I have several friends – dog fanciers who are able to throw themselves even on somebody else's dogs, scratch them behind the ears and under the jawlines, talk to them and caress them as...

During my stay in Lapland, I made also a very, very special visit. They took us – me and an Australian family with a small boy – to this nice house. Shortly after the...

The white rabbit did not appear any more, but curious squirrels came to visit me and every morning some little birds sang for me a morning serenade on the trees near my log cabin....

This year there was not a real winter at all, so I was very happy about the opportunity to visit the North of Finland. Never mind that it was the middle of April already...

The beginning of May is the lilac blossom time. A „Must“ to see during this period in Vienna is the St. Marx cemetery (Leberstrasse 6-8). This is the only remaining Biedermeier cemetery in Vienna....

In my article about Porto, I promised to tell you what is the favourite dish of its inhabitants. If you still do not know what it is I am sure you will be surprised...

Porto – the last city on the itinerary of our visit to Portugal. We visited four cities, some of them are well-known, some not so much, but each of them is unique in a...

This is one of the most famous portraits of the empress Sisi painted in 1865 by the most sought-after portrait painter of European nobility Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Sisi, who was one of the great...

While preparing my article about Slovak Easter Eggs where I also mentioned the batik technique I received an interesting invitation for a workshop organized by the Embassy of Indonesia and the University of Applied...

The spring begins on March 21st, it is the day of the astronomical spring equinox. March marked the return to the active life of farming but also of military campaigning. So the name for...