Fasching Celebrations in Germany
Being in Germany this week got me thinking about different traditions and celebrations in the lead up to the Christian season of Lent. Fasching (pronounced: fa·shing) or Karneval is a big deal here and actually begins at 11:11am on the 11th November and ends at midnight on Faschingsdienstag (Shrove Tuesday). It was originally a celebration […]
Explore Like a Local
For those of you who have never heard of geocaching, it is a bit like treasure hunting. Someone hides a cache and posts the GPS co-ordinates on a geocaching website/app. There are different types of caches, some straight forward, some are puzzle solving, others have multiple steps, some are even virtual. But the final cache […]
Stumbling Stones – Stolpersteine
Through travel we can have so many different learning experiences. We learn about history, geography, culture, food, nature, wildlife, music etc. Most of these experiences are wonderful and create lifelong memories we cherish but some are more challenging and today I wanted to relate the challenging. While out and about in search of a geocache, […]
On the Road Again
Travel has always provided inspiration for my creative endeavours and after quite a hiatus we are back on the road again. The first stage of life on the road has been our move to Germany while we await the arrival of Tigín or new tiny home on wheels. We are about to join the #vanlife […]
From the Rising of the Sun
We were up and on the road before dawn this morning and as the cocks crew and the sun came over the horizon we were already well into our 16km walk to the ‘other end of the world’. Finisterre has the name but Muxia is actually further west. The area has great spiritual significance, legend […]
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