Mum Wanted to See London. So I Took Her to New York.
How a rather cautious woman from East Germany became an enthusiastic world traveller – with a little help from her son. It Started With a Simple Question It …
Mindful Journeys
Some journeys give us more to think about than a new destination. Here we make room for memories, books, loss, unexpected turning points and the questions that stay with us afterwards.
These are our more reflective stories—personal, sometimes funny and sometimes difficult. No tidy answers promised; just a little time to pause and see where a thought takes us.
An Island to Oneself: The Book That Left Me Alone with Two Baguettes
Tom Neale’s An Island to Oneself inspired my own day alone on Tiaraunu. A fond, funny book review involving solitude, reef sharks and two baguettes.
We Started a Travel Blog. Somehow, It Became a Collection of Our Lives.
It all began with a simple idea: write about our travels, share a few photographs and perhaps inspire someone to explore the world. That sounded straightforward enough. Then …
The Big El Niño Scare: Waiting for the Sky to Make Up Its Mind
I knew about El Niño long before I first arrived in the Philippines. I also knew about its moody opposite, La Niña. These two weather phenomena have been …
When the Lights Go Out -Remembering my Mother
It has been two months since my mother passed away. Two months sounds like a long time, but grief doesn’t follow a calendar. During the day, I am …
Moorea: The Island That Changed the Direction of My Life
Some places enter your life long before you ever arrive there. For me, Moorea was special. Since early childhood, the silhouette of this island has left a deep …
Arnstadt — My Beautiful, Complicated Hometown
This is my hometown: Arnstadt in Thuringia, Germany. At first glance, it is an easy place to love. Cobblestone streets, old houses, church towers, quiet squares, and that …
When Rising Airfares Shrink Our Travel Horizons
Not so long ago, many of us believed the world had become smaller. Air travel became more accessible, low-cost airlines opened routes that once seemed impossible, and even …
We Brought My Mother to the Philippines — And Two Weeks Ago, We Had to Say Goodbye
Written in August 2026, two weeks after my mother’s death. I have kept this reflection in the voice of those first days of grief. When we wrote the …
Born Restless — On Wanderlust, Ancestry, and a Dream Called India
I can be perfectly comfortable at home and still find myself looking at a map. The next journey is often somewhere in the background of my thoughts, whether …