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Hi there! I watched a series today that was so bad it made be write the first blog post in one and a half years. Will I write more again in the future? I don't know, I guess we'll see. In the meantime, follow all my latest castle adventures over on Instagram . See you there! Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the immortal Sisi, has inspired the imagination of the people for more than a century now. Her life, her love, her tragedies, her death. Adored, free spirited and one of the original royal IT girls. A face that could launch a thousands ships, well, bring peace to two feuding nations by simply being her charming self. A woman that, 120 years after her death, can still draw crowds and be the foundation stone of what seems like half the tourist industry of several regions. (Okay, that might have been slightly exaggerated but have you ever been to Vienna and seen the souvenir shops?) So it's not too surprising that time and time again, cinema and TV productions have tried to ca...

CastleDrama: Magnificent Century (Season 1)

March 12, 2017

To say that I have been pretty obsessed with "Magnificent Century" as of late may just be the understatement of the century. The Turkish period drama Muhteşem Yüzyıl is one seriously addictive tv series - and that comes from a person who is a serial binge watcher. The show's first season compromising of 48 episodes is available on Netflix with English subtitles and yours truly cannot wait for the additional three seasons to be added. The plot of "Magnificent Century" is a simple one yet full of twists and turns. The show tells the story of Sultan Süleyman, who ruled to Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 and is is known in Turkey as the Lawmaker, renowned for his innovative legal code, for the opulence of his court and for expanding the Ottoman Empire from the Persian Gulf to Transylvania. It particularly focuses on his relationship with Hürrem Sultan (or Roxelana as she is mostly known in the Western world), the Christian slave girl from modern-day Ukrai...

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

January 24, 2017

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, or Gedächtniskirche in German, is one of Berlin's most iconic sights: Destroyed during the Second World War, it was left as a half-ruin after 1945 and not rebuilt, but rather its hollow spire, nicknamed the "hollow tooth" ( hohler Zahn ), remained as a reminder and warning of war. Four buildings were later added to the shattered remains - including a new tower and Protestant church, called the "lipstick and powder compact" ( Lippenstift und Puderdose ) by locals. (Yes, the people of Berlin do love themselves a good nickname : The TV Tower is "the Pope's revenge", the Palace of the Republic " Erich’s Lampenladen " (Erich’s bulb shop) or, more cynically, the Palace of Tears for the terminal building of the former border crossing of Friedrichstrasse.) The foundation stone of the Neo-Romanesque Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche was laid on March 22, 1891, as part of a Protestant church-building prog...

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