Month: July 2017

The Peninsula in Markermeer: Marken (A fishing Village near Amsterdam)

Marken is considered a tourist attraction for its characteristic wooden houses. People built their houses on “werven”, artificial knolls, until the seventeenth century. It helped to avoid wet feet. After that they built their houses on poles. Since the Afsluitdijk was built, the island is no longer inundated but the typical houses still remain. The old …

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Guadeloupe: The island above the winds. (Part-1)

For only 370 € it goes from Paris to the Caribbean with the airline “http://www.xl.com” to check directly on how the rum is ordered. Through “https://www.urlaubspiraten.de” I found in January 2017 a very cheap offer. So it goes nonstop into the legendary island world of the Caribbean. With “https://www.eurowings.com/en.html” I fly for 49.95 € from …

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