Orkney – Skara Brae and other Neolithic sites

If you know anything about Orkney you might have heard about Skara Brae. But it’s just one of many Neolithic…

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Books

Shooting For the Stars (Gravity Book 3) by Sarina Bowen: Without the many snow/snowboarding/skiing scenes this book would be at…

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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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A week in Tunisia – a club vacation

The fall wave of the Delta variant was almost upon us and my original plans went up in quarantine smoke.…

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Brösl

On one of the last warm evenings in Vienna I decided to give ‘Brösl’ a chance. So far I have…

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Breakfast at Café Goldegg

Café Goldegg is a typical Viennese coffeehouse from the beginning of the 20th century. Which means upholstered furniture, little marble…

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Ikat restaurant

As much as I like traveling through Asia, so far I haven’t managed to reach Uzbekistan. At least I visited…

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A day trip to the castle ruin of Aggstein

Day trips from Vienna are fun, especially in summer. There are a lot of castles and palaces in the near…

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Breakfast at StadtAllee

StadtAllee, in one of the many inner courtyards of the Mariahilfer Strasse, is far enough away from the hustle and…

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Popsugar Reading Challenge 2022

One of the best things about a new year is that you can start with a blank slate in all…

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