A comprehensive 7-day family travel itinerary for South Tyrol (Südtirol), Italy, with a 4-year-old toddler. This family guide covers top child-friendly attractions, interactive mountain trails, and alpine transport across Merano, Bolzano, and the Vinschgau Valley. Featured destinations include a family farm stay at Bauernhof Mairing-Gurschler in Schlanders, Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens, Ötzi the Iceman at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Archeoparc Schnalstal, the Waldtierpfad Gumperle themed path, Seilbahn Aschbach kids' hiking route, the sunken church tower at Reschensee, and the Renon cable car and railway to the Ritten Earth Pyramids. Includes parent tips, family-friendly dining at Genuin Ristro and Loacker Café, and accessible hiking routes for young children.
Traveling to India in COVID-19 times
First I want to start with acknowledging that traveling in these times should be avoided. Nevertheless there are private situations that make it impossible to postpone traveling. In this post I want to provide my personal impressions of traveling to India (to the state of Rajasthan). Preparations Apart from getting a valid visa, anybody that... Continue Reading →
Extended weekend in National Park Eifel, Germany
When it comes to being in nature, Germany has a lot to offer, be it Allgäu, Schwarzwald (Black Forest) or the not so popular National Park Eifel. Spread over almost 26 acres, National Park Eifel offers scenic views, various hiking path and wild life. As it was Mr. Werner's birthday last week, we decided to... Continue Reading →
Things to do in and around Cochem
It has been long since we last wrote anything on our roaming blog, no wonder there is no roaming happening in these difficult times the world is facing due to corona. But working from home is also no consolation and we decided to take some time off from work and explore the neighbourhood. State of... Continue Reading →
Wagbachniederung – a morning walk in bird sanctuary (Vogelschutzgebiet)
Similar to everyone around in the world right now, our movement is also restricted due to Covid-19 (read the COVID-19 weekly updates here )but we are always in the constant search of places where we can always be close to nature and still can maintain the recommended distance. If you live in Germany, and specially... Continue Reading →
Short trip to Hessen and four castles
On last Saturday my wife and I went on a short and spontaneous trip to Neckarsteinach. A small village around 30km away from our home just at the border between Hessen and Baden-Württemberg. The trip started with a somewhat unsuccessful try to reach Ochsenkopf, a point of view where you can check the landscape and... Continue Reading →
Day trip to Wetzlar, Germany
Wetzlar is a city located in the state of Hesse, Germany and is largely famous for the camera brand Leica headquarters (the camera with the red dot 😉 ) . We visited this town at the beginning of the year and we were not certain how much this town has to offer so we planned... Continue Reading →
Weekend trip to Freiburg am Breisgau
When it comes to travelling and Europe, generally Germany doens't show up on top of that list. Because all the other countries have so much to offer, right? France got Paris, Italy got Rome, Spain got Barcelona and all those pretty beaches and the list goes on, but does Germany has? Well be patient with... Continue Reading →
Indian passport surname change after marriage in Germany
Recently I had to apply for a passport re-issue once I got married to my now German husband and as we live in BW, we had to go to Munich consulate for the application. About all the kind of applications thats can be made there and the list of documents that one might need can... Continue Reading →
3 days in Rome travel itinerary
End of April we decided to finally have a small get-away from our busy work lives. As it was planned way late, we missed out on most of the online tickets but somehow we made it work in the end. Flight experienceAs we wanted to only fly from Frankfurt and not some smaller hard to... Continue Reading →