South Africa🇿🇦Week 6

South Africa🇿🇦Week 6

Finally nice weather ☀️Actually, we wanted to go to Boulder Beach to swim with the penguins today. However, the line at the entrance is so long that we turn around again

South Africa 🇿🇦 Week 5

The second week of vacation starts with rain and gray skies.

South Africa 🇿🇦 Week 4

On Monday we're heading to Cape Town. The weather is a bit cloudy, making it a good day for an outing. Our plan is to visit the Two Ocean

South Africa 🇿🇦 Week 3

My last week at work, then my vacation begins as well 😎 The lunch break is sweetened with a jump into the sea at our favorite beach. <

South Africa🇿🇦Week 2

On Sunday, we are heading towards Stellenbosch, to the Blaauwklippen Winery.

South Africa🇿🇦 Week 1

08.01.26 Today we are heading to South Africa for 6.5 weeks. Carlo drives us to the airport in Cologne,

New Year's Eve in Cape Town

31.12.24-02.01.25 Today we continue to Cape Town, where we will spend the last two nights. In the morning, we will make a detour to the botanical garden. The...

Llandudno

December 29-31, 2025 Today we are heading back to the sea. But first, we make a detour to Stellenbosch to play golf at Devondale. While checking in, someone already asks...

Franschhoek

27.-29.12.24 Today, we unfortunately have to leave our dream accommodation and continue towards Franschhoek. After a stop at the beautiful La Motte Winery, ...

Christmas Days in Stellenbosch

23.12.-27.12.24 Christmas Days in Stellenbosch Via Route 62, which is about 850 km long, the Cape Route is considered one of the most beautiful travel routes through South...

Little Karoo

12.21.-12.23.24 River View Lodge Calizdorp The next morning, the Rain-Cuckoo announces rain, and it actually rains briefly. Lucas had told us about this. After breakfast, we say...

Mosselbay

19.12. -21.12.24 Today we continue to Mosselbay or Dana Bay The roads are all paved today. Via Swellendam and Heidelberg we head to the next B&B. Since...

Cape Agulhas/Struisbaai

southernmost tip of Africa

Gansbaai

15.12.24- 17.12.24 On the way to Gansbaai. Along the beautiful coast in the heavy rain. After breakfast by the pool in the wind, we set off eastward to our next destination. ...

South Africa - Somerset West

11.12.24 Arrival in South Africa We depart from Cologne at noon with Turkish Airways to Istanbul. Then we continue with the same airline to Cairo. Luggage is there too, and...

Las Vegas (Wedding Day)

September 19-20, 2024 The car is gone. Fully convinced that we parked on parking level 2, we realize that our car is missing🫣 Thank goodness we check level 3 again, where we...

Schellraiser Mac Gill

17.09. 24 Today we drive through Shoshone Indian territory again. But we don’t see any! We are moving steadily at almost 2000 m towards Nevada. Passing by Great Falls ...

From Glacier NP via Missoula to Hailey

09/15 - 09/16/24 Today we are heading south again. Passing by Flathead Lake. It is the largest lake in Montana and the largest freshwater lake in the western United...

Glacier National Park Montana

14.09.24 After an American breakfast (yuck), we are heading to Glacier National Park today. The sun is shining and we are crossing the Blackfoot Indian Reservation. (Do they...

Off to Montana

09/13/24 Off to Montana The alarm system in the car had nothing to do with the thunderstorm. Because tonight at 10 o'clock, the noise starts again. We unlock the car directly...

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone NP 11.09.2024 We wake up to heavy rain. At the Heart 6 Bar Heart Six Caffee we grab coffee and have breakfast with a view of the mountains. Heart Six Ranch View ...

From Salt Lake City to Grand Teton NP

09.09.-10.09.24 We set off again early in the morning from SLC towards Teton National Park. The breakfast, as expected, is more than meager, but there is coffee and the initial...

Salt Lake City

09.08.24 From Brian Head to Salt Lake City The Brian Head Lodge is a really nice hotel. The staff is very friendly and we can get fresh coffee at 5 AM (jetlag) in the morning....

From Las Vegas to Brian Head

08/07/24 Tiring night, sleeping didn’t really work out 🫣 We are wide awake around 4 AM and stand in front of Walmart at 6 to stock up on essentials. Then we head north on...

USA Road Trip 2024

06.09.24 USA We depart at 10 AM from Cologne by train to Frankfurt. The arrival goes surprisingly smoothly without any notable incidents🫣 11 hours of flight await us✈️ ...

Island of Re

Almost 2 weeks on the Île de RéGood food, sun, beach, SUP, sunsets, cycling, what more could you want?We were at this fantastic campsite in La Couarde-Sur-Meer last year. Here...

Island of Oléron

27.05.24 After the barrier doesn't let us out again 🫣we drive, after we finally manage it, by ferry across the Gironde estuary from Le Verdon to Royan. Rudi's first...

Montalivet & Soulac-Sur-Mer

23.05.24 Today we start from Carcans Plage to Montalivet, also a town on the Atlantic. We pass the Lac d' Hourtin, a huge inland lake. We find a sunny parking spot right...

From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic

22.05.24 We decide to sail from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic today, despite the unclear weather conditions. Almost 500 km along the Pyrenees, which are within sight. Past...

Narbonne

21.05.24 Despite the clattering of the ropes on the sailing boats all around us, we slept well. After morning coffee and breakfast and checking the weather, we decided to cycle...