Everyone knows Paris, but did you ever have the chance to travel to France without stopping in the big capital? Earlier in June this year I've made a trip to Burgundy, more precisely I saw the area around the cities of Auxerre, Dijon and Beaune. Of course Burgundy is famous for wine and cheese...

Welcome to Europe. Welcome to Italy. Welcome to Lake Garda. Welcome to Malcesine. Welcome. Just a couple of weeks ago in June 2022 I made a short trip to Italy. It was my first time at the beautiful Lake Garda in the very north of Italy, directly in front of the majestic Alps. The lake fills an enor...

This year I’ve made it to Zermatt another time despite all the hassle that a trip during COVID restrictions means and despite the still enormous price level that Switzerland but especially Zermatt are famous for. I complained about it a lot in one of my last blog posts here about the iconic local...

The Matterhorn and Zermatt belong together like skiing and snow. The Matterhorn is Zermatt, Zermatt is the Matterhorn. It’s even part of Zermatt’s public slogan, the byline says just “Matterhorn®”, nothing else but with a trademark sign. While St. Moritz on one end of the famous Glacier Express is t...

My series of posting a new blog entry every week is a little bit broken this time as I spent some days skiing in Filzmoos in Austria. So I hope you don't mind when this post is online a little bit later than usual. It's sometimes a hard to sit down and take the time to write these posts when you'r...