More impressions from Le Mans while chasing the Plantagenets

What a difference two hours on the TGV make. The first picture here is from Paris, looking out of the…

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Off the beaten path around Le Mans

Since there is more to Le Mans than just the Cité Plantagenêt we strolled through the city in search of…

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La Brochette du Boucher

On our first evening in Le Mans we went to La Brochette du Boucher, recommended by our host. It was…

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First impression of the Cité Plantagenêt in Le Mans

Why nobody had anything good to say about Le Mans is beyond me. Before leaving for Le Mans I fielded…

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Discovering Aberdeen during a four hour layover

Our layover in Aberdeen after coming from Orkney was only about four hours. So I can’t say it was ample…

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A long weekend on Orkney – a Scottish adventure

Obh obh (that’s ‘oh dear’ in Gaelic), how I have missed Scotland in 2020. Due to the pandemic we couldn’t…

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More impressions of Lithuania

Traveling through Lithuania was amazing. I started in Vilnius, from there I took the train to Kaunas, then on with…

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The Hill of Crosses – near Siauliai

After spending the morning in Palanga I hopped on the bus. It’s a three hours ride, if you take the…

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The must-see places of Lithuania

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was European Capital of Culture a long time ago. At that time I saw the…

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The doors of Znojmo

Znojmo has an awful lot of wooden doors. Some of them so big that a carriage must have fit through.…

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