Travel and Dining

Nara is one of Japan’s oldest cities and was even one of the country’s former capitals. The Nara period lasted from 710 to 794. Nara boasts a wealth of historical sights, including many very old temples. There are so many historic temples crammed into such a small area in Nara that I suffered from ‘temple …

Kamakura is often described as the most beautiful historical city in Japan. I cannot verify this, but during my trip Kamakura was indeed one of the most beautiful cities, which is why I would like to describe it in more detail in today’s article. Kamakura has many old and important temples as well as a …

The small Scottish town of Dumfries is located not far from the English border in the south of the country. Everything there revolves around Robert Burns, the Scottish national poet and the town’s most famous son. However, I have already dedicated an article to him. Some people believe that there is nothing worth seeing in …

What Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is to the Germans, Robert Burns is to the Scots. Burns is perhaps even more revered and celebrated in Scotland than Goethe is in Germany. He is the Scottish national poet, but also the poet of the common people. He spent his rather short life largely in the south of …