Chile’s largest outdoor art space
It’s always nice to visit places outside of the city center and in Santiago de Chile I enjoyed a few hours in El museo a cielo abierto en San Miguel, an area with dozens of murals in the suburbs. The L2 metro took me to Departamental station, from where I…
A colorful day in Asunción
During my time in Asunción I’d heard and read about la Chacarita, the most dangerous neighborhood in the city. Tourists were advised not to enter and it seemed to have a bad reputation even with some locals. I did as told and didn’t enter, until I booked a tour which…
El Alto’s unique style
La Paz lies in a valley, surrounded by mighty mountains, at times reaching over 6000m. But of course this means there is limited space for building, especially since some of the mountainsides are very steep. As more and more people came to the city in search of a better life,…
The beauty of the North
Salta. When I stepped on the plane to South America, I had never heard of it. I think the first time I heard about it was in Ushuaia, as a recommendation from some Argentinians. Then I started seeing it in Facebook groups and when I changed my itinerary, Salta was…
Art another way
“Do you like art?” A woman in Villa la Angostura asks me when we talk about my trip to Buenos Aires. “You should visit the cemetery. It’s beautiful.” Not quite what I expected as an answer. But I was well situated to visit it. My hostel’s 7th floor reception area…
Holidays in Esquel
I had taken a side trip from the carretera austral to get to Futaleufú for rafting. The problem with this border region is that there are beautiful things on both the Chilean and Argentinian side. Planning a logical route seemed impossible to me, so I decided to take a holiday…
Barcelona’s Montjuïc
A few monts ago my airline decided to cancel my flight to Barcelona, which was meant to connect to Santiago de Chile. They offered a flight 2 days later, but I found a flight earlier that morning so that I could make it to Santiago as planned. So now I…
Magdeburg and the myth of the old town
Doing an online master was hard. I spent days sitting behind my laptop, reading articles and writing assignments. There were no classes. There was no building to go to. There was none of the stuff that usually makes studying more interesting. But I did get to meet a few fellow…
Hitting the first milestone
Day 5 and 6 on the camino went from São João da Madeira to Porto via Grijo. It’s about 37km and like most of the others, I didn’t feel like doing it all in one day. Luckily there is a small albergue in Grijo to spend the night. The first…
The hanseatic city of Rostock
On a good day, a train will take you from Berlin to Rostock in just over 2 hours. So, I had to explore this area, even if my train got canceled and I ended up spending much longer to get there. I was staying in Warnemünde and took the S-bahn…