Breakfast at Das Blaustern
Das Blaustern has been my go to place all through my thirties. And then it kind of fell off the…
Das kleine Paradies
Das kleine Paradies has garnered a lot of praise and publicity since its opening a couple of months ago. So…
Baalbek – a Roman Heliopolis
We had spent the morning watching cedars and the rest of the day Roman stones. The last stop for the…
The Cedars of God
The day trip to Baalbek started with our driver taking us through the Quadisha valley to the last cedars of…
What else to see in Beirut
Beirut is a large city and you can’t manage to see the main sights in a day. Especially since there…
Visiting Beirut during the demonstrations
Maybe the title of the post is a bit misleading. I was in Beirut during the demonstrations, but this was…
Books
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford: This is a story about identity and parentage. The…
Ganko Yakiniku restaurant
Breakfast at Café Kandl – no longer available
Café Kandl just recently reopened under the same name but with a new management. It’s now still a coffeeshop during…
What I learned in Cyprus
In 2019 I managed to visit a couple of new countries and Cyprus was one of them. It’s always interesting…
