Travel Day 808 – Barcelona to Granada, SPAIN After a really great day of walking through the historic parts of Barcelona yesterday, we hopped in the evening on the overnight train, slept away the distance to Andalusia and woke up in Granada… Initially we wanted to continue our little side trip towards Madrid, but then […]
Barri Gothic and Port de Barcelona
Travel Day 807 – Barcelona, SPAIN Since we walked yesterday in a big circle all over town, today we decided to have a more focused look at the city center around Barri Gothic which was right in front of our door step… So we started our day with a stroll down popular La Rambla, the mayor shopping […]
UNESCO Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudi
Travel Day 806 – Barcelona, SPAIN It was our first full Arrival Day in Barcelona and we already completely acclimatized to the nice spring weather. The only headache we had after breakfast was due to a little mission impossible… The first and very important task we had on our agenda was to find a bookstore […]
Barcelona, the Winter Place in Europe
Travel Day 805 – Detmold to Barcelona, SPAIN After one month in Germany, it was about time to escape the greyness for a while and do a little side trip. For obvious reasons the south, like Mediterranean Spain and Portugal seemed the perfect destinations… Initially we had the idea to travel by train all the […]
Autobahn, the German way to Travel
Back to Berlin the Capital of Greymany
Travel Day 803 – Detmold to Berlin, GERMANY After spending a couple of weeks in the same place, it felt nice to have an Active Travel Day and to be finally moving again. This time my destination was my former home and favorite city Berlin, the capital of Greymany… This name was actually the perfect […]
Round the World Trip Aftermath
Arrival Days at Home in Greymany
Around The World in 800 Days
Good-bye Travelling, Good-bye India
Bye-bye Kopan and bye-bye Nepal
Travel Day 650 – Kopan Monastery to Thamel, Kathmandu, NEPAL My last day at Kopan Monastery was a very short one, consisting only of breakfast, packing, lunch and then sharing a taxi towards Thamel… In the end, the time at the monastery had passed by rather quickly and ideally I would have spent at least […]
Relaxing Day at Kopan Monastery
Travel Day 649 – Kopan Monastery, NEPAL After all the course participants had left yesterday, I could not believe how nice and quiet Kopan Monastery had become over night… Since there was no class and no schedule at all today, it was really nice to use the time to relax and just simply enjoy myself. […]
Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa
Travel Day 648 – Kopan Monastery, NEPAL It was already our last day of the Buddhist introduction course and I joined only the morning meditation… Afterwards a special long life puja happened in the main Gompa, in order to pray for good health and a long life of the slowly recovering Lama Zopa, one of […]