After a short test period, I have decided on a new email programme. It is called FastMail and is really as fast as the internet address - FastMail.fm - suggests. I decoded to go for the “enhanced” membership, and the features...

I found the Sanssouci Palace to be very plain, and quickly asked myself: What am I doing here? Does this really interest me!? After a little walk around the palace, I paid a short visit to the city of Potsdam. I also risked a...

On the last day of my Berlin trip I headed towards Potsdam and the Sanssouci Palace. On the way to the palace we stopped at three important locations from recent German history. I cannot personally find the words to describe...

The weather has not really got better, but at least it is not raining any more. There was still no blue sky over the Brandenburger Tor though :-( The Federal Chancellery and the Reichstag were on my itinerary today… but I must...

The whole day was rainy, so my guide - Olaf Gollnow – could only show me the distinctive sights of Berlin from the car. On the other hand, I could see a world city in a relaxed way, and process historical milestones in German...

Yesterday I set off for Berlin, and made a short stop in Erfurt. After spending the night in the Best Western Hotel, I gave myself the treat of a little walk through Erfurt before travelling on to Berlin. Sadly the Erfurter Dom...

The rich country Iceland, like the even richer Norway, wants to hunt whales again – for food. The island state has been committed to the Moratorium (International Whaling Commission) which sets the quota for commercial whaling to...

I can no longer understand the current developments on the worldwide financial markets. Dow Jones, FTSE, Dax etc. are reaching new record highs, despite the unsolved geopolitical problems still looming. The indicators that I know...

After my stay in Porto, today I continued to Braga and Guimarães. Braga proudly claims to be Portugal’s religious capital. But at the same time, there are so many students living here that it calls itself Europe’s youngest town...

After my time in the Azores, I am now visiting Porto and enjoying the last days of summer this year. The city in the north west of Portugal lies on the banks of the Douro near the Atlantic, and has around 350,000 inhabitants....