“I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg” – John Lennon Lennon was quoted with this when they talked about the beginnings of The Beatles when they […]
Berlin: Tear Down Your Walls
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” A famous speech of Ex-President Ronald Reagan (West) to challenge Gorbachev(East) to destroy the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War. Berlin is the largest city and […]
München: 200th Year of Oktoberfest!
The very first ORIGINAL Oktoberfest was held last October 1810 (exactly 200 years) to celebrate the wedding of King Ludwig and his Queen (still a Princess at that time). Initially, it was just […]
Schloss Neuschwanstein: Grown Up Disney
“Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children’s approach to life. They’re people who don’t give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at […]
Munich: Some Man’s Special Girl
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein (Iconic Scientist of all time from Munich) Last year, I met Isi through Kat and Basti, at first i thought she’s […]
Titlis via Lucerne: The Greatest Designer
“Kommet her und sehet an die werke Gottes, der so wunderbar ist. – Psalms 66:5… Dir Gott sei preis und ruhm gebracht, du hast ein schöpfungswerk vollbracht voll herrlichkeit und schöne.” “Come and […]
Zurich: The Meeting Point
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Gustav Jung (Swiss Psychologist / Writer) Zurich is Switzerland’s largest city […]
Brussels: Short & Sweet
“Good things aren’t supposed to just fall in your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.’ So you have to make that effort. But at the […]
Paris: Lost & Love
“Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I know, a feeling came over me. It was like remembering something I’d never known before or had always been […]
Rome: Making Something Out of Nothing
“L’arte d’arrangiarsi – the art of making something out of nothing. The art of turning a few simple ingredients into a feast, or a few gathered friends into a festival. Anyone with a […]