You can hardly deny that Superman is truly a US-American hero. While the comic figure and superhero has first been published in 1938, it took him 34 years to find a “real” home town. Just in line with the original,…
Popeye Village Malta
In the early 1990’s I visited Malta for the first time, going on a summer vacation with my parents. The Popeye Village was already a key tourist attraction at that time. For the 1980 movie starring Robin Williams as Popeye,…
Cooter’s Place Nashville
Even though the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard just has been aired in the United States between 1979 and 1985, it still has a massive fan base. Wikipedia states that it is the most popular 1970’s TV show apart from Dallas.…
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 9, 18th March 2022)
Back to Nashville and a fantastic way to finish off the trip on a Friday night – even though another 300 mile drive lay ahead of me and I was somehow starting my way back to Germany on that 18th…
Break Point – The Story of the “Indian Express”
There is one guy which gave me the initial crush with Indian tennis – Leander Paes. But in fact the love really started with the “Indian Express” – Leander Paes alongside Mahesh Bhupathi.. They were the dominating tennis doubles of…
Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum
Businessman, actor, bodybuilder, producer and – last, but not least, politician – it is really hard to list all roles Arnold Schwarzenegger has been taken during his life. In Thal in Austria, you can visit the place where all this…
Walking around Pilsum Light Tower (Pilsumer Leuchtturm, Pictured Story)
15 meters of total height, thereof a the height of the light itself at eleven meters – the Pilsum Light Tower (Pilsumer Leuchtturm) is definitely not a to impressive building by technical data. Nonetheless, the tower is one of the…
Bud Spencer Museum Berlin
If you know the name Carlo Pedersoli by heart, then you are likely ready to head to Berlin since 27th June 2021. He is most famous as Bud Spencer acting in Italo-Western movies, often side by side with Mario Girotti –…