Apollonia & Berat Two Places Not on Your Radar. But They Should Be. Yesterday I touched almost 2,600 years of history in a single day. Not as a metaphor — literally. My hand on the stone of a bouleuterion from the 2nd century AD. My shoes on the cobblestones...
Half an hour north of Tirana, the road starts climbing and the city falls away behind you. To the right, a rock face rises sharply — a fortress on top, mountains behind it. That’s Kruja. And somehow, in that moment, you understand why Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu chose exactly this...
Traveling means looking beyond your own plate and embracing the unknown. Turkmenistan. A name that raises question marks for most people. Where even is that? What’s there to see? I have to admit, I didn’t know much about this mysterious country in Central Asia either. But that’s exactly what...
Language is the key to the world. (Wilhelm von Humboldt) Creating connections For me, travelling is more than just discovering new places. In my last post, I explained why I travel: it’s to immerse myself in stories, cultures and people. But what fascinates me most on these trips is...
You don’t travel to arrive, but to be on the road. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by DeepL) Why I travel I don’t travel to tick things off a list or take photos in front of tourist attractions. I travel because I’m curious. About people. About stories. About contradictions....
