It’s high time for a short London break…

… with the kids and the weather looks promising also..especially for this time of the year. (Unfortunately not like the one in the photo!)

Sicily on a Summer University with AIESEC

The news to visit Sicily arrived through my land line – there were no mobile phones at that time – on a Thursday afternoon. It was early summer and I remember I was so happy that the application I had submitted on the student organisation AIESEC was successful. I was to spend 2 weeks in…

On the way to Hawaii…

Having to go through a 15-hour flight ordeal including a stop-over and an overnight sleep in Chicago, was not an easy task, even if destination was Hawaii. The mental preparation had to take time! … I think we had spent something like 30 minutes wandering aimlessly at Heathrow T3 (was it T3?) Duty Free looking…

Finding a new place in London

Over a period of the first three years I had stayed in London, I had lived in three different locations – Russell Square (a student resident), Clapham Junction/Wandsworth and Vauxhall. For each of the first two places I had completed one year of residence, but in the last one it was only 3 months before…

Happy 1st Birthday

It is one year now since i started this new endeavour – this new blog. I sincerely hope you have enjoyed reading as much as I have enjoyed writing. This new year this blog will try to reach new grounds when talking about travel! So Happy 1st Birthday!