Hiking in the national park between Portugal and Spain

Porto a vibrant city (before Corona)

Travel around the World Part 2 May 2020

Chile, San Pedro de Atacama

Bolivia, Lagunas Tour

The tour starts at 3500m and goes up to 4900m in altitude. Here you can visit the highest lagoons, geysers, and hot springs.

Bolivia, Uyuni

Here there are two superlatives: 1) The largest railway graveyard in the world and 2) The largest salt flat in the world Unfortunately, we did not drive far in because it was...

Bolivia, Mining Museum

Closed mine, here the old iron is melted down and partly exported to Germany. The mine is located at 4200m!

San Sebastián - Donostia and Orio

Odometer reading: 159943 Today was our wedding anniversary, the thirteenth. We had discussed wanting to

2026 - August - Barcelona - Sagrada Família

What an effort I went through for this visit! For several years now, I have tried time and again to visit the Sagrada Família from the inside. You simply cannot get tickets at...

2026 - August 12, 8:29 PM - Solar Eclipse

Just a single minute of total solar eclipse! To let it sink in: only sixty seconds of absolute darkness. We stood on the open decks of the Queen Victoria, somewhere on the...

2026 - August - Tarragona

Tarragona is one of those places that is often underestimated as a vacation destination. Fortunately, I think, because who needs tourist crowds?  The city is absolutely worth...