In 58 Tagen um die Welt

After 58 days 19'292 kilometers by train 1132 kilometers by ferry 19'436 kilometers by plane 945 kilometers by car we are back in Switzerland, healthy and with many experiences...

Dani and I stayed at The New Yorker Hotel for one night with a beautiful view of the Empire State Building Ride on the Staten Island Ferry ...

UP brought us to the train station early in the morning from where we started the last train journey in America to New York. He himself still has a long way to go,...

Since we didn't know how quickly we would progress, we hadn't booked any accommodation yet. Only after 4 pm, while driving, I searched for accommodation for us. I was lucky and...

Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to visit my brother at his home in Lubbock 😔 However, he offered to drive us to New Orleans with his son and spend the remaining days...

With a delay of four days, the Texas Eagle continues today for 1639 kilometers to Fort Worth. We had very nice days with great weather in Chicago. But once again, when we move...

Eigentlich war für Chicago nur ein Tag Aufenthalt eingeplant, da es aber heftige Unwetter gab, war die Strecke nach Dallas gesperrt und wir hatten 4 zusätzliche Tage in Chicago....

Der California Zephyr ist ein Zug der zwischen San Francisco und Chicago über eine landschaftlich spektakuläre Route durch die Sierra Nevada und die Rocky Mountains...

Zum ersten Mail auf unserer Reise klappt eine Reservierung nicht wie von mir geplant. Von Amtrak habe ich ein Mail erhalten, dass unser gebuchte Zug von Chicago nach Fort Worth...

Interesting to see how the airport is also used by the military. 2 fighter jets took off in front of us and another one behind us Aloha Tower 👋🏻 Diamond...

Nach einem Monat auf Achse freuen wir uns eine Woche in Hawaii verbringen zu können 😎 Wir haben uns für eine Unterkunft ca 50 Kilometer nördlich von Honolulu in Waianae...

After 11447 kilometers by train and 1132 kilometers by ship, we are taking to the air for the first time on our world trip We flew to South Korea with the Russian airline...

Vladivostok translates to "dominates the East." During the Soviet era, Vladivostok became the main base of the Russian Pacific Fleet and thus a "closed city." Foreigners were...

Zug Nummer 8 bei der Einfahrt in Ulan-Ude Olga unsre Wagencheffin für die Nächsten 3 Tage und 3648 Kilometer Jeweils unser Lunch Proviant Sack der uns von...

Ulan-Ude is the economic, scientific and cultural center of East Siberia and already the last stop on our Trans-Siberian journey. The blue-white-yellow flag of Buryatia...

After a week's break from the Trans-Siberian, it's time to slowly get back on track. That's why we only have a short stage of 455 kilometers ahead of us. This will take us just...

Another highlight was the ride on the old Baikal railway from Slyudyanka to Port Baikal. Numerous tunnels through rocks and bridges over rivers and streams had to be built for...

Nun ist eine Woche Pause von der Transsib angesagt und es geht Richtung Baikalsee. Mit dem Kleinbus geht es in knapp 300 Kilometern auf die Olchoninsel. Hier kann Dani...

After having had dream weather compared to Switzerland so far, it is now heavily cloudy with light snowfall upon our arrival in Irkutsk. Irkutsk is known as the Paris of the...

From now on, it's only by train number 8 to Vladivostok, but in 3 stages. The first one takes us from Krasnoyarsk at 13:30 for 1087 kilometers to Irkutsk the next day at 08:28....

As always, we arrive in Krasnoyarsk at 10:07 on the dot and go straight to our hotel where luckily we get our room right away. Here is the central square with a...

Now the first longer Transsib journey starts from Yaroslavl departure 18:20 to Krasnoyarsk arrival 3 days later at 10:07. These are 3816 kilometers by train and four times an...

Prince Yaroslav the Wise is considered the founder of the city. According to legend, the prince defeated a powerful bear in the year 1010 and built a fortress on the spot. A...

Now we embark on our train journey on the longest continuous railway line in the world, 9,288 kilometers from Moscow to Vladivostok. On May 31, 1891, the future Tsar Nicholas II...

Right after depositing our luggage at the hotel, we set off on a walking tour of the city. Our first stop was Red Square and the adjacent Kremlin. r ...

Our 4th stage took us from St. Petersburg to Moscow in just under 4 hours on the Sapsan train. Sapsan, which means peregrine falcon in Russian, is a high-speed train developed...

In St. Petersburg we stayed at the small but fine Swiss Star B&B guesthouse for two nights. The location and the amenities were top notch 😊 I had seen pictures of the...

With the Allegro train there is a fast and comfortable train connection between the two cities. Regular traffic with this train, based on the Pendolino technology, started...

Helsinki also welcomed us with glorious sunshine. We started our city tour at the iconic Cathedral on Senate Square. We are not yet in Russia... It is...

Greetings from Hamburg. In the evening of 26th April 2019, we bid farewell to Hamburg. We took the S-Bahn to Hamburg Hbf where we discovered that even the German Railways has...