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This July, Michael and I went on a rather spontaneous trip to escape Barcelona for a night. As we have started loving a very special Spanish hotel chain called "Paradores" I checked for one of their locations not too far away from the city. The "Paradores" are a collection of historic hotels, often housed in …
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In November 2017, Michael and I visited Athens for the first time. Despite having traveled extensively around the world, we had never managed to plan a trip to the Greek capital. As a self-proclaimed history enthusiast, I felt a bit embarrassed that we had overlooked this incredible city for so long. Below is what I …
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In January 2025 we spent a very pleasant week in Santa Marta at the Colombian coast. Whilst our main goal was to go scuba diving we also did a day trip out of town to Tayrona National Park. It is conveniently located about 30 kilometres to the North of the city. We decided to use …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
The Palau de la Música Catalana is undoubtedly one of the most stunning concert halls in the world. We've already explored the grand architecture of this masterpiece in detail in a different blog post, but we want to reiterate how much we recommend visiting it. This is truly a Barcelona highlight you won't want to miss! There …
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Last Updated on December 23, 2024 Last week (March 2018) we went skiing with our German friends from Dortmund, Ingo and Peter. They arrived on Saturday by plane and the next day we took a rental car to drive to our destination: Baqueira-Beret in the Catalan Pyrenees. After a four hours drive we could check …
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