literary rhapsodies, emotional outbursts, bad puns and creative output from a slightly distracted and highly disturbed mind with a big heart and an occasionally dark sense of humour
I love travelling, especially to Italy, but anywhere really. So here you will find tales of Julia on tour with various subcategories. Not all that wander are lost. Unless in translation.
Tropea, Calabria, ITA, 4.-14. Giugno 2021 Buon viaggiò – eine wahrhaft gute (An)Reise. Vom Flughafen Basel-Freiburg-Mulhouse gibt es eine EasyJet-Direktverbindung nach Lamezia Therme. Vielleicht der Pandemie geschuldet sogar zu sehr humanen Uhrzeiten. Lamezia Therme ist der winzigste International Airport, den ich kenne. Der Raucherbereich ist ein 2x3m großer Freiluftbalkon. Der Freiburger Hauptbahnhof dürfte größer sein….
Tropea, Calabria, ITA, 4.-14. Giugno 2021 Es begann mit einer Reise nach Griechenland, in einer Zeit, in der das Reisen ohne Tests und Masken möglich war. Jene Reise ist aber eine andere Geschichte. Für diese hier ist nur ausschlaggebend, dass ich aufgrund jener zu dieser überhaupt erst gekommen bin. Denn wie es so ist –…
I have never seen Into the Wild and I have never seen Wild – somehow I feel the need to make that absolutely clear, maybe because both movies caused a wave of new hikers on their self-finding paths, and especially the latter resulted in female hiker numbers rocketing through the sky. I’m not saying that…
This is a new section on the blog! For a big, big endeavour. And also a big, big maybe. Due to the current events aka Covid, it is absolutely uncertain if I will be even allowed to travel and do what I’ve been planning for months now. But hope is (second) last to die and…
It’s name is White Gin. Macaronesian White Gin. And we’re a match made in heaven. But before we get to drink, it’s time for some geographical ground work: Macaronesia is a collection of four archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean. Vulcanic in origin, they are unique in their climate and vegetation. We gonna zoom in…
The Canary Islands – all-year holiday destination for all desires from party to nature. For me, it was my first mid/season aka winter holiday since working at the theatre (hooray!). I was in desperate need of Vitamin D, looked up not-too-far-away places and decided on Agaete, Gran Canaria, as my designated residency. Agaete is located…
Italia – the land of pasta, vino e tiramisu; of sole mio e la dolce vita. And where I spent most of August 2018. Needless to say, wherever you are in Italy, it is beautiful. At least, wherever I have been so far. Castagneto Carducci, Cecina, San Gimignano, Volterra, Pisa, Napoli, Sorrento and Pompeji for…