With the cold season approaching, you might think it's too late for a post on white wine. Well, it's not. Believe me, if you make it to Constance in autumn, some warm and sunny afternoons will wait for you. So, there is still time for a chilled Riesling: Germany's most famous wine. And the ones [...]
After spending nearly a year by the Lake Constance I haven't done half of what I had planned to do. Instead of enjoying the art scene in Basel and Zurich, go skiing or travel to France, I did talks, seminars and wrote applications that would be declined. Side note: Academic career sucks hard. So, let [...]
The old town of Constance is full of old school wine places. You'll find a somewhat mixed crowd with tendency to silver hair drinking local wines from the early afternoon on. It gives the town a flair, that is best described with the unique German word gemuetlich (cozy, but that's not really it). Though I [...]
The Sushi Bar Tatsumi in Konstanz literally saved my life. I arrived in a dark winter night in the small beautiful town Constance. It is tugged away between the Lake Constance and Switzerland. In the German geography it resembles an appendix, because it is the far southwest end of the country. But it has the [...]
This is a plea for staying put. Our contemporary travel culture is all about 10 places in 9 days. For me, this is simply stress. Let me tell you about the beauty of not moving at all: It was 3 years ago in the small island of Siargao, the ultimate hideout in the Philippines. I [...]
The perfect bite might not be a once in a lifetime thing, but it shoots you right into culinary heaven! It does that because it combines unexpected textures and tastes in a delightful way. You will remember such a moment for a very long time! Every culture and cooking tradition has their own perfect bites. [...]
