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After nearly 6 months and over 6,500 km, we have safely arrived back home. Munich welcomed us with beautiful autumn weather and golden-yellow colors. We wanted to find a place...

After taking the ferry to Piombino, we chose a stopover in a place called Sarzana, which we had never heard of before. It is located in Liguria near La Spezia. Once again during...

I bought a small Elba booklet for 5 euros at a souvenir shop because it has such beautiful pictures. Upon closer inspection - aha - it seems there are over 15 really beautiful...

Since our arrival in Porto Azzurro, Monte Val di Capanne has been calling to us. At night, the summit cross is illuminated, shining like a star. After an initial attempt, as we...

Originally, we didn't intend to go to Portoferraio, as we felt upon arriving on the island that it was an unappealing town, only good for docking. Luckily, we decided otherwise....

Rio Marina is a very small place, once significant for its mines, which can be visited. Cavo is located at the northern tip of Elba, a very small place that was almost deserted...

Just a quarter of an hour by car from Porto Azzurro lies the small town of Capoliveri on a hill. The charming colorful center consists almost entirely of lovely restaurants, bars,...

The journey from Piombino to Portoferraio on Elba was smooth. Getting a ticket was also not an issue; September is not very busy anymore. Nevertheless, the ferries from three...

After successfully completing the skill course E80 along the French and Italian Riviera, with just one near-accident, we are happy to have arrived at our super friendly landlord...

On our way to Tuscany, we stop in Giens, a small village on a peninsula just below Hyeres on the Côte d'Azur. This is a beach very popular with surfers, with a strong breeze...

From L'Estartit, we took a few trips to nearby Catalan towns. Girona is a small town with an extensive medieval core, offering plenty to see. The Gothic cathedral is particularly...

After an overdose of nature at the Palamos campsite, we may have given up our long-term camping life for good and booked ourselves into a holiday apartment in L'Estartit; the view...

We left our 1800 m high storage in the French Font Romeu after a clean thunderstorm and made our way back to Spain, but this time to the east coast north of Barcelona. According...

We traveled to the French mountains to escape the heat in August and are camping at 1800 meters in the ski resort of Font Romeu. (Don’t worry, there’s no snow at 1800 m in August...

We made a stop on our way to the east coast of Spain in the city of Pau, which has 80,000 inhabitants, located at the foot of the Pyrenees. I had never heard of this place before....

We are in Laredo, a holiday resort on the northern coast of Spain situated between Santander and Bilbao. We are here to continue benefiting from the lower pollen levels by the...

Today we took a trip to Biarritz - we are really excited about this place. Compared to the nearby Saint Jean de Luz, it feels more modern and elegant, and probably a bit more...

We are in the hinterland of St Jean de Luz heading towards the Pyrenees, visiting some small towns like Ascain, Ainhoa, Espelette, Cambo-Les-Bains, and Ustaritz. They are all...

Today we traveled from Zarautz to Bilbao by direct bus and explored the city for 6 hours. Of course, we compare Bilbao to San Sebastian, where we spent the last two days. In...

The trip to San Sebastian was truly worth it: the city is located on the beautiful Concha Bay, which offers a really great large city beach, the architecture is very appealing,...

We are in Spain, at a campsite on a ridge above the coastal town of Zarautz. Zarautz is one of the European surf hotspots, but unfortunately, it doesn't exude the corresponding...

We are in Saint Jean de Luz, close to the border with Spain. We don’t find much in this place. It is too oriented towards tourists, and unfortunately, the Basque or French...

We have arrived in Bayonne and immediately took a walk through the city late in the evening. One thing is for sure: it's different here. At first, we weren't sure if we liked it...

The beach at Truc Vert is located near Arcachon. This place, in turn, is situated quite centrally on the nearly 300 km long Atlantic coast of southern France. Along this entire...

We have traveled further south to the Atlantic coast, to Cap Ferret, near Arcachon. We are camping in an endless-seeming pine forest by the sea. The Atlantic is a bit cool, but...

On the way to Arcachon, we make a stop in Bordeaux. Although it's a large city, it has a cozy feel. We are staying in a suburb called Le Bouscat, filled with many old small...

We are still on the island of Ile de Re and hope to relax here. Our stay in La Rochelle was a bit turbulent. We realized there that Marina cannot handle grains during the grass...

La Rochelle continues to prove a fantastic city. In addition to a really buzzing nightlife, there are beautiful arcades with many shops, mainly for fashion. Organic food is also...

The roads are becoming straighter, the landscape flat, with a gentle decline, the light getting brighter, the sky on the horizon white, and then it’s there! And then this city,...

As the last stop before the Atlantic/ La Rochelle, we have chosen Angers on the Maine River. It turns out to be a charming, lively university town with a high recreational...