George Town is in the southwest of Grand Cayman – a small lively town with approximately 21,000 inhabitants. The image of the town is determined by a mixture of colorfully painted wooden houses and new concrete complexes. In George Town, the fifth most important banking area in the world, the offshore banking industry and services [...]
From Los Angeles to San Diego, the southern Californian desert reaches to the sea. Deep wells were sunk by the German immigrant grape growers who arrived around one hundred years ago to name towns such as Anaheim and Carlsbad. Later, fruit orchards supplanted the vineyards and ultimately gave Orange County its name. After World War [...]
In this idyllic town north of Los Angeles on Highway One, young and old live in perfect symbiosis. The students of the University of Santa Barbara in the suburb of Isla Vista provide a hot beach life in a backdrop of trendy boutiques and lively cafés. The well-heeled older population provides the money for clean [...]
Even if you don’t want to buy any batik clothes, leather goods or silver jewelry, on no account should you miss Amsterdam’s largest and most beautiful flea market, located in Waterlooplein (Waterloo Square).
Every day, stall-holders and shopkeepers try to sell their colorful and chaotic mixture of useful items, bric-a-brac and second-hand clothes around the [...]
