What people want most in life is love – or so psychologists had thought for a long time. Latest research in the field, however, appears to indicate that humans crave respect even more: and, above all, the kind of respect which is most hurtfully denied to them. Beautiful women want to be admired for their…
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Help Promote Better Child Protection Third World Travel that involves better child protection The arguments for and against traveling to 3rd world countries are very similar to the ones for and against buying clothes from Bangla Desh. No, say some: to do so inevitably means supporting unsustainable and at times downright inhuman practices. But, say…
Transport Tips for Germany Cheapest Train Ticket in Germany Last year, we gave Deutsche Bahn a bit more than €600 to ferry our family of 4, plus dog, from our holiday base in West Germany to the city of Erfurt in the East, and back. This year, we only spent €120 for our round-trip to…
You have some time to kill over the Christmas holidays? You feel you should go out for a walk – but cannot bring yourself to step into the cold rain, sleet or snow? Then here is a suggestion: just wander with your eyes over this page, stop here or there for a while if you…
Two Things Defining Easy Hiking 1. It is hiking or walking along a trail where you don’t need a compass and where the wildest animal you are likely to meet is a wild rabbit. (A fox and a boar, in theory, but in practice, you will never see them.) Where you can be confident that nothing…
Hiking and the German Concept of Wellness At first glance, they are not the easiest of bedfellows, yet they seem to be moving closer together all the time. The term wellness originally comes from alternative medicine: more than a hundred years ago, some doctors wanted to embed physical fitness in a more holistic understanding of…
Why I Do Not Like Hiking by Hugh Sluggard 1. Hiking is hard work I do not like hiking because I abhor physical and, indeed, challenges of any other kind. If it weren’t for the kids, I would gladly spend my holidays on the sofa, watching old episodes of Happy Days. Ah, the Fonz! They…