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It was Easter. And we thought everything would be closed. But no. All the shops were open and the town was crowded. So breakfast and lunch were covered 😀 The food is so damn...

After a night at the beach and a morning walk, we drove to Livorno to have breakfast. Google suggested a great place, so we went to a colorful café where they had really good...

We had planned a day for Pisa. In advance, we had chosen a parking space and wanted to visit the leaning tower and the sights around it. Phil had booked a tour for the tower....

Entrance to the best campsite so far

We drove from Venice to Bologna. It wasn't far and we also found a good spot outside the city thanks to Google. This time we took the bus into the city, the shuttle went...

From Verona, we drove to the east of Venice to Punta Sabbioni. Here we could refill gas. What we only knew on site was that there are about 30 campsites here. These were already...

The tour around Lake Garda or along the eastern shore was beautiful. It was warm but very windy. However, we were able to have ice cream right by the lake and watch the surfers,...

On Monday, after a walk with the dog, we had a city tour in Munich. We took the subway to Marienplatz and enjoyed a great breakfast at Dallmeyer before watching the beautiful...

We were at home for three days. The washing machine was running hot and we were looking forward to great weather. Because as soon as we were home, the bad weather came too....

A day all together. Today was fantastic weather. We started our walk around the lake at ten o'clock at 11 degrees. A nice walk for everyone. Before that, we had pancakes for...

Today we had booked a guided tour of the former concentration and extermination camp. We were a bit uneasy. The tour lasted 3.5 hours and started at Auschwitz I, the main camp,...

So it was half past nine and we wanted to explore Warsaw. We only found out then that the US President was also present. The whole city, which is really huge, was full of police...

After finding a beautiful waterfront spot in the evening, we were able to walk to the old town in the morning. The weather was wonderful again and Riga's reputation as the...

Today Tallinn's Old Town was on the itinerary. We had chosen three sights in the Upper Cathedral City. After a turbulent search for parking in the narrow streets of the city, we...

White Cathedral

On the way to Helsinki, we stopped at an elk zoo. Since we had only seen one elk so far, we wanted to see how big they really are. The zoo is really small, but you can get very...

After a relaxed breakfast, we visited the Santa Claus village and went swinging with Henriette. In addition to sending Christmas postcards, we also went on a sleigh tour with a...

It was Sunday morning at seven o'clock and we were ready to depart. We wanted to leave before the next storm hit. So we were chasing the storm after the other storm. The...

After a windy night and breakfast at the gas station (Here gas stations are also always bistros) we learned that in the winter months you can only drive to the North Cape in a...

So it was time today, the destination of the day was North Cape. Everything went well. Sunshine, empty roads lets go. The kilometers flew by. We became more and more excited. We...

The second day started with a cable car tour to the observation platform. It was a bit windy but at least we could go up. A magnificent view. From up here, you can watch the...

As beautiful as the parking space on the beach was, the wind was quite strong. We woke up from the storm and left at six. We were rewarded with a gigantic sunrise. It was the...

At seven o'clock, it was time for phil to go out to sea. The girls kept sleeping. After a nice shower and a walk, we picked up phil from the ship. A total of 8 fish were caught....

After a beautiful night on the beach and a few first light northern lights, we drove to Nusfjord. A small fishing village just a few kilometers away. Here we were able to take a...

We set off early again towards Bodo. From there, we take the ferry to the Lofoten Islands. What we didn't know was that the ferry only departs at noon. So, we had the whole...

Today we had a stage towards the Lofoten Islands. We left early and were rewarded with an encounter with a moose. It was just standing in the middle of the road. Our plan for...

On another day with excellent weather, we went to the city center to have breakfast at the Architect's House. Then we visited the Nidaros Cathedral and shopping was on the...

In the morning, we took the dogs out, fed them, filled up their water, and continued on. Unfortunately, we didn't get far because our handbrake was so frozen that we couldn't...

The weather is, as almost always, gorgeous again. The tour today started early in the morning to the Jostedal Glacier, the largest glacier in Norway. It was said that the ascent...

Yes, this Ulriken Mountain. Ulriken is the highest of the seven mountains surrounding the center of the Norwegian city of Bergen. The summit is 643 meters above sea level and...