Actually, we planned to cross a mountain region (Tauern) in the Alps from North to South. But unfortunately, the weather forecast was not promising. Therefore, our plans changed. First, we spent two nights in Triest, and after that, we had a short hiking tour in the Carnic Alps close to Plöcken Pass. Concerning Trieste. I […]
Winter in late April
Anke and I spent some days in the Black Forest. Most unexpected was the prevailing weather – quite cold and also fresh snow! But, finally, even spring arrived :)
Essen
Due to a conference, I got the chance to stay two nights in the town of Essen. I had to travel a day earlier to arrive at the conference venue on time. Therefore, I got the chance to see the city and the Zollverein. The later one is among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
X Central European PhD Seminar
Due to the seminar, I got the chance of spending some days in the southeast Slovakian town of Košice. Getting there is quite time-consuming – eight hours for 500 kilometers. However, on the way, the train is traveling through a beautiful landscape. The scenery is full of rivers, forests and yet still snow-tipped mountains. To […]
Munnar
For the first time on this holiday, we were traveling alone. A driver took us from Maju’s home to the mountains. The 150 km in the car were very nice, even though the driver could only speak a little English. However, we managed to communicate :) On the way, we were listening to Hindi and […]
Christmas in Cochin
Some days before Christmas we arrived in Cochin. Besides eating the delicious food, we spent time in the city and also went shopping. We visited the synagogue as well as the street market in the Jewish Quarter and also saw the area called Fort Cochin with its Chinese fisher nets. Afterward, we relaxed for some […]
Finally there!
Since we are friends, we were always looking forward to coming to Maju’s home. All seemed to be so far away, but finally, we are there. We are happy :) Thank you so much for the amazing hospitality! In the early afternoon, we started towards Cochin. On the way, we stopped at the Tripunithura […]
Enjoying the city life
During the last days, we were traveling a lot and have been to many places. Everything we saw and experienced was wonderful! Today we took an auto (also known as auto rickshaw or tuk-tuk) for going to the market and later also a public bus to go out of the city. Both modes of transport […]
Approaching the cape
Guided by Azhakappan – sent to us by Mohan – we were driving further south. At Mathur Thottilpalam we got a great view on the Western Ghats, tasted freshly cut coconut, pineapple, and fried banana chips. On our way back to the car Renu plucked a banana flower, from where we tasted nectar. Afterward, we went to Padmanabhapuram […]
Thiruvananthapuram
This tongue twister is the name of Kerala’s capital. Maju booked an excellent hotel for us, where we were staying for two nights. Together with a guide, which was organized for us by Mohan, Renu’s brother in law, we were doing some sightseeing and shopping in the city. Padmanabhaswamy, Thiruvananthapuram’s famous temple is not accessible […]