The Olympiapark – Olympic Park – in Munich is one of the largest recreation areas in Bavarian provincial capital Munich, Germany. Please watch the video!!! You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. More […]
Model ship building – Mauritius
Mauritius’ model ship building industry was improved to a high art. You can find almost every historic ship, like the Mayflower or the Gorch Fock Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share […]
Methoni – Peloponnese
Methoni lies on the southwestern tip of the Peloponnese. Already during the second Peloponnesian War the people of Messene built a fortification against the Spartans here. Under the Romans, Mark Anthony embellished it on a grand scale. The massive city walls were built by the Byzantines and Venetians. In the Greek War of Independence, French troops […]
From Shenzhen to Guangzhou by train – China 1994
A train ride from Shenzhen to Guangzhou (广州市) formerly known as Canton – (China 1994). The station, which looks more like an airport building, is adorned with the signature of the powerful economic reformer Deng Xiaoping ( 邓小平) . Deng Xiaoping declared Shenzhen a special economic zone and allowed limited private property. Thus the prosperity […]
Parga – the jewel of the west coast of Greece
Parga is the jewel of the west coast of Greece and its tourist infrastructure leaves nothing to be desired. The offer of restaurants and markets reflect that Parga is very much dominated by the British. Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click […]
Olympia – the venue of the first Olympic Games
Olympia is located in the northwest of the Peloponnese. Olympia is known as the venue of the first Olympic Games which took place here from the 7th Century BC up to the 5th Century AD. The sanctuary and the oracle are less known. The sanctuary was founded on the remains of the tumulus which was […]