Valentinas Travels

My boyfriend and I are both not particularly good at simply doing nothing. Just spending a weekend at home, hanging out on the sofa or sleeping in? Diiifficult...  No, we're always drawn away. Like two fleas with itchy feet, we have to dash through the countryside, follow our curiosity and discover the world. This was also the case on the weekend we got on our motorcycles and headed for the Black Forest. As we are both big fans of castles, there were two main things on our to-do list: Hohenzollern Castle in Bisingen and Lichtenstein Castle in the village of the same name. Both buildings look like something out of a Disney movie or a romantic fairy tale.  We also passed some exciting places on the way, such as the open-air museum in Neuhausen ob Eck , the Thyssen Krupp elevator test tower and the beautiful towns of Rottweil and Tübingen . As every time we are on the road, we were amazed at how many things there are to discover everywhere. Here are the photos - oh, and at the end y

  Finally, summer is here! Ooh, how I had missed it! And with the summer came back my wanderlust! That's why I treated myself to three nights in the Grimsel region .  The first night I spent in a hotel on the Grimsel Pass at 2,164 meters.  The Grimsel Pass is a Swiss mountain pass that connects the Bernese Oberland with the Upper Valais and separates the Bernese Alps from the Uri Alps.  The next day I hiked on to the Bächlitalhütte SAC at 2,328 meters (from the bus stop Räterichsboden to the hut in approx. 2h). I enjoyed a night there before hiking back down and spending another night at the top of the pass.  I can highly recommend the region and the hike to the SAC hut (hike from . The panorama is unique, the hike varied and beautiful! But take a look for yourself... 

Paris is one of my absolute favourite cities. It never gets boring. Every time I go back, I discover new things - and see things that I have to remember for my next visit. For me, there's something magical about the city. Sure, the city is touristy and doesn't always have much to do with the cliché of the romantic city of love. And yet: for me, it remains magical. I could sit for hours in a café in Montmartre, sipping a glass of rosé and people-watching. And I admit that a French chanson is constantly playing in my head when I do that (so much for clichés...). But enough raving now. I want to let the pictures do the talking. They were taken during my last visit in June. And here are a few of my latest tips for a visit to Paris.  My latest culinary discovery is the Patoche brewery in the Montmartre district. A microbrewery with delicious beer, including a pink sour beer. I loved it! The whole area around the brewery and the rue des trois frères offers numerous restaurants and ca