The Tiger’s favorite waffles
There are a lot of waffle recipes. Everyone thinks he has to spice up the waffles with secret, special, unusual and above all completely unnecessary ingredients. All nonsense! The best waffles are made of very simple ingredients – it depends only on the correct mixing ratio. My dear friend Katja gave me the recipe of...
Free with the KVB to the Berg Country Museum
Today, there was something very special at the Cologne transport companies, the KVB: Everyone was allowed to drive around without a ticket for free. Of course, I wanted to take advantage of that and chose an exciting destination, the Berg Country Museum for mining, craft and trade in Bensberg. So I boarded the line 16...
By rail bus around Cologne
Today it was all about Cologne and a historic railbus. Of course, this requires a tiger-appropriate strengthening in the morning. Fortunately, on the way to the train station, there was a bakery that had a hearty Mettbrötchen for breakfast. Arrived at the station my way led me to the sausage stand and the inevitable second...
With the railbus over the Miljoenenlijn
An expensive piece of track was my current exploration target, the Miljoenenlijn. The Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij operates a beautiful museum railway at Simpelveld station in southern Limburg (Netherlands). Between 1924 and 1934 dams were set up here across the “Dutch Swiss”, roads were cut, bridges were built and tunnels were dug to be able to...
The secret of the Chinese Dog – Day 4
René von Tiger – Consulting Detective Day 4 – The solution For three days I had been mucking through London, and finally, when I looked down from the giant Ferris wheel, the London Eye, I discovered a very hot trace: Something was going on at Trafalgar Square! Something Chinese! Of course I went right there...
The secret of the Chinese Dog – Day 3
René von Tiger – Consulting Detective Day 3 – The track of the dog My colleague Holmes had given me a very nice puzzle. Without even the slightest clue in the paw, I should find the mysterious Chinese Dog. Only the indication that the beast is hanging out on a big party was given to...
The secret of the Chinese Dog – Day 2
René von Tiger – Consulting Detective Day 2 – A meeting of masters In the morning of the next day, a decent breakfast was to bring me to new strength. So I went to Speedy’s Sandwich Bar & Cafe, which had been recommended to me by my London colleague. I was amazed when I found...
The secret of the Chinese Dog – Day 1
René von Tiger – Consulting Detective Day 1 – Excitement in the palace I received the call for help from a colleague from London, who faced a seemingly unsolvable puzzle. Rumors had surfaced that a mysterious Chinese dog would take control of the city. Was it about the code name of a nefarious underworld godfather?...
Theodor Fontane: John Maynard
John Maynard is one of Theodor Fontane’s most famous ballads, published in 1886. It praises John Maynard, helmsman of a passenger ship on Lake Erie. A fire breaks out at the end of a passage from Detroit to Buffalo. John Maynard remains in his post “in smoke and fire” until the ship reaches the shore,...
Buffoons at the Whisky-Depot Cologne
Today we had a whole horde of buffoons visiting us in the Whisky-Depot Cologne. Do not worry – all dear friends from the carnival-club “KG Kölsche Lotterbove e.V.” (Cologne Buffoons). I have asked my brother Pierre and my service staff to properly host and entertain on my behalf. Apparently, they did that so well that...
My first journey
I decided to get out of the house together with my service staff for a few days. From time to time Tiger needs fresh air. And where could the air be fresher than on the North Sea island of Borkum? I had booked my accommodation in the chic Villa Ems. Here there are cozy guest...
My very first photos
Hier seht ihr die allerersten Fotos, die es von mir gibt.