When traveling, one often discovers handicrafts and design that are typical of the travel destination. There you will find souvenirs that you will also be happy about at home. Do you remember the experiences you had on your travels? However, that's not the only reason craftsmanship is of interest to slow travelers. Rather, it also gives an impression of everyday life and of the things that determine the life of the local people. We hope you enjoy browsing.
Merry Christmas at Hohensalzburg Fortress The Christmas market at Hohensalzburg Fortress is an experience. Salzburg is a city that, with its historic old town, palaces and castles, is almost predestined to shine at Christmas. She does this in the truest sense of the word. There are quite a number of Christmas markets held in...
The story of the amber fisherman from Binz Amber is also called the "gold of the Baltic Sea". For us, this was reason enough to take a closer look at this stone during our stay in Binz. And so we set out to visit the Irish amber fisherman in Binz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Finbarr Corrigan came...
The Bonnet House Museum & Gardens in Fort Lauderdale We like people who create something special and are interested in their way of life. We found what we were looking for in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. However, the people who are the subject of this article are no longer alive. They left a house...
Wind chimes made of wood or metal are celebrated on the coast of Nova Scotia. Wind chimes made of wood or metal spin wildly in the Atlantic wind. Have you ever heard of “Whirligigs”? No? We hadn't either until we traveled along the Lighthouse Trail on the coast of Nova...
Creative craft in Burgenland I can still remember well. My grandmother liked to wear blue-print aprons when she was working in her kitchen. For me, these blue fabrics and the scent of fresh pastries are among my earliest childhood memories. The aprons were made of durable cotton. They grew older ...
Arts and crafts in Burgenland: beautiful things made of precious serpentine Admittedly, we hadn't heard of precious serpentine until our visit to the rock museum in Bernstein in Burgenland. And we didn't even know that it is a semi-precious stone and what beautiful things you can make from it. During our trip to...
Easter tradition in Burgenland We got to know an Easter tradition in Burgenland - scratching Easter eggs. Ostrich eggs in all colors whirl through the air on the wheel. Eggs dangle in the wind on the forsythia. Easter bunnies peek out from between the flower beds in the Stipsits family's front yard. It's Easter time in Stinatz. The perfect time for...
A journey on which you will discover Erzgebirge folk art. Erzgebirge folk art Seiffen is famous. Erzgebirge folk art Manufacturers of candle arches, pyramids, smokers, nutcrackers and other wooden figures have a long tradition in Saxony. In other words, the region in Saxony is known for the Erzgebirge wood art and its handicrafts. Along the border with the Czech Republic, these belong to ...
Amazing the shell jewelry they make in New Brunswick. We love to get a behind the scenes look at local life on our tours, and our favorite way to do this is to meet people and see how they live. It is not always easy, because such experiences often only arise ...
Make your own stone figures In the small town of Dorfprozelten on the Main you can make your own stone figures. The master stonemason and sculptor Alexander Schwarz offers workshops in which you can learn how to make your own sculptures. We had already heard of him on our first visit to Churfranken in ...
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