Relaxing in En Gedi

By Judith Scharnowski on Oct 3, 2014

Swimming in the Dead Sea: check. And it was really fun. An experience that is worth to be on one’s bucket list. We were told to enter slowly into the water and sit down as soon as the water became knee-deep. We followed the instructions and suddenly floated on the water. There was no chance to dive – or maybe we just would not try because of the absurdly high...

Jerusalem – A lesson in tolerance

By Judith Scharnowski on Sep 28, 2014

The old town of Jerusalem looks like a “hidden object” game from the top of the Church of the Redeemer. The entry ticket to get up there costs 15 NIS per person (CHF 3.75) and is quite a good investment. Especially for me, for I finally get an overview from a distance of this densely populated area with its narrow, crooked streets. It’s easy to...

Tel Aviv – a place to live?

By Markus on Sep 24, 2014

We felt quite relieved to leave Athens after our not very pleasent experience with the local pickpockets. After the most in-depth search of our luggage we’ve ever experienced by the security guys of the Israeli airline El Al (we were quite relieved they didn’t take out the white gloves) and a short flight, we landed at Ben Gurion International Airport,...

Paros, Greece

By Markus on Sep 20, 2014

Paros may not be the first island to pop up on any do-not-miss-list in Greece, but it turned out to be a quite beautiful place nevertheless. Almost 3 times as big as Santorini, it still seems small enough to get around easily with the ever-present scooter. While it’s got quite some hills, there are no huge cliffs like in Santorini, but an abundance of...

Santorini, Greece

By Judith Scharnowski on Sep 15, 2014

The sun is shining bright over the barren landscape of Santorini. Thira once was the name of the island until the Venetians brought in Santa Irini and renamed it – the island with white buildings and blue church domes, all in the colors of the Greece flag. It is September and the season is still in full swing. Santorini offers lots of attractions. We rented a...

Belgrade, Serbia

By J&G on Sep 9, 2014

This city showed us that it is not only the first impression that counts.We arrived at the train station that resembled a old unused rail track. We started walking towards our booked Airbnb with all our luggage – our backpacks, that is. After 40 minutes march past bombed houses (assumption of the author) as well as architecturally quite awesome buildings,...