Monika von Borthwick belongs to the older generation and lives in culturally rich Upper Bavaria. In addition to her professional work, she looked after bus travelers as a tour guide in the European region. Even then, she wrote down her experiences of the country and its people in more or less detail. After the death of her husband, she shifted to traveling alone and explored numerous areas in Europe and North America on her own with her newly acquired motorhome and her two dogs. In the process, she discovered a love of storytelling and sent detailed reports home by email. These documents form the basis for her personal stories from each host country.