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Lacock

It was just a short drive from Castle Combe to Lacock, another village in the County Wiltshire in the Cotswolds. A very special village as it is almost in its entirety owned by the National Trust: A quintessential English village” (The Village) Often...

Castle Combe

Last Sunday I landed in Winter Wonderland – London greeted me with a little snowstorm and it kind of stayed like that for the whole day. But I still made it to two of the villages in the Cotswolds I had planned. After spending some time on the motorw...

[TRAVELNOTICE]: Cotswolds – Hampshire – Oxfordshire

It just has to be one more time this year – one more time in the land of the endless tea-time! In December I´m going to visit one of my favourite characters from Downton Abbey” – the house, known as Highclere Castle. And if the weather will all...

Titanic Experience

It´s been 20 years since Rose didn´t make some space for Jack on that door – and yes it would have been wide enough – to celebrate that anniversary of a movie I once saw so often, I made my way back to Queen´s Island (now called Titanic Quarter)...

Titanic Boat Tour

We´re doing a little time- & place jump – it was August, I needed a break from the heat in Vienna and went back up north – but this time to Northern Ireland and started in Belfast. Even so, I´ve been to Ireland several times, I´ve never been...

From Oban to Skye

After a hearty breakfast at the Blair Villa, it was time to leave Oban and board the train further up north to Fort William. Another train ride I spent pressing my nose against the window to enjoy the stunning views! I could probably just spend days ri...

Happy Potter-versary

Today 20 years ago Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” – the first book of the Harry Potter series was published. And it wasn´t that easy for J.K. Rowling to find a publisher, her book was rejected many times, even trying it with a male ps...

Around London

I spent most of my time in London walking around, visiting old favourite places and discovering new ones – sometimes with my camera sometimes just using my phone. Be prepared for a little ride around town… Leadenhall Market – another one of my Ha...

Welcome to Hogwarts

…or almost Hogwarts – the WB Harry Potter Studios in London are probably as close as one can get to Hogwarts outside the books and movies. Maybe exept riding the Hogwarts Express – there is a tour in Scotland offering exactly that, riding a steam...