Remains of prehistory in Florida – in other words: Alligators and tortoises

Florida consists of 18% water. And in almost all of these waters you will find alligators and tortoises. There is not an exact number of how many alligators live in Florida but it’s more than … Read more

Mailbox creativity in Florida

Mailboxes in North America – depending on the area I sometimes have the feeling that people have a competition about who has the largest, the most colourful or the strangest mailbox infront of their home. … Read more

Canoeing in Florida – part 2: Everglades

In my first blogpost about canoeing in Florida, I already mentioned that we canoed two times. In this blogpost I’ll tell you more about that. The everglades is a large wetlands area in Southern Florida. … Read more

Canoeing in Florida – part 1

Florida has many rivers, lakes and is almost everywhere close to the ocean. That’s pretty cool for everyone who likes water sports. Since we do like canoeing and did that in the past once and … Read more

Greetings from Key West – Florida

When you are in Florida for vacation, the Florida Keys should definitely be on your bucket list! The Keys are on the southern tip of Florida, Cuba is right next to it! Luckily, since we … Read more

Florida: Dolphins and the worst car drivers

Yes, it’s due to a little Florida vacation why I didn’t publish any posts in the last weeks. Sorry for that 🙂 But I have some good news for you: Since we enjoyed two weeks … Read more

The Ruhrgebiet in Germany – part 2

As promised I’d like to show you the rest of our weekend in the Ruhrgebiet. Tiger and Turtle sounds like a zoo or something but is is actually an art installation in Duisburg. The weather wasn’t … Read more

The Ruhrgebiet in Germany – part 1

The Ruhr district in Germany isn’t a very touristy area I guess. And even many Germans who don’t know that area very well, might tell you that this place is kind of ugly. One large … Read more

Birds of western USA

When you are reading my blog regularly I don’t need to tell you that I like to go birding. That’s especially interesting when I’m on vacation and I can search for species that are not … Read more

Saturday trip to Bremen

Have you (lately) been in Bremen? In case the answer is no: You really should catch up on going there! My recommendations: Besides visiting the nice old city you should get a coffee at the … Read more