During my first visit in Singapore, I just wanted to have an overview about the history of the Asian city state. I finally went for the centrally location National Museum of Singapore, which did an excellent job providing me with necessary…
Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg
What is Germany’s most popular tourist attractions? According to many popular rankings including TripAdvisor, it is neither the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin nor Cologne Cathedral or Castle Neuschwanstein. It is Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg! Never heard of it? It is…
Mainau Island – The Floral Paradise at Lake Constance
The “Flower Island” Mainau is one of the key attractions of the whole Bodensee / Lake Constance region. No doubt that I had to visit this place during my June 2020 trip to the area. Mainau Island – Location & Admission…
Arcen Castle & Garden
At least in the Cologne area where I live, Castle Arcen in the Netherlands, close to the German border, is not too well known. When I visited the place in mid June 2020, I felt that this is a sad…
Smithsonian’s National Zoo (Washington)
The Smithsonian’s are just a tourist’s (and likely also a resident’s) best friend when visiting Washington DC. The US capital has such an amazing set of top class museums driven by the Foundation – which all have free entry. On…
Berlin Zoo
During my Covid-19 day trip to Berlin, I spent some time in the Berlin Zoo. Berlin is quite famous for its two zoological gardens, the former Western Berlin Zoo or Zoologischer Garten Berlin (“Zoological Garden Berlin”) and the Tierpark Berlin (“Animal Park…
Car Watch – A new Pop-up Drive-in Cinema in Cologne
As I wrote in my recent review about the traditional DRIVE IN movies in the South of Cologne, drive-in movies feel to be one of the winners of the Covid-19 crisis in the Cologne region. Car Watch Cologne –…
The National Wax Museum Plus (Dublin)
During my last business trip to Dublin, I took the time and visited the National Wax Museum Plus in the heart of the Irish capital. Especially due to its prolonged opening times, it felt like a nice distraction instead of…