Travel with Locals

Doing yoga, enjoying a garden picnic by the river Danube, making our own herbal sprays & oils using local plants…

Taking the car across Greece, i.e. travelling from Thessaloniki to Athens, even caused “my Greek” to raise an eyebrow (or…

Why La Bisbal, and not Barcelona? Why Costa Brava for creative travel, you may ask? “Well, Elena. Did you know…

The backcountry of any popular travel destination, such as Costa Brava, northern Catalonia in this case, is where the real magic happens. Countless…

The world gets bigger as you travel. Have you ever heard of, or thought about, this sentence? It has become…

Imagine this: Four girls, two from Germany, two from Austria. The “north” heading “south”, meeting up to travel in a fun,…

“You look so different”, I compliment my friend Klaus back home in Austria, “have you lost weight?! I feel like…

Exploring Costa Brava is a love story for the senses. If you have never ventured north out of Barcelona, you…

The Lower Austrian Weinviertel, a travel destination worth your while especially in the spring. I remember exploring the gently rolling hills…

If I had to describe the seminar hotel & organic restaurant Retter with one word, it would be : Phenomenal. Having…