit in December 2022 to Tirana, I had a trip up to the “backyard mountain” of the Albanian…
A rail strike destroyed our travel plans in and around Munich in March 2024. Thus, on a rather short notice, my wife and I had to grab a rental car from Munich Airport (MUC). I went for the provider I…
67 kilometers alongside the Belgian Coast, serving 67 stations – the Kusttram (“Coastal tram line”) is regarded to be the world longest tram line. While visiting Rock of Ages musical shows in Oostende, I just had to take that very special ride…