Elektra Fike-Data: Championing San Diego’s Urban Forest

Elektra Fike-Data: Championing San Diego’s Urban Forest

Urban parks like this one in San Diego illustrate the kind of green space that Elektra Fike-Data works to nurture. Elektra Fike-Data is a California environmental leader and the Executive Director of Tree San Diego, a nonprofit dedicated to growing and sustaining the region’s urban forests. Under her leadership, Tree San Diego has expanded beyond … Read more

Travel to Istanbul – guide with plane, bus and tips

Traveling to Istanbul - guide with plane, bus and tips - Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Istanbul is Turkey’s largest city, unique in that it spreads over two continents. This ancient megalopolis (over 15 million inhabitants) was once the center of as many as four great empires – Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman. Today it is a living interface between East and West, with landmarks such as Hagia Sophia (Hagia Sophia), … Read more

Butte Bergeyre – Secrets that only Parisians reveal

Butte Bergeyre - secrets that only Parisians discover - Tangopaso, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A vicious village in the heart of Paris Butte Bergeyre – only true Parisians know such a place. Some share their knowledge with tourists, leading small groups into the hidden corners of their city. Anyone who embarks on discovering the city with Dominique Cotto should not be a beginner in Paris. This engineer does not … Read more

Taj Mahal Mumbai Hotel: History, Celebrities and Legend

Taj Mahal Hotel Mumbai: History, Celebrities and Legend - Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The hotel occupied by terrorists is unique: many famous people stayed in a 200-year-old building, and politicians made decisions behind its thick walls that shaped world history. The Taj Mahal Hotel, occupied by terrorists on the outskirts of Mumbai, is unmatched throughout India. German Chancellor Angela Merkel held political talks there during her visit last … Read more

Drezine in Germany – abandoned railways

Drezine in Germany - Abandoned Railways - Manfred E. Fritsche, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons

Drezine: Abandoned railways do not have to be left to weed. In many places, tourists now take matters into their own hands: moving with the power of hands or feet on an old vehicle called Drezin. A short jerk passes through Drezin and the border has been crossed. Traveling along the old railroad from Kranenburg … Read more