Balaton – Dolce Vita and culture around central Europe’s largest lake
Barely one hour away from the bustling metropolis of Budapest lies the largest lake in central Europe, the Balaton, also known as the Hungarian…
Home away from home – Europe’s largest Japanese garden in Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is not the kind of place where you look for a piece of Japan. Nestled in the forests of the Palatinate, this town…
A vertical sea – exploring Liguria’s Cinque Terre on foot
These words of the Italian singer-songwriter Cristina Donà come to mind when I think of these few days lived as if in a dream…
A spiritual journey to Kyoto along the Kumano Kodo
One week to reach Kyoto from Tokyo, in a modern-day pilgrimage, taking in Kanazawa and rambling along the centuries-old trails of the Kii Mountain…
