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A red car in front of a wall covered with black-and-white faces and splashes of orange.

We go looking for a picture and find a city

Since a guided walk in London, we look more closely. Now we plan our own routes to murals, stickers and small discoveries — and often find more than the work we set out to see.

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Street Art in 80 pictures

A circular web of dark threads forms a face on a white wall.

A red car in front of a long wall of black-and-white faces against orange.

Three laughing faces in pale colours and angular fragments on a building wall.

Big walls and small finds. Our wanderings through four cities.

Late October 2026

South Tyrol: Autumn around Seceda

Autumn woodland below the Sella massif and Langkofel, seen from the Postweg near Lajen.

We stay in one place and see a different side of the mountains every day. From Lajen we explore Seceda, the Seiser Alm and the Villnöss valley. We walk through autumn woods, stand on a ridge we know from photographs and discover that a return ticket on a cable car can involve rather more walking than you might expect.

On the map

Relief map around Lajen showing the Postweg, the walks on Seceda and the Seiser Alm and in the Villnöss valley, and the cable car connections. — The places we visited, our four walks and the cable cars. Roads are included for orientation.Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributorsTerrain: Mapzen Terrain Tiles

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Red and grey shoes on muddy ground in deep shadow and sunlight.

The white shoes

We have two tickets for the ride up Seceda. At Furnes, the halfway station, the cable car has come to a standstill. We decide to try walking. By the time we reach the top it’s running again, and we see the people stepping out of it rather differently.

South Tyrol in 31 pictures

A walker on a meadow path heading towards a red-leaved tree.

A path and bench in the shade of golden larches with a cliff in the distance.

The small white church of St. Johann in Ranui in a green meadow below forest and mountains.

From the autumn woods above Lajen to the meadows of St. Magdalena. Four days around Seceda in 31 photographs.

16 September to 10 October 2026

Greece — Four journeys. One trip.

Blue church domes in Oia above Santorini’s caldera.

Between Santorini’s caldera, our yoga mats on Paros and the marble temples of Athens, we change pace several times. We discover new places and return to others after forty years. Some encounters stay with us long after we have left the place behind.

On the map

Overview of our Greek journey from Santorini, Naxos and Paros to the mainland and Athens. — Our journey from 16 September to 10 October 2026. The driving route is reconstructed, not a GPS track.Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors Natural Earth

Four parts of one journey

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Gerhard sits in a twist on his mat while Tim Feldmann, wearing a yellow hoodie, supports him and smiles. Other people practise behind them.

My legs will never go behind my head

I am lying on my mat. On my back, knees bent. A brief pause in the sequence. I am exhausted and, somehow, moved. If a tear came now, it would not surprise me.

Greece in 128 pictures

An orange band hangs above dark islands and sea, with an illuminated ship in the foreground.

A chandelier hangs above a densely furnished café, with crockery, glasses and people behind the counter.

The columns of an ancient temple stand on a rocky cape before sea and blue sky.

Caldera and domes, monasteries on rocks and temples beside the sea. Between them, cats, coffee and discoveries by the roadside — our journey in 128 photographs.

April 2026

A few days in Cornwall

Green cliffs at Lizard Point above white surf, with several buildings on the headland.

After London, we spend a few days in Cornwall. St Ives is our base, the sea our constant companion: along the cliffs, on wide beaches and in harbours left dry at low tide. We bring images of Rosamunde Pilcher with us and discover other stories along the way. An amusement arcade in St Ives makes us think about an unusually unchanging present. Tintagel takes me back to the tales of knights from my childhood. A short trip that leaves us with more than beautiful coastal views.

On the map

Map of Cornwall showing main roads and nine marked places between Land’s End, Lizard Point, Tintagel and Polperro. — Our destinations in Cornwall. We planned to visit Polperro but chose the Eden Project instead. The roads are shown for orientation; they do not trace our route.Map source: © OpenStreetMap contributors

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Patsea Arcadia on the harbour front in St Ives

Since 1934

What strikes us most about St Ives is how old it looks. Between an amusement arcade on the harbour and familiar pubs, we try to understand why this unsettles us.

Cornwall in 46 pictures

People sit in small groups on a sandy beach between rocks and sea in St Ives.

A white shelf with a small tiled roof and rows of colourful mugs stands against a white wall in Mousehole.

Visitors walk among low wall remains on a green slope, with a bridge spanning the rocky cleft behind them.

Wide coastal views and small observations: boats in the sand, cups on a shelf, a gull above its own warning sign. Then the ruins of Tintagel and the domes of the Eden Project. Our journey in 46 photographs.

For around 25 years

Back to Union Lido

Sunrise over the beach at Union Lido, with closed parasols and a lookout tower in silhouette.

We now travel halfway around the world — yet still keep returning to Cavallino with our caravan. To a holiday of familiar routines, shared memories and the freedom of not having to discover something new every day.

On the map

Editorial map of the Venice Lagoon from Chioggia to Lido di Jesolo, with marked places and an enlarged detail of Union Lido. — The Venice Lagoon between Chioggia and Lido di Jesolo — with a closer look at Union Lido.Map sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors Regione del Veneto geoportalAdditional local and campsite information: Union Lido

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Two orange sand spades standing in shallow water on the beach.

Why we still end up on the same beach

Our children are grown up, we now travel halfway around the world — and yet we keep returning to Union Lido. On holiday friendships, familiar paths and the stories woven into a place.

Venice in 60 pictures

Looking across the lagoon from the boat on the way from Punta Sabbioni to Venice.

A small table with a pigeon in front of a flower-decorated window on the Grand Canal.

Looking across the darkening lagoon from the departing boat.

A special feature on a city on the water: timeless icons, quieter lanes, contemporary art and moods that change with every visit.

June 2025

America’s East Coast

The Manhattan skyline seen across the Hudson from Weehawken in warm evening light.

Four weeks from Washington to Toronto. We seek out familiar images of America — and encounter stories along the way that change how we see the country. Through monuments, cities and New England, all the way to Niagara Falls.

On the map

Map of the East Coast road trip from Washington through Philadelphia, New York, New England and the Finger Lakes to Niagara Falls and Toronto.

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A view across the National Mall in Washington, with the Washington Monument and the Capitol.

America in the park

Washington stayed with us not as one story but as a sequence of images: Pride flags, school buses, monuments, a Texan, flags for headaches and an almost empty Mall in the evening.

East Coast and Niagara in 92 pictures

The White House in Washington, D.C., behind lawns and barriers.

The Cliff Walk in Newport between the Atlantic coast and grand estates.

A sculpture of an immigrant family in Toronto.

Monuments, cities, coastline and, finally, the thundering water of Niagara Falls.

June–July 2026

3,600 kilometres towards the Balkans

A white VW Sharan on a winding mountain road.

Heading south with our car, apartments along the way and a cool box. Between Slovenia, the Adriatic, Montenegro, Bosnia and Trieste, we find wonderful places, plenty of heat and reasons to look more closely. At the landscape — and the stories behind it.

On the map

Map of the Balkan journey via Bled, Ljubljana, Postojna, Zagreb, Plitvice, Zadar, Split, Korčula, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Mostar, Senj, Pula, Rovinj and Trieste.

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Luggage and a cool box after returning from the Balkan road trip.

The search is our way

A white compressor cool box becomes the starting point for a question: do we really need to find one way of travelling that is ours — or is searching already our way?

Towards the Balkans in 50 pictures

A view into the illuminated limestone caves of Postojna, with visitors.

A bench on Dubrovnik's city walls bearing several humorous signs.

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road winding through a broad mountain landscape.

From the caves of Postojna and the Plitvice Lakes to the Adriatic, on to Montenegro and back again.