Wuppertal in the Bergisches Land region Northeast of Cologne hosts a very special attraction for train and rail enthusiasts: the Bergische Musemsbahnen e.V. federation hosts the world smallest tram system. The historic trams are thereby fully run by the non-profit…
Travelling to the NHL Stadium Series match of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Philadelphia Flyers in late February 2019, I took the opportunity to add some airline experience. On the day after I had my first Premium Economy flight with…
The ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao) are more and more becoming of the Carribean’s top destinations. Staying a full week in Curacao only just felt too boring to me – and there is always the opportunity to do some plane…
This is the second part of my report on exploring the largest island of the Azores with a scooter in one day. While Part 1 more introduced the whole trip and the West of the island, this part will rather…
After having some scooter experience in Spain, I felt that a good way to get a first view of the Azores would be to grab a scooter and have a day around the island. Vacation planning for 2018 did not…
Sunday, 27th May 2018 – time to slowly head home. After quite a lot of flying, this has really been the first day since Tuesday at which I am not taking an intercontinental flight. Sounds crazy somehow, doesn’t it. Morning…
After the helicopter adventure on Day 3, travelling to the other major Spanish exclave in Spain, Melilla, was on the more “traditional” side as there are frequent (plane) flights. After all the interesting experience on that trip, I was really…
After having arrived in Gibraltar and Algeciras the day before, the remaining trip would not stay in the European Union, despite there have been four flights between Europe and Africa missing. Day 3 lead me to Ceuta, not that far…