70 kilograms of Sauvignon-Blanc grapes at a price of EUR 1.40 per kilo lie in front of me in half a wooden barrel. Their degree of oechsle (natural sugar content to determine the later alcohol percentage) reads 95, in fact a perfect value and the grapes taste deliciously aromatic (not…
The Fashion Week Season in Paris and Milan is over and autumn is coming. Fog and wetness are spreading allover – just bad weather. Of course, after two dry summers, nature urgently needs the rain and I love the sound of rain splashing on the roof. But honestly, when you…
Sure, that’s possible. Either far away in the southern hemisphere (e.g. in New Zealand), because the seasons are reversed there, or all year round on high alpine glaciers. But you can get it easier and right in the middle of Germany. What I knew so far were the usual ski…
Yes, the upcoming (tomorrow) elections also seem like a big fairy tale … HOWEVER, where the road becomes really narrow close to the small town of Brienz (Switzerland) and only a small sign points towards the hamlet of Giessbach, at the end of the path in the forest high…
There is no better way to describe the landscape and people of Ticino than Jonny Rieger put it in words and pictures in his book “A balcony over Lake Maggiore”. His detailed descriptions are almost like a declaration of love for this partly rugged, partly delight region, which culture extends…
It may well be known that there are around 300,000 Russian-born citizens living in Berlin and that the “Charlottenburg” district is also popularly known as “Charlottengrad”. Among others, also bestselling author Wladimir Kaminer and his extended family lives in Berlin. I once met him “from the front row” at a…
It was almost exactly two years ago when I had this wonderful “Robina Hood photo shooting” with the gray stallion “Smokey”. Unfortunately, it has meantime gone up into the horse heaven, but I still fondly remember this beautiful summer day in the forest. “Smokey” was really very patient and made…
Everything was better before? Certainly not, it was different. But from a certain age, everyone has his/ her own objective and subjective views or beliefs about the past in this regard. The term “earlier” may also mean something different for everyone; sometimes you only guess to talk about the same…
Already at the age of four, I was given a pair of roller-skates by my parents, because nothing was more interesting to me than whizzing around with the older girls from the block.
Dear followers, I proudly announce a new author on my blog: PETRA! Petra is 57 years young and she says: „We don’t become older, we’re getting better… !“ As a former figure skating professional and topage model she’s almost predestinated to write exciting posts as thus from her fashion- and…