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At the moment I make a point to visit more places in my local area, like St Aposteln church in Cologne with its unusual paintings. I had passed by this church about a thousand times before, but never before went inside!

Cable Beach, Broome

My newest pages are:

CAERLEON (Wales) - Fascinating Roman history
HEGGEN (Germany) - A small village in the Sauerland
DORCHESTER (England) - Europe's biggest iron age hill fort and more...
BROOME (Australia) - a very special place in Western Australia

Under construction is: Bournemouth

I have also started work on my Australia page and Cologne page which will be a long work in progress for the next couple of months :-)

MacDonnell Ranges, Australia

February and March: My big UK trip, two whole months travelling around England, Scotland and Wales!!! booked! ...and done :-)
July: Two weeks in Northern England and Scotland. partly booked!
August: Four days in Milan with my mom - my very first trip to Italy :-) booked!
October: A short trip to somewhere in Belgium or the Netherlands...

Fitzroy Island, Australia

2006
November Australia: Brisbane - Rainbow Beach - Goomeri - Townsville - Richmond - Cairns
December Australia: Cairns - Fitzroy Island - Kuranda - Cape Tribulation - Daintree - Port Douglas - Mareeba - Cape York - Cairns - Townsville - Magnetic Island

2007
January Australia: Airlie Beach - Whitsunday Islands - Mackay - Eungella NP - Noosa - Fraser Island - Brisbane - Byron Bay - Nimbin - Ballina - Port Macquarie
February Australia: Sydney - Blue Mountains - Bondi Beach - Manly
July Germany: Konstanz - Mainau - Meersburg ~ Switzerland: Schaffhausen

2008
June Germany: Zwillbrock
July Germany: Speyer - Munich
October Germany: Kassel - Neunkirchen

Salzburg, Austria

2009
May Germany: Oberhausen
July Hong Kong
July - November Australia: Cairns (studying at uni there)
September Australia: Atherton Tablelands - Mareeba - Chillagoe
October Australia: Atherton Tablelands
November Australia: Alice Springs - Uluru&Kata Tjuta NP - MacDonnell Ranges
December Australia: Kulgera - Coober Pedy - Adelaide - Glenelg - Port Adelaide - Freeling - Gawler - Flinders Ranges - Barossa Valley - Kangaroo Island - Cook - Kalgoorlie - Perth - Rottnest Island - Fremantle - Penguin Island - Dandaragang - Horrocks - Kalbarri - Monkey Mia - Denham

2010
January Australia: Exmouth - Pilbara - Broome - Perth - Busselton - Yallingup - Margaret River - Augusta - Pemberton - Walpole - Albany - Porongurup NP - Esperance - Hyden - Corrigin - York - Perth - Grampians - Port Campbell - Apollo Bay - Torquay - Melbourne - Philip Island - Wilsons Promontory NP
February Australia: Hobart - Richmond - Port Arthur - Ross - Freycinet NP - Bicheno - St Helens - Railton - Latrobe - Burnie - Stanley - Waratah - Cradle Mountain NP - Rosebery - Strahan - Queenstown - Tarraleah - Launceston - Melbourne - Albury - Canberra - Sydney
March Australia: Sydney - Manly - Blue Mountains - Coffs Harbour - Brisbane - Mount Tamborine - Lamington NP - Moreton Island - Longreach - Winton - Mount Isa - Cairns - Daintree
May Germany: Geldern
July Germany: Bad Hersfeld ~ Austria: Salzburg - Gosau - Hallstatt - Sankt Wolfgang - Sankt Gilgen

2011
July Germany: Steinfeld - Heidelberg - Oberhausen
August Germany: Kelbra - Halle - Nebra - Goseck - Naumburg - Langeneichstädt
November Germany: Neandertal

Raglan Castle, Wales

2012

January Germany: Xanten ~ England: London - Brighton
February England: London - Salisbury - Stonehenge - Avebury - Bath - Oxford - Warwick - Manchester ~ Scotland: Edinburgh - Dunkeld - Pitlochry - Fortingall - Aberfeldy - Melrose - Stirling - Doune - Callander - Inveraray - Luss - South Queensferry - Elie - Anstruther - St Andrews - Falkland - Glasgow
March Wales: Cardiff - Llandaff - Penarth - St Fagans - Swansea - The Mumbles - Rhossili - Weobley Castle - Caerphilly - Brecon - Brecon Beacons NP - Caerleon - Tintern - Raglan - Abergavenny - Monmouth - Tretower - Blaenavon ~ England: Bournemouth - Swanage - Studland - Corfe - Kimmeridge - West Lulworth - Dorchester - Winchester - Chawton - Alton - Lyme Regis - Bath - Newquay - Porth - Boscastle - Tintagel - Penzance - Newlyn - Sennen Cove - St Ives - Mousehole - Marazion - St Just
April Germany: Solingen
May Germany: Heggen

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Places I visit very frequently but have not yet built pages about are: Bonn, Brühl and Duisburg (all in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)

Twilight Cove, near Esperance (Western Australia)

My parents really like to travel, but my dad is a musician, so we never had the money to do fancy trips. That's why as a child I have never been to Spain, Italy and all the places where usual Germans in my age have spent their childhood travels.
Instead, we always went to Denmark and camped in a nature preserve area directly by the sea. That really was an adventure I never would like to miss! We also did many small trips within Germany, so I saw a lot of hidden and beautiful places in my own country. I also did a few trips to the Benelux countries, and to France, either with my parents or as school trips.
After finishing school I wanted to study immediately. I already had my CoE, a room etc., when I read about work&travel in Australia. I never had heard about it before, had no idea about Australia and never dreamed about going abroad - but after reading about this possibility I couldn't sleep for three nights. After the third night, I knew I had no choice but going to Australia or not go and regretting it my whole life! Three months later I boarded the plane to Brisbane. I worked on cattle stations for a few weeks and then went down from Cairns to Sydney - a trip that really changed my whole life: Who I am, my idea of life and how I see everything around me.
Since then, travel has been a major part of my life. The travel bug has caught me and I know there is no remedy! I am dreaming of many destinations far away, but I also like to explore places that are just around the corner. You can find interesting things anywhere, so I like to visit towns in my region in Germany as well as travelling to places further away. What counts is just the curiosity, the urge to learn something new and to find out about things. To see how other people live and what they think, how their lives were in the past and how the present was shaped... I am very interested in nature, animals and landscapes, but also like arts and architecture (though I don't know much about it), cities and museums, and nearly everything that is somehow interesting. History has always been a favourite topic of mine.

There is the whole beautiful world out there to explore! I am looking forward to it every day :-)

My VT pages only start with my first trip to Australia, that is, with November 2006. If you wish to read some short lines about my travels before that, please see my Pre-Australia travels travelogue!