Musical Musings
New Zealand is the country where we had spent the most time, but also the one I felt most reluctant to leave. So many places would have needed more time…
Haere Mai, Welcome to New Zealand
Coming to New Zealand from South America almost felt like coming home. Even though we are now on the exact opposite side of the world, pretty remote from pretty much…
Carretera Austral
A cozy cabin in the middle of nowhere with a fire burning in the woodstove, exceptional hosts, and dolphins patrolling the nearby beach – Christmas has been good. Reluctantly, we…
Improvising Kipferl
Waking up to green meadows, morning fog, and single digit temperatures made me feel like coming home to Austria after a dream-like episode in smog-plagued, dry Santiago. But, alas, we…
Head in the Clouds
Green pastures, black and white cows, endless highways. I am sitting in the front row of a comfortable bus on the way from Valdivia to Frutillar in southern Chile. The…
Fish Flashback
This post is finally going to answer the question how we ended up in a hotel pool in rural Connecticut a while ago, but let me give you some context…
Wild Wild West
Technically, we are still in the same country after our five-hour flight from Washington DC to Las Vegas, but it sure is a different world. We pass on the gambling…
New England (IPA)
The railway might not be the most popular means of transportation in the USA, but on the East Coast, the Amtrak is a viable option. We left our grubby Upper…