wägaliontour

Eight weeks 'wägaliontour' - a short travel summary. Goals: Get to know Eastern Central Europe (I've never been to the countries I visited before), discover and experience, read...

As already mentioned, last Saturday I took the ferry to Brindisi to get to Italy from Greece in the shortest way possible. Thanks to sunny weather and a patient Kiran, the over...

A few days ago, I booked the ferry from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi for today, Saturday, May 25th. This is the shortest sea ferry connection between Greece and Italy. The ferry...

For me, it was clear that if I'm on Pennepoles, a visit to Olympia is a must, where the history of the Games began over 2800 years ago. Visiting the archaeological site there...

Yesterday my path led me to the Peloponnese peninsula. As the first highlight, Kiran and I passed through the Canal of Corinth. Built to shorten the sea route by almost 400 km...

As I mentioned in my last report, I have been looking for a room near the airport from last Friday to Saturday and from yesterday to today (campsites are rare here; there is one...

On Friday night, I picked up Dani from the airport and on Saturday afternoon we set off for the Greek capital. From Friday to Saturday and from Monday to Tuesday, I had booked a...

At 20 °C, Kiran doesn't want anything anymore - it gets too hot for him pretty quickly. That's why I thought yesterday: Kiran is heat-averse, we are in the mountains, let's see...

Yesterday I wanted to leave and then this happened: Shortly after leaving the campsite, my car indicated that the front left tire was losing air. Oh great. Shit... I thought (I...

Today, I was on the road for six hours on the best and empty highways, rest areas with cleaner toilets than campsites, and beautiful landscape. And lots of time to think. How am...

Southeast of Thessaloniki, I am still on the peninsula of Chalkidiki, on one of its peninsulas, Kassandra. Sithonia is another peninsula or is also known as the 'middle finger'....

Wägali stands; boat goes. Or something like that. :) Yesterday we were on the water at just over 20 °C. With the 30-HP engine, we were able to give it full throttle and spent...

Yesterday morning we took a walk through Ioannina (GRC) - you could probably call it the Greek Heidelberg. Student city, beautiful old town. In the afternoon we continued to...

So we thought we would have an easy day of driving to Greece today, but then everything turned out differently. We didn't follow the GPS for once, and it immediately suggested a...

Yesterday we drove from Tirana to Vlora and today further to Ksamil. Always nice along the coast. I had read that the coastline in southern Albania is supposed to be very...

On the last Friday, Dani asked me where I wanted to spend my birthday. Hmmmm... ähhhmmm... Sometime a few hours before I turned a year older, it was clear to me that I wanted to...

Until now, Albania was a term for me when it came to football. The Swiss national team is well known from last summer (I think), when there was a huge fuss about the shown...

Since yesterday we are near Shkodër (ALB). After a drive twice as long as the navigation system indicated, we were rewarded with a beautiful campsite and an even more beautiful...

Als der Regen heute Morgen nachliess, fuhren wir nach Kotor. Meine Hoffnung auf eine menschenleere Stadt wurde zerstört, als ich im Hafen ein riesiges Kreuzfahrtschiff (ein...

Yesterday afternoon we drove into the bay of Kotor (MNE). Leaving Croatia behind me triggered a feeling of nostalgia in me (I really, really liked Croatia), but of course I was...

When I remember my primary school years, I had some classmates from Kosovo and Bosnia. I knew that their families had fled, but I didn't know the details. On my journey through...

Dubrovnik was unknown to me until now and not on my 'todo list' outside of this Wägalitour. Luckily, there is this trip and so we were able to immerse ourselves in this...

Today we drove a mere 64 km to our next accommodation. 20 minutes before Dubrovnik we found a nice campsite (of course, we compared in advance, read reviews, learned about stars...

Yesterday there was no goal, only a way. The way; the goal. And what a way. Breathtaking landscapes on the coast and in the hinterland of Croatia and a short section through...

We haven't done much in the last two days. Cozy walks, a short trip to Omiš... that's it. Actually, we wanted to go zip-lining today (the longest cable is 700 m long), but I...

Yesterday we left the Wägali behind and took the ferry, including the car, to the most remote of all the main islands of Croatia, Vis. Little tourism and lots of untouched...

After six days, we left the amazing, cozy, beautiful, and unique campsite in Starigrad on Thursday (18.04.). The destination was the National Park Krka, about 90 minutes away by...

On Wednesday afternoon, I picked up Dani at the airport in Split. After Marisa accompanied me for the first eight days and I have been traveling alone for a week now, Dani will...

Last Tuesday (16.04.) I visited the 'most beautiful natural attraction in Croatia and the absolute highlight in the hinterland of the Croatian Adriatic Coast' (lonely planet)....

Zadar awakens spring and together with the sun the long-awaited holiday mood in me. Besides ugly high-rise buildings, Zadar has a beautiful old town, a fantastic seafront...