.. when the grass is also bride and green at home? Sometimes this statement is really true. This saying has certainly gained importance in the (first) Corona year. Of course there are locations nearby and abroad that are so unique that you don’t want to miss them and whose particular…
NOODLES – they make you thick, they make you slim. It has been the subject of controversy for as long as I can remember. As usually it is a question of quantity, the degree of satiety, the speed of digestion and energy intake. Anyway, I love them in all sorts…
(Abstract) You hear it again and again in our public media that Germany has so far got through the Corona crisis so lightly. Is that really correct apart from major structural changes and economic deficits? Could be the case for now, but isn’t it much more a question of duration…
Actually, my husband and me have been using “JANTRA” as an abbreviation for our two first names for over 30 years: JAN and PETRA. But in fact Jantra is also an official female name, and there iseven a river in Bulgaria with that name. And now there is also a…
Besides various „number riddles“ many types of crossword riddles are known: such as Swedish style, American style, syllable riddles, lattice riddles, letter shaking riddles, etc. But in the end, the searched words are usually placed vertically and horizontally – mostly black and white boxes – in such a way that…
In this extraordinary Corona summer, it was always a matter of reinventing yourself. Such as meeting friends without hugging and doing individual sports in the great outdoors without getting too close. I always enjoy renting a surfboard (this is inexpensive, approx. EURO 12.- to 15.- per hour). No matter if…
Gold has been attracting people magically for thousands of years because it stands for value, prestige, wealth and beauty. Almost all rulers had sent out armies, researchers and sometimes even pirates to discover or capture the valuable precious metal and thus fill the treasury. But also private adventurers wanted to…
There is always something to discover in Hamburg – even in Corona times. Historic ships such as the “Cap San Diego”, the “Rickmer Rickmers” (a three-masted ship) or the old lightship “Elbe 3” can be visited in the Övelgönne habour museum. Some modern cruise liners, however, so far are still…
In September 2019, the agile South Tyrolean, gifted mountain climber and operator of six r Mountain Museums, Reinhold Andreas MESSNER, became 75 years old. Unfortunately, in June 2020 – unlike 3 years ago – I was not able to travel to Sulden/ South Tyrol to participate again in yak cattle…
It is Saturday and on the outskirts of Neu Wulmstorf (near Hamburg Harburg) a happy crowd of 11 men and women is gathering. All of them routinely carry a hard ball made of wood or rubber, each around 11,5 centimeters in diameter-size and around 850 grams in weight (average standard…