angysabbatical

After a long time, there's another post in my blog. I completely forgot about it during my trip to Barcelona at the end of June. Well, in retrospect, I don't want to write about...

Culture yesterday - nature again today - pure. The Cotopaxi has somehow done it to me, maybe because it's so high and snowy, maybe because it's active at the moment, maybe just...

Culture was on the agenda yesterday: I was really moved by the visit to the Guyasamin Museum up in Quito. This Ecuadorian painter tried to express the suffering and misery of...

Christiane and Rainer took me on another great trip to Laguna Mica today. The one and a half hour drive was really exhausting after leaving the Panamericana, because the road...

Since I didn't have any excursions planned for today, I decided to go for a walk right here. Walking or hiking is rather unusual within the city of Quito, and even here in the...

Today, Rainer and Christiane, with whom I have already hiked in the desert, took me to Papallacta. This beautiful place at an altitude of almost 4000 meters is known for its hot...

How should I summarize this 5-day trip in and through the Ecuadorian rainforest in just one blog post? The journey to Bamboo Lodge in Cuyabeno was already a little adventure for...

Fasten your seatbelts, please. Fortunately, I didn't have to secure the belts myself, I was already nervous enough at the thought of floating several hundred meters high above...

Cycling the Ruta de las Cascadas with a mountain bike is a great pleasure and not particularly strenuous because you mostly ride downhill along the Rio Verdes on the road. This...

After an exciting day yesterday, the morning begins today with a lot of tranquility. A look at the Quilotoa Lagoon before breakfast and a short walk along the edge of the...

Today was an adventure. Actually, we started the day quite leisurely, not knowing what to expect. After a two-hour drive to the Cotopaxi Nature Park, where the eponymous and...

I had been looking forward to hiking around Cuicocha Lagoon for a long time, but my excitement was dampened yesterday by the bad weather forecast - lots of rain and...

The indigenous market in Otavalo is allegedly the biggest in all of South America. It is definitely huge, and in addition to that, it is also surrounded by hundreds of small...

A guided tour of the Old Town of Quito is definitely worth it, especially if you're lucky enough to find a good guide. Oscar from GuruWalk is one of those - he speaks perfect...

The journey from Kiel to Quito is very exhausting because the sleep rhythm is completely disrupted by the early departure time, the long flight duration, and the 7-hour time...

Paris, the beautiful, I reached today at 6:45 after a really exhausting journey with a fully booked coach. But after I had brought my heavy luggage to Gare du l'est, I could...

The shared journey comes to an end in Bilbao, we go our separate ways and I enjoy strolling alone through this contrasting city, which I already liked so much in September. With...

We actually stayed at this beautiful nature campsite Artaza-Udeterra for 4 nights because it offered a high level of relaxation for both of us. One of us was looking for peace...

Vultures circling above us

Today, after a good breakfast accompanied by loud bird songs (and no other noises), we embarked on a Komoot hike that took us along an impressive gorge. Above this gorge, we had...

The campsite in Sopela is well equipped, but unfortunately the view of the beautiful bay is increasingly blocked by apartment buildings. And so, even though we managed to get...

Today was the day of beautiful views. The plan was actually to find a camping site early and plan from there, but instead we did 3 hikes to amazingly beautiful viewpoints....

After a hot coffee in the cold morning air, we aimlessly walked along the Basque Atlantic coast today. The first walk in increasingly warm spring air, the lush green of the...

Today we drove comfortably from Arcachon to San Sebastián, finally in Spain and the sun is shining all day. Since it is Saturday, the streets are crowded and people here also...

The journey today along the dune was shocking. The entire forest area here has been completely burned down and is ashen gray. From the dune, which fortunately remains so...

I used the 3-month winter break to fill up my travel budget by working a part-time job at a French bakery. Now I am traveling again (this time not alone, but with my travel...

November 1: Arrival in Marrakech, transfer to the hotel, first impressions, first meal, everything is very exciting, new and great! Day 2: 8-hour minibus ride over the Atlas...

In our training today, we not only did outdoor activities such as hiking, stand-up paddling, swimming, aqua jogging, and fitness training, but we also prepared and enjoyed...

Okay, I have to correct my first impression of Alicante a little bit. The weekend with the special festivities of a local holiday is over and so the city has become much quieter...

Now I'm back in Spain (this time by plane) and here in Alicante I'm experiencing a whole different world than the places I visited on the Atlantic coast a few weeks ago. The...