Every March Valencia turns into a huge party! Ready to welcome the spring and to celebrate the feast of San José – it’s time to celebrate Las Fallas. Although this year it seems almost like I’m escaping the craziness of this massive street party flying out to the southern hemisphere… I would like to tell…
ITB (Internationale Tourismus Börse) is the world’s leading travel trade show. This year ITB Berlin celebrated its 50th anniversary. After 5 decades, the show remains the pivotal industry event. It opens its arms widely to the world every year in the beginning of March, for 3 professional days and 2 public days. Over the past…
Soon I’m taking off again – this time to Hong Kong (as a longer stop over) and Taiwan (as a little excursion) with the final destination of New Zealand. Thinking of a long haul flight what comes to your mind? Do you have mental images of the little (mute) fight with your seat neighbour for…
I love wine. Especially Spanish wine. Recently I went to two wine tastings here in Valencia. One was a rather ‚walk in’ experience. I saw an announcement on a blackboard of the wine place Oliví about a Sunday wine tasting, so I walked in, booked, returned on Sunday and enjoyed a wine tasting moderated by…
For Saint Valentin we decided to go to one of the 4 Michelin star restaurants in Valencia. We chose ‚El Poblet‘ near Plaza del Ayuntamiento – near where we are currently living. The evening started normally enough, but was about to become ‚different’… We were greeted at El Poblet with the full gallantry of a…
I’m in Belgium for three days. Two days in Ghent and one in Brugge. The first day I was walking through the streets of Ghent – a town in the Flemish part of Belgium. Little rain was drizzling from the sky… me with a slight hangover, thinking that this place might be very nice in…
I love spiritual happenings! Meditation of any kind. I struggle a bit with Anapanasati but I adore all kinds of guided meditation. From simple loving-kindness meditation to chakra, sound, crystal or fire meditation. My first approach to meditation was at school at the age of 16. There was an organized excursion to a monastery where…
Last week I went to Palma to visit one of my dearest friends. My friend is kind of former vagabond of my ilk who eventually found her place on this earth. Now she has been living in Palma for almost 10 years and recently decided to ‚grow roots’ in one place and bought a lovely…
Bali is a magical place and it’s called the ‘island of gods’ for a good reason. As soon as you place your feet on the island you feel something special in the air. It is not only Bali’s beautiful people, the culture, the sunset bars with the colorful bean bags and umbrellas, the amazing beaches…
My first ‚acquaintance’ with the Island of Gods was in 2012 – in USA. I was touring through the States on a ten weeks business trip when I met this Indonesian girl in Boston… She lived in ‚the land of free’ for many years and was planing a sabbatical year back in her home country.…