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To describe that Lalibela is a magical place is an understatement. It’s beyond magic. It is a place one has to visit in order to feel it’s uniqueness. Once you are there, you are immediately transferred several centuries back into the times where pilgrims travelled from far and with great effort to finally arrive after several weeks or months to the holy place of which they were dreaming the whole...Read More

As I am a history freak, let’s start with a bit of history of Corvey. Emperor Charlemagne fought against the Saxon tribes for over 30 years. Once these fights were over and he was victorious, he decided it was high time to Christianise the pagan Saxons and bring the light of civilisation to them.Read More

Once upon a time (precisely in the second half of the 19th century) in the middle of nowhere in south-east France lived a village postman. One day when he was distributing his letters he stumbled upon a stone. He took it in his hand and looked at it for a long while.Read More

Do you feel like stepping into a different world? A world which seems well known but minimized, which gives you a chance to take look at it from a distance? Like looking at the mirror and seeing what you know so well but in a different dimension or reality? That is the feeling that you get when entering Kolejkowo – the largest railway model in Poland.Read More

Visiting Christmas fairs and winter markets has been a part of our annual December landscape. This year we  decided to travel to Poland by plane so we didn’t have an occasion to visit any in Germany or France. And, I have to admit, we miss it… However, we enjoyed a fairy tale evening in Brussels featuring light & sound spectacle at the Grand Place.  This was amazing. So here we...Read More