Travel

This is the last part of our journey through Japan where we eventually arrived in Tokyo and highlights such as a visit of the Tsukiji fish market and attending a Sumo wrestling match were on our itinerary.

Our journey continued in Hiroshima where we visited the Peace Memorial Park, Miyajima with its temples, and then went to Himeji and the Himeji Castle.

What has driven me to Japan? Well, I was looking for a place to spend my hard-earned money during vacation. Because a friend of mine also wanted to go there, we eventually ended up in Japan.

Why have I been to Iceland for the second time? In particular for New Year's Eve – in the middle of winter? Just because it is Iceland!

Why did I travel to Iceland? That's simple: because I met a Swiss in Stornoway and she told me she had spent there three weeks in April. And that's how it started for me. The rest is history.

Scotland was the right travel destination to get away from it all and to enjoy the "dolce far niente". I went hiking in the Scottish Highlands, visited Orkney and the Hebrides where times moves at a different pace. This journal entry will tell you more about trip of four weeks through Scotland.

The plan was to study at an university in Dublin for twelve weeks. Fortunately, I finished my work there within ten weeks leaving me enough time for a roundtrip on the "Emerald Isle" in a rented car. Because I was in Ireland between February and April, I could also attend the parade at St. Patrick's Day in Dublin.

The Māori call it Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud, but it is the most beautiful end of the world for us who live on the Northern hemisphere: New Zealand. Situated in the Southern Pacific and about 2,000 kilometres away from its closest neighbouring state Australia, it is not just a stone’s throw away to visit this country with its unspoiled nature and almost unique vegetation. Despite the long flight from Frankfurt/Main with a stopover in Singapore we had our benefits from it at the very first day. Ahead of us was a journey of 6,600 kilometres by car, 340 kilometres by train, and 50 nautical miles by ferry to experience memorable moments in this breathtaking scenery.