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Prague to Turkey and back Part 1

2 continents, 12 countries, 4500 miles, 7200 kilometers

First of all my apologies to my readers, I fell ill shortly after we came back, so blogging took a backseat for a while ;-( But I am up and running again and here the first part of my promised travel report:

Uff, how to start a [...]

What is WBSD?

Tomorrow will be the third time that WBSD comes around, so as I am this time guest blogging from a friends blog, I thought it would be a good idea to blog here a bit about what WBSD is all about and a bit about the people involved also.

WBSD stands for World Blog Surf [...]

WBSD and 100th post

Time for another WBSD (World Blog Surf Day) and also time to celebrate my 100th blog post. Ok, a lot of the long time, hard working and so on internet marketers will sneer at this small blogging milestone. But nevertheless, I think, for me it is a reason to celebrate! Bearing in mind hat my [...]

Expat Cat Food

An Expat Cats journey to healthy eating

Disclaimer: The post below was written by a guest blogger, a feline guest blogger, so some food related details might not be appropriate for human consumption.

*Enters Oscar the Expat Cat*

Hi everybody, welcome to World Blog Surf Day! In case you wonder what on earth [...]

World Blog Surf Day and feedback please

June Blog Updates

World Blog Surf Day Tomorrow is World Blog Surf! My post is written and scheduled to be published at 00:01 my time here in Prague My blog post is actually not the right description, it is a blog post written by … a surprise guest blogger! So [...]

Something to smile

Having a rest in the window, a comfy place for a dog in Prague. Image (c) Sybille Yates

Last Wednesday I walked through Prague where I live and passing by a window of a costume rental shop this caught my eye. I must admit that first I thought it was a [...]

Looking for a Prague insider tip? Try Karlin!

Old town square-done! Charles Bridge-crossed! Petrin hill- climbed! After you have visited this and the other main attractions of Prague, you might be thinking of strolling away from the beaten track. May I suggest that you wander out to Karlin? You also can take the tram number 8

What makes Karlin so special? In [...]

Good and bad reasons to visit Prague

Prague is a wonderful travel destination, really, it is, but some people might be happier here than others. And to be frank and honest, we are also happier with some people coming to visit Prague than with others

For example we, the people that live here in Prague, are very happy with visitors that [...]

Schwingen – an especially Swiss sport

Painting of Schwingers, photo (c)S.Yates

Schwingen can be translated as ‘swinging’ and is a deeply Swiss sport, a kind of outdoor Sumo in clothes It is also known as ‘Swiss wrestling’ or ‘Hoselupf’ which translates to ‘trouser pick up’ or ‘trouser gripping/ lifting’. The earliest picture of this peculiar kind of sport can be [...]

Hotel Hari Adelboden Review

A review of the Hotel Hari in Adelboden and some points to consider out of my own experience.

Hotel Hari Adelboden (c)S.Yates

We, hubby, I and 90+ conference members stayed from the 20th to the 24th April 2009 in the Hotel Hari im Schlegeli in Adelboden (Switzerland). Being the oldest hotel in the village, [...]