The Mysterious Banana around Cologne by Thomas Baumgärtel

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Plenty of Bananas in Cologne Have you recognized all the bananas in Cologne and other places?  The cityscape includes quite some interesting aspects once in a while. Who is actually behind the scenes of the Banana? Around 30 years ago, Tomas Baumgärtel started to spray the banana for the first time onto buildings. This he is […]

Streetart Gallery in Ehrenfeld: Heliosstraße

Are you ready to see new streetart around Cologne? Yesterday, I was super excited to see new art in Ehrenfeld, Heliosstraße. I love taking this street to find new streetart. If you are into streetart I highly recommend you to check out Heliosstraße (streetname) in Köln- Ehrenfeld as well as Vogelsanger Str. If you are coming from […]

Free Alternative Cologne Tours

Starting December 2016: Free Alternative Cologne Tours December 2016, I started hosting Free Walking Tours in Cologne.  What are Alternative Cologne Tours about? It’s all about the Alternative. We make things different. The approx one and a half hours walk through the city includes more than just the basic historical dates and sights. You will have an insight into […]

Above the Roofs of Cologne

Triangle Panorama Cologne While living, we sometimes forget to explore our own environment. I lived in many places already and looking back, I often think that I could have explored the places a lot more. Therefore I changed while living in Cologne. I explore the city a lot. The Triangle Panorama deck is one of many places […]

Solo Female Traveler. Assumptions and Assessments.

Four weeks?! All alone? You will be so lonely. YOU? It is not safe for you as a woman. You want to travel without friends? Alone? As a female traveler? Aren’t you afraid? Sounds familiar? Have you heard these phrases or similar ones? Just before heading to your trip or even after past travels? No […]

Leaving Bangkok_Day3_Ayutthaya

12.02.2016 As already mentioned, I traveled to Thailand without a plan. All I got was a travel guide. Therefore, I did not have a route or a clue where to go. After talking to many travelers as well as locals, I knew that I wanted to travel through the country before heading to the beach. […]

(Childhood) Dream Come True :)

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THIS place is a must if you like Flakes!  OMG 🙂 Flakes everywhere!!! This place is absolutely a dream come true for me, and I am sure you will love it as well. Within the first minutes it was just overwhelmed. SO MANY DIFFERENT FLAKES. This got me totally excited. The variety is just amazing. […]

Schloss Drachenburg_Königswinter

I finally made it For a long time I wanted to go to see Schloss Drachenburg, which is a castle and Drachenfels, a ruin (Drachen means dragon). Finally I did! One Sunday was starting bright and got me all excited to do a short trip. I made up my mind and contacted a bunch of friends of whom I […]