Wednesday, October 25, 2023: The last days in Canada! Info: Halifax is Canada’s largest city on the Atlantic with around 480,000 people in the metropolitan region, 350,000 of whom live in the city. The most famous sight is the citadel dating from 1749, which also offers a panoramic view of the city and the harbor….
Hello from Nova Scotia
Saturday, October 21, 2023: Indian summer on the east coast! Info: I already tantalized you with the most important information about Nova Scotia on May 4. A lot has happened in the meantime: There was a fire here too – and on an unprecedented scale, with smoke enveloping New York for several days and even…
Sally tells the real truth 12: Please don’t put us in the top cupboard!
Hi folks, We are back in Nova Scotia near Halifax. And just imagine, when we were hanging out on the beach today while Ursula went for a walk in the woods, who do you think was suddenly standing in front of us? Antonio! If you remember, that was the smuggler who freed us from the…
Hello from Auto Service
Wednesday, October 11, 2023: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! Info: Auto Service is not a place, but a garage. My opinion: After more than five months, suddenly sleeping in a real room with a real bed and a real shower was heavenly. But after two days it was enough, and I couldn’t wait to…
Hello from Hamilton in Ontario
Thursday, October 5, 2023: Following in my father’s footsteps once again! Info: Hamilton is a port city at the western end of Lake Ontario with a population of 570,000. Together with Toronto and its suburbs, it forms the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and the Golden Horseshoe along the west end of the lake,…
Hello from Niagara Falls
Wednesday, October 4, 2023: Farewell to the USA! Info: What is known as Niagara Falls is divided into the American Falls (320 m wide, 20 – 30 m high), the narrower Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls (790 m wide, 57 m high). The first two are completely on American territory, while the middle…
Hello from Wadsworth in Ohio
Sunday, October 1, 2023: My own footsteps! Info: Wadsworth is one of the suburbs of Akron and is located 70 km south of Cleveland. The small town has around 24,000 inhabitants, is similar to Upper Austria in terms of climate and vegetation and had the honor of hosting me for a year from October 1,…
Hello from Memphis
Monday, September 25, 2023: The music city on the Mississippi! Info: Where the city of over 600,000 people is located today (1.3 million in the metropolitan region), the Chickasaw once lived. The town became rich thanks to the cotton plantations and shipping traffic on the Mississippi. After the abolition of slavery, cotton and wood remained…
Hello from Oklahoma City
Thursday, September 21, 2023: Cowboys, a green house and Rudolph Info: “City of Oklahoma City”, as Oklahoma City is officially known, is the capital of the state of Oklahoma. There are 680,000 people living in the city and 1.4 million in the metropolitan area. In addition to one of the largest cattle markets in the…
Sally tells the reals truth 11: I was in New York only for a very short time!
Hi folks, It’s about time I had my say again. Otherwise it will be too Ursula-heavy and you won’t find out what really happened. We’re also a band now, which means I have even more to do than before. Hilde, Leona and Leopold asked me to stop singing and take on the much more important…