Category: Travel

Shopping In Venice Without Venice

11.08.20 11.08.20Travel, Urban Sketching Bag, Venice

With a heavy heart I have already resigned myself to it, I will not travel to Venice this year. But thanks to Valeria and Sebastian from Venezia Autentica a piece…

Many Surprises In Marseille

11.05.20 11.05.20Travel, Urban Sketching France, Marseille, Opera

My knowledge about Marseille was limited to the reading of Duma’s The Count of Monte Cristo. Therefore, one surprise after the other awaited me there during my short trip at…

North Sea – Looking For The Beach

30.04.20 30.04.20Travel, Urban Sketching Germany, Lighthouse, Luebeck, Nordstrand, North Frisia, Travemuende

My last beach holiday was decades ago and I have never longed to repeat it since. So when I was asked if I wanted to spend two weeks at the…

Hamburg – The Pearl Of The North

26.04.20 27.04.20Travel Germany, Hamburg

The people of Hamburg have every reason to be proud of their city. Hamburg is beautiful, original, surprising, fun and no matter where you go, you end up at the…

Visiting the Haban Yard

09.07.19 09.07.19Travel, Urban Sketching Habans, Museum, Slovakia

Have you ever been to Veľké Leváre? No! I have been there very often – driving through. It is a small town in the western part of Slovakia with a…

Palladian Odyssey Umbria – 2019 (Tour 1)

17.06.19 17.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching Assisi, Italy, Montone, Travelsketch, Umbria

In 2018, we talked about a sequel of the Palladian Odyssey, but I thought this would not happen during the next two years. Therefor the offer for a tour in…

Torcello – The Calm Before Interesting Times

04.06.19 04.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching Burano, Mazzorbo, Torcello, Venice, Vine

Nearly a whole year I was looking forward to go back to Torcello. To be up front about it the island is dreamlike even in wind and rain probably because…

Florence With a View And An (Indecent) Offer

03.06.19 28.12.19Travel, Urban Sketching Florence, Fountain Pen, Italy, Renaissance

For a city like Florence, this will be a short post. In 2012, I visited the town for a rather extensive sightseeing trip. This year I have only stayed for…

Short Visit In London

21.05.19 21.05.19Travel, Urban Sketching Christopher Marlowe, Deptford, England, London, theatre

Not that I need a reason to go to London (For me it is that kind of town one can visit again and again.), but this year there was a…

Advent In Verona

27.12.18 08.04.19Nativity Scene, Travel Advent season, Italy, Nativity Scene, Verona

Opera lovers will know the annual summer festival in the arena of Verona and may have been there at least once. It is not unusual to visit this northern Italian…

Trieste

07.09.18 10.08.20Travel Italy, Trieste, Video

I take the strain of travelling because I love to be somewhere else. Going as Viennese to Trieste gives you sometimes the impression you haven’t left home at all. Between…

Getaway In Baden Near Vienna

19.08.18 04.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching Beethoven, Casino, Hot Spring, Museum

As the name suggests Baden near Vienna is a little town not far away from Austria’s capital. Against expectation it is an ideal place for a getaway. Baden is famous…

Torcello – Sacred Tranquillity

04.06.18 04.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching Italy, Travelsketch, Veneto, Venice, Video

Between the 9th and the 13th century the most important centre in the north Adriatic lagoon was on Torcello. It was a see with prosperous trading houses and craftsman’s business…

Is Visiting Venice A Good Idea? – Update

03.06.18 28.12.19Travel Impacts of tourism, Italy, Renaissance, Venice

In 1995 I visited a performance in the La Fenice opera house. I didn’t come back to Venice until 2017. Can a place famous for looking as in olden days…

Palladian Odyssey 2018 – Tour 1

02.06.18 10.09.18Travel, Urban Sketching Asolo, Italy, Palladio, Veneto, Vicenza

Apart from travelling to the penguins I fulfilled myself another dream this year: a sketching tour. Initially I wanted to go to Venice. I found a German travel operator for…