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Oct 1, 2024
Lights that Show the Way
The west of Brittany, Finistère, the end of the world, is characterised by a long, rugged rocky coastline. Not only the rocks and cliffs,...
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Sep 21, 2024
Is this Obelix‘s Storage?
Everywhere in Brittany you come across large boulders, either individually or in groups. Signposts often bear the names ‘dolmen’,...
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Sep 13, 2024
The white gold
…which in it’s untreated condition is grey: salt. Although we use the salt from ‘Le Guérandais’, I honestly never realised that it comes...
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Sep 8, 2024
Cancale - Oysters for Everyone
We have split our 5 weeks journey to Brittany to 5 locations, first stop Cancale. We stayed here for 6 days. Cancale is a peaceful...
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May 5, 2024
Last Days in Singapur
On the way home we planned another 3 days in Singapore. As we didn't arrive at the hotel until almost 10 pm, we could only visit the...
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Apr 29, 2024
Ms Vy - Success by Effort is Possible
Trinh Diem Vy, also known as Ms Vy is an iconic chef in Vietnamese cuisine and a restaurant mogul in Hoi An. Started as a cook in her...
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Apr 25, 2024
Tailoring
Hoi An is famous for it‘s tailors. There are some on every corner, in some places even entire streets, you can't miss them. Nevertheless,...
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Apr 19, 2024
Ghost Towns in Vietnam
On our last trip to Hoi An in 2016, on our way through Danang along the coast, we saw huge unfinished buildings, some of which belonged...
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Apr 14, 2024
Comparing Night Markets
Danang is not necessarily on our sightseeing list. We regularly drive to and from the airport through the town and don't notice much...
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Apr 11, 2024
We Change to Self-catering
After returning from Hong Kong, the hotel gave us a larger apartment with a kitchen and a dining table. After 8 weeks of eating out, we...
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Apr 8, 2024
Small Country Resists Strong Earthquake
You must have heard about the strong earthquake in Taiwan, Hualien. Magnitude 7.4, the strongest quake in 25 years. In distant Taipei it...
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Apr 5, 2024
Thoughtful in Hong Kong
5 years earlier, we stayed here for 4 weeks. Covid, demonstration and the National Security law nowhere to be guessed. We're happy to...
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Mar 23, 2024
Delicious
After 3 weeks in Hoi An, I would like to share what we have eaten so far. We didn't go to our "canteen" every day, just every few days....
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Mar 18, 2024
Love Hoi An
It came to my mind that I should also say something about the place where we stay for 2 months. Started in the second century as a small...
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Mar 14, 2024
Propaganda Bluster
Yesterday morning, it started already at 7 am and stopped around noon. Usually, it happens twice daily, 11 am and 5 pm, 1 hour each. It...
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Mar 13, 2024
The Thing with the Laundry
3 months absence require some laundry, that was clear. I was really worried about that. I never do laundry on vacations and the last time...
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Mar 10, 2024
Surprising Performance
From time to time we fancy something else to eat than Vietnamese. So, we've been at the Smokehouse by the river for dinner, yesterday. It...
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Mar 9, 2024
Settled in our neighborhood in Hoi An
We've been here in our apartment for a week now and we are well taken care of. First of all, we went shopping, got a yoga mat as well as...
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Mar 6, 2024
Apartment Search in Hoi An - There are Stories to Tell
In March and April, we'd like to stay in Hoi An so we need an apartment. We want to learn from our experiences in 2016 where we simply...
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Mar 2, 2024
Hanoi Fusion. A City That Want To Be Discovered.
Before Halong and Sapa, we arrived in Hanoi. Instead of arriving in the afternoon as scheduled, we arrived at the hotel around midnight,...
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