Author: Monika Fuchs

A German emigrant tells

Peter Schleifenbaum lives as a German emigrant in Ontario. He's late to meet us for an interview. “Excuse me, yesterday I got caught in a swarm of bees. I went to the doctor this morning to get a prescription for histamines. ”And sure enough! One of his eyes is puffy. "Is that the danger that working in the forest brings with it?" [...]

Windows and doors as a photo motive

Windows and doors are my favorite photo motif "I prefer to take photos ..." - it was this headline that struck me first. Gudrun from reisebloggerin.at called for a blog parade, the subject of which spoke to me right away. And aroused curiosity. I then browsed through my photo archive and came across astonishing things: it's not food [...]

ITB Tips for Travel Bloggers

We are back from our 3-day trip around the world in quick succession at the ITB in Berlin. We look forward to it every year. At the same time, however, we also feared the visit, because in recent years it has always been the case that after three days of conversation marathons and forced marches through the halls of the exhibition grounds we are completely exhausted and with burning [...]

Food in exotic countries

  On our travels in foreign countries, we often try out the local cuisine and like to take a look behind the scenes. Visits to winegrowers, producers of regional products, the factories of local specialties or even one or the other cooking course where we learn how to make these delicacies ourselves give us insights [...]

Where are we traveling 2016?

The beginning of the year is the hot planning phase for our trips in the next twelve months. The question arises: where are we going in 2016? It usually takes a few weeks or even months until we definitely know where our travels will lead us. An exciting time! But also a time in which we meet with many [...]

Planning your trip - this is how it works for us

  Dreaming of traveling In the last few days and weeks you haven't been able to read as much news as usual here on our blog. We weren't as often present on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram as you are used to. The reason for this is that we are currently planning to travel again [...]

City or country - to live and travel

An interesting question that Ilona asks in her blog parade: city or country? What do you think? Our attitude to this issue has even changed several times. Why and why am I telling you here. City or country? - First the city won. We moved from the city of Munich to the countryside five years ago, where [...]

The most beautiful pictures of our trips 2015

The year 2015 is drawing to a close. We started our travel year shortly after the beginning of the year with a trip to Italy and ended with a trip to North Rhine-Westphalia in December. In between there were many interesting and varied trips to different continents, countries in Europe and regions in Germany. We have discovered new things, familiar things from a new [...]

Our Christmas tree tells travel stories

  Traveling at Christmas time has been part of our lives for years. We have only just returned from our #winter happiness trip through North Rhine Westphalia. A few weeks ago we visited the Christmas market in Schweinfurt. I could add countless Christmas travel experiences to the list that are beyond the scope of this article. In any case, one thing is certain: this [...]

Best pictures in 2. Half year 2015

Best pictures in the 2nd half of 2015 - that interests us. Especially when it comes to photos, we like to take part in blog parades. This time Michael from Explore the World called for the best pictures from the 2nd half of 2015 to be selected for certain categories. We are very happy to participate. Since July we have been to some [...]