Mexico, oh I love Mexico. The stunning landscape, the spicy food, the cheap beer. Most of all, though, the people: despite the tourist invasion in many parts of the country, Mexicans are the most hospitable, most friendly and most gracious bunch I have ever met. After three and a half years it was high time [...]

I sure am lucky living in Europe. This is not to say we don’t have our fair share of ridiculous air safety regulations. But at the very least we are spared the nonsense of taking our shoes off each and every time we pass through security. Not so for North Americans, or gringos as they [...]

I have Fernweh. Big time. Lately, I have been hanging around Frankfurt airport a lot — Europe’s third biggest airport — seeing gazillions of 747s take off to all corners of the world every day. As if that wasn’t enough I just uploaded my last Mexico photo — making me remember that awesome time of [...]

In half a year in Mexico I spent approximately 203 3/4 hours in long-distance buses. In other words, I spent almost 8 1/2 full days riding buses. Not only is this insane but it also makes long-distance travel relative. Once you get used to being on the road so much and accept a 12-hour trip [...]

You travel Mexico for weeks and you only come up with a couple of “blog post” ideas. Then you spend one day in Mexico City and there are tons of things you can post about. Originally, I did not even want to go there. Too big, too noisy, too polluted, too dangerous. I changed my [...]