Hiking Cinque Terre
on Nov 1, 2009 in Italy Hiking Cinque Terre During our vacation at the beginning of September we spent a few days in Monterosso al Mare one of the five villages building Cinque Terre in Italian region of Liguria. The five picturesque villages became a UNESCO World Culture Heritage in 1997. The...

Hiking along the Aletsch Glacier
on Sep 17, 2009 in Hiking Aletsch Glacier Switzerland Aletsch GlacierThe Aletsch Glacier is the biggest glacier in central Europe. It builds together with the world famous summits of the Bernese Alps (Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau) and the Bietschhorn the Unesco World Heritage Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn.

Summer vacation Switzerland and Italy
on Sep 13, 2009 in Italy Switzerland Recently we spent around ten days on a trip through Switzerland and northern Italy. Our stations were the upper Rhône valley, called Goms in the Swiss canton of Wallis, where we visited the Aletsch glacier. Then we drove south to Cinque Terre on the...

Some photographic highlights from Hawaii
on Feb 21, 2009 in Maui Kauai Nature photograph Hawaii Big Island As written earlier, we spent around two weeks end of 2008 and early 2009 on the Hawaiian Islands. Four days on the Big Island, eleven days on Maui and two days on Kauai.Some of the photographic highlights were: Lava on the Big Island, whale watching...

Tokyo and Hawaii Galeries
on Feb 8, 2009 in photograph Hawaii Japan Tokyo I created two galleries with a collection of pictures from my recent trip to Tokyo and Hawaii.Tokyo and Japan galleryHawaii galleryThe photos were taken with the Pentax K100D and the following lensesPentax SMC-DA 1:3,5-5,6 18-55 mm AL,Sigma 1:4-5,6 D...

Traveling Japan and Hawaii
on Jan 21, 2009 in travel Photo Hawaii Japan Tokyo We used the holiday season for traveling to Tokyo and Hawaii, which made this trip to a travel around the world. It was the first time for us to be in Japan as well as on Hawaii.Our schedule lead us to the following places: Dec. 20 leaving Stuttga...

Tokyo - Emperors palace, Asakusa and Ginza (Day 3)
on Jan 21, 2009 in Palace Emperor Temple Asakusa Japan Tokyo It was December 23, the emperor’s birthday, a national holiday and one of two days of the year when the inner palace garden is open to the public and we missed it! We missed it because we tried to enter the palace by a closed entrance and all the g...

Tokyo - Shinjuku, Akasaka and general tips (Day 4)
on Jan 21, 2009 in Japan Guide Book Tokyo We spent the last day of our trip to Tokyo in the district of Shinjuku and at the Hie Shrine in Akasaka.Some general information and advices for travelling to Tokyo:Where we stayed: Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which we can recommend, as long as you g...

Tokyo – Fish Market and Nikko (Day 2)
on Jan 15, 2009 in Fish Market Nikko Temple Japan Tokyo We started the second day in Tokyo with a visit at the Tsukiji Fish Market, which is the biggest fish market in the world. The access is open to everybody, you want to be there early in the morning. The fish auction starts around five in the morning...

Tokyo - Meji Shrine and Shibuya (Day 1)
on Jan 15, 2009 in Meiji Japan Tokyo Shibuya Our first day lead us to the Meiji Shrine and via Omotesando to the Shibuya station.This first trip offered a first impression how tradition and religion meet modern live in Japan.One of the Toriis of the Meiji ShrineBarrels of Sake which were donate...