![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_1277.jpg "Cliffside Palace")
Again, I was exploring some canyons ̵ at least in a broader sense: The focus were the cliff dwellings along the canyons of Mesa Verde. Continue reading Living at the edge of the green table
Category Archives: Wide, Wide World
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/00_IMG_1256-1038x576.jpg "Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad")
Into the Rockies with the Narrow Gauge Railroad
When crossing the United States by train, I cannot miss a particular train journey: the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Continue reading Into the Rockies with the Narrow Gauge Railroad
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0929-1038x576.jpg "Big Spring Canyon Trail")
Canyons of a different kind
I have also visited today’s target, the Canyonlands National Park, already before. During my last visit, however, I explored the Island in the Sky – ans this section of the park is completely different to the Needles District which I visited today. Continue reading Canyons of a different kind
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0773-1038x576.jpg "Double Arch")
Stone Arches and Paintings
Now starts the first leg of my cross-country trip with a rental car. My first stop was in Moab (that I already know from my previous stay). Continue reading Stone Arches and Paintings
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0701.jpg "Following the Colorado River")
Crossing the Rockies with the California Zephyr
Acutally, I only wanted to write a combined blog entry about all my train trips in the United States. However, the trip across the Rockies aboard the California Zephyr (as the train from Chicago to San Francisco is called) was just too beautiful to not blog about it immediately. Continue reading Crossing the Rockies with the California Zephyr
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/B01_IMG_0524-1038x576.jpg "The Bean")
Chicago, the real(ly not that) Windy City
Chicago has not quite lived up to its name as Windy City: It was less windy than New York. However, it was not really warmer. Still, I had a nice time in Chicago. Continue reading Chicago, the real(ly not that) Windy City
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/01_IMG_9832-1038x576.jpg "Downtown New York")
New York, the Windy City?
I have spent the past three days in New York – only three days, one is inclined to say: For the number of sights in the Big Apple, this is not much indeed. Additionally, the weather was not ideal: Even though it was better than the weather forecast led me to believe (just half a day of rain instead of all three), there was an icy wind blowing almost all the time.
Nonetheless, I got to see what I wanted: As this trip was my seventh stay in the city, I did not have to try to visit everything again, but could instead focus on the new sights and old favourites – and this is just what I have done. Continue reading New York, the Windy City?
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/P4080193-1038x576.jpg "Venezia")
Business Trip to Venice
I spent the past week on a business trip in Venice: I attended the Connectathon 2017, a "connectivity marathon" for testing the interoperability of health information systems
. As I extended my stay by a day, I also had the chance to see a bit of the city. Continue reading Business Trip to Venice
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/chinese_food.jpg "Chinese food")
Food in China
In fact, there is no typical Chinese food, simply because this country is so large (and thus so diverse) that the "typical" food varies quite a lot. However, I would like to present a few aspects of Chinese food in those regions of China that I visited. Continue reading Food in China
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_1932.jpg "Chinese lanterns")
China for Dummies
On first glance, China is a very westernized, capitalistic country. Only gradually, you might experience a bit of a cultur shock (for example in a public toilet, when you suddenly face a Chinese on an open squat toilet). But I am getting ahead of myself – here are the peculiarities of China from the point of a view of a Westerner. Continue reading China for Dummies