“In Paris, you’re as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.” Kanye West
Take off
Had enough of winter, cold and snow, frustration and restlessness? We browse through Dumont’s “Best Escapes” for a few hours. More than pretty pictures, is about the question of where foodies, volunteers and digital nomads can really find happiness – and that’s certainly not in a star resort between whining children and instagramming wannabe influencers. Jeralyn Gerba and Pavia Rosati, “Best Escapes”, Dumont, ca. 30.-
Hey! Ho! Let’s go!
Sometimes you need a kick up the ass. Perhaps watching the movie “Reiss aus” is enough to finally give in to wanderlust. 675 days, 46,000 kilometers, 14 countries – Lena and Ulrich broke down 17 times in their old Land Rover and spent 48 hours at borders worrying about continuing their journey. You can see everything the two of them experienced between Morocco and Benin – the failures, the mishaps, the people, the experiences – in their documentary at , in Swiss cinemas from on March 14, 2019.
Carrier pigeon
Damn! There we sit at the airport, comfortable and content, and realize that we’ve forgotten them again: the postcards! Before boarding the plane at , we upload our own picture to the MyPostcard app, type in the words that will make family and friends smile at our greeting and press send. Good luck! MyPostcard, iOS and Android, postcard with your own pictures and lettering from approx. 2.-
Artist’s Home
This vibe, this flair. In London, cultures mix to create a potpourri more exciting than the cast of the new James Bond movie. From December, the city on the Thames will have one more gem that will make it even harder for us to get on the plane back home at Heathrow: The Ruby Lucy Hotel is opening its doors in South Bank, just three minutes from Waterloo station. When you step over the threshold, you can feel the charm of bygone times, the excitement of fairgrounds and circus tents and the coziness that only a home that is truly lived in can exude. Excitement in the entrance and bar, restraint in the rooms: Here, white, black and warm wood set the tone and leave room for the personality of the people who lay their heads on their pillows in the five different room categories. Ruby Lucy Hotel & Bar, 100-108 Lower Marsh, London, double room from approx. 140.- per night (www.rubyhotels.com/lucy)
3’000’000
The greater the attention deficit, the higher the hashtag density. Anyone who travels leaves their mark and wants to be found online via Instagram, Facebook and all other channels that imitate digital affiliation. In 2019, globetrotters seem to be particularly taken with waterfalls – especially Niagara Falls on the Canadian-American border. Three million hashtags (source: Showerstoyou.co.uk) catapult the natural spectacle to number one of all waterfalls and ensure that the flow of tourists never dries up any more than the roaring masses of water.
