Tag: sightseeing
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Visiting the Vatican – impressions of wonderful St. Peter’s Basilica
Visiting the Vatican is special. The state is an enclave in Rome, so one of the tiniest states in the world and the Christian capital of the world. To be honest I am not that interested in religion but in history. Vatican is an amazing place full of historic testimonia and we had a great…
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Streets of Rome – a famous sight behind every corner
I have been to Italy before, although this mostly covered the Northern part, called Südtirol (South Tyrol), where the majority of people speak German. Apart from the occasional day trip to Venice when staying there, I’ve not had the chance to explore the kind of Italy which paints the romantic picture everybody has in mind…
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Hue, the Imperial City
Hue The highlight by night is the illuminated bridge across the Perfume River, connecting the Southern, contemporary part of the city with the Northern part where the remains of the Emperor’s city are situated. As we’re about to leave the city for Hanoi tonight we were lucky to have watched the bridge change colors yesterday…
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Hue today – sights of a Vietnamese city
Hue We arrive in the old emperor’s city by train in the early afternoon and take a taxi to our hotel. The place is neat and cozy, the staff super-friendly and it costs us about USD 30 per night. An obligatory visit for me, we are going to the town’s market. It is huge and…
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The taste of Vietnam – a cooking class
Yesterday we booked a cooking class and had to get up to meet the class at 08:20 am. I hate getting up early, especially on vacation. It’d better be worth it. The class took place at Vy’s Market, a European-style market restaurant. Trinh Diem Vy seems to be a kind of institution in Hoi An…
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Hoi An, the only city spared from the war
The first time we experience rain by day, even the chicken hide underneath some large bowls made for drying rice or other food in the sun. Even the rain cannot take away the charm of Hoi An, the only Vietnamese Ancient Town that was entirely spared from US-Vietnam war. As a European I am not…
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Let’s take a boat to Tonlé Sap and visit the Floating Village in Cambodia
Today was all about the Floating Village. Our guide picked us up at 09:00 am sharp and with his tuk-tuk we passed a small, calm river, little villages with humble-looking houses, some of them destroyed with staircases being the only evidence of their mere existence. The road soon became an off-road adventure track, but the…
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A tour to the temples of Angkor Wat
Today we were woken up by the sunshine in our faces. Do you know this feeling that makes your nose tickle? Although it is early the breakfast takes long but I imagine they make it with love. It’s included in the room rate. At 8 in the morning we are on our way to the…
