Easter Market – In A Berlin Minute (Week 51)
It’s that wonderful time of the year: Easter, Passover, Spring Rites… however you celebrate this time of renewal and rebirth… and it’s also my birthday. So I’ll keep it short. On Alexanderplatz there…
Horseback Riding at Terry Bison Ranch – In A Colorado Minute (Week 212)
Technically, the Terry Bison Ranch is in Wyoming. But once you make a German girl’s life-long dream come true and get on a horse to ride around the American prairie, you quickly end…
Zoo Aquarium – In A Berlin Minute (Week 161)
The Berlin Zoo Aquarium opened in 1913 as part of the world-renowned Berlin Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten Berlin). It houses over 9,000 animals over three floors, including fish, reptiles and insects. For this…
(Flooded) Poudre Trail – In A Colorado Minute (Week 214)
The Poudre Trail is a 10-mile long paved trail that runs along the Cache la Poudre River from the east of Fort Collins, through the northern part of town all the way to…
Boat Ride on Horsetooth Reservoir – In A Colorado Minute (Week 179)
Just west of Ft. Collins, Colorado, lies Horsetooth Reservoir: the oasis of water, hills, plants, rocks and stunning views of the sky in all conditions. While I had visited the man-made lake (built…
Tierpark Zoo – In A Berlin Minute (Week 163)
Hauptstadt Zoo Tierpark is the zoo in the former East Berlin, not to be mixed up with Berlin Zoologischer Garten, the zoo in former West Berlin, or Tiergarten, the large park in the…
Foothills – In A Colorado Minute (Week 165)
This past week I traveled back to the US to spend time with Scott Solary and Whiskey (the most adorable dog I’ve ever known) in beautiful summertime Colorado. So far, I had only…
Snowshoeing With Whiskey Dog – In A Colorado Minute (Week 198)
To go snowshoeing has been a dream of mine ever since my brother Asterix and I were little kids and would go on imaginary Arctic explorations as we pulled our sleds across the…