Discover travelling beyond the usual
Wow, we visited another astonishing building of Antoní Gaudí, Barcelona's greatest architect of all time. Torre Bellesguard is located in the neighbourhood of Sant Gervasi, an absolutely off-the-beaten-path area of the city. We booked a guided tour that was very informative. Between 1900-1909 the famous Catalan architect was commissioned by Jaume Figueres to build this …
Continue reading "Secret Barcelona: Torre Bellesguard by Gaudí"
January 19-21, 2025: We rented a car in our area of Consoloçao - not far from our hotel (Pergamon Frei Caneca) to go on a small road trip to Picinguaba. My ex-colleague Erica was spending her summer holidays there with her daughter. Before travelling to Brazil we chatted and she sent photos that inspired immediately …
Continue reading "Visiting Brazil – Great road trip from São Paulo to Paradise"
From Buenos Aires we travelled on to São Paulo in January 2025. It was our second time after 2010 when we were on our around the world trip. But back then we nearly saw nothing of the city as we met our ex-colleagues. Also we were invited to several social events. So there was not …
Continue reading "A Day in São Paulo: From MASP to Caipirinhas"
From January 13-17, 2025 we visited Buenos Aires again after 15 years. In 2010 we had spent two months in the Argentinian capital in order to learn Spanish. Of course even during our longer stay it was impossible to explore all of the metropolis with her eight million inhabitants. Though it was very hot this …
When staying in Buenos Aires for a longer period of time - what we did in 2010 - you can use the city as a great base for many trips out of town. Read about two great day trips that we did: Visit of neighbouring country Uruguay by high speed ferry Day trip to the …
Continue reading "Exploring Buenos Aires: Best day trips out of town (Tigre Delta and Uruguay)"
During our two-month stay in Buenos Aires we discovered many areas of the city. In the following you can read about some of our activities: the Botanical Garden of Buenos Aires - Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays a visit to the fancy Palermo Soho district and a cycling tour through the city The Botanical Garden of …
In November 2017 we had spent some time with Christian's former colleague Victoria in Torrevieja close to Alicante. As our next stop was Valencia we decided to use Blabla Car. It is a car sharing app where you can book a seat in a car of a private person that is travelling to the same …
Continue reading "Top Things to Do in Valencia: From Paella to Parks"
After 15 years we finally decided to re-visit Bogotá that we had great memories of. We were there in 2010 during our around the world trip but only for a very short time. So in the beginning of January 2025 we started our travels: Bogotá (4 days) - Buenos Aires (4 days) - São Paulo …
February 28, 2010: Christian was sick all week and had to skip Wednesday‘s Spanish class. Finally he went to a doctor on Friday - so we had our first medical experience here in Buenos Aires. It turned out to be a very resistant cold and the doctor prescribed only some easy medicine. Indeed on Saturday …
Our Spanish class started on Monday, February 15th, 2010. Michael joined a beginners class, Christian an advanced beginners class. Both classes only comprised two students so it was very intense. The school „Vamos Spanish!“ was just one block away and it took us only two minutes to walk there - very convenient. Read about our …
Continue reading "Exploring Buenos Aires: Our Two-Month Spanish Learning Adventure (2)"
