die kleine Hexe

In the morning, we relax at the parking lot in Hogga. The ferry from Langesund departs at 2:30pm. In Hirtshals or Tornby, we eat at this delicious restaurant from Munch's...

We had originally planned to rent a canoe today and paddle on the Telemark Canal. But the rain that lasted almost the whole day prevented us from doing so. In front of the...

The drive from Dagali to Rjukan is already scenically attractive. The old Krosso cable car, which was completed in 1928, is still essentially in its original condition, only the...

The overnight spot at the old ferry pier offers a wonderful view over the Eidfjord, last night we even saw two dolphins. We're not really moving on, making a stopover in the...

You can already see the glacier from the Buarbreen parking lot. You can also stay overnight there, the newly built restaurant for this season offers Wi-Fi and a fancy toilet. It...

Today is the day of waterfalls: besides many smaller, sometimes no less spectacular ones, the most prominent ones are the Langfoss and the Låtefossen. The water rushes...

It's raining all morning, which is not a problem, after yesterday's hike, we don't feel like moving much. At noon, we drive down the pass to Rjukan and do some shopping,...

Maria is 14, and it's clear that at that age, she has no desire for mountain hiking. She would much rather stay in our motorhome. And honestly, the path up to Gaustatoppen is...

In the morning it is still very humid and cloudy. Slowly the sun is breaking through more and more. We are chilling at the Telemark Canal, where we spent the night. We are...

Tuesday: In the afternoon, we can pick up the rented camper van in Frankfurt, a VW Grand California, automatic transmission and lots of technical gimmicks, almost new. We are...

Today is potentially my last day of biking for a long time. I'm enjoying it very much. The route takes me along various lakes and many churches, especially passing by the...

Nothing holds me at the Schliersee campsite, I make sure to pack up my wet tent and get going. Today will be long, that's for sure. Schliersee, Tegernsee, Riegsee, Staffelsee...

I wake up early, back in the saddle before 08:00. Unterwössen - Marquartstein - Bernau - Aschau - Frasdorf - Achenmühle, the highway exits along the A8, the routes of my...

The classic view

At the Königssee

Port of Seyðisfjörður

After yesterday's day, we didn't have too high expectations for today. So it was even better - especially the weather: 1) Dettifoss, again a waterfall par excellence. You can...

We both slept badly, but we managed to get through it and had a really nice day today: 1) Goðafoss, one of the big waterfalls. Here it's more about symmetry and uniformity than...

One might think that we have seen enough of the "countryside" in Iceland. And we have seen quite a bit, but there are always new perspectives, different landscapes. Today, we...

Today, for a change, we drove quite a lot, 374 km. Susanne has an app that records the distance traveled, like I do when cycling - so we don't forget to start the app :) Anyway,...

Today we drove from the westernmost to the northernmost point of our journey, from Làtrabjarg to Ísafjörður. In between, there is a lot of scenery, a few sheep, a few seagulls...

Susanne is feeling better again, but I have a fever and spend half the day sleeping in the passenger seat. I'm very grateful that she bravely drove the dusty roads, as I...

The stage today is quite short, only a good 3 hours drive, more than half on unpaved but very patchy gravel roads. You can only drive 80 there. It's not necessary to understand...

Today we skip the first part of the proposed route, the program is full enough: seal-free Ytri Tunga beach, Buðir, Rauðfeldsgjá, Arnarstapi, Snaefellsjökull National Park,...

The peninsula southwest of Reykjavik offers a lot of interesting geology: we start at the geothermal field Gunnuhver, where according to legend, the evil spirit of old Gunna was...

We are in the capital city, about 200,000 inhabitants, more than half of all Icelanders live here in the greater area. However, Reykjavik is not really what one understands in...

We start at Kerid with an extinct volcano, sun, and fantastic colors. You can't get enough of the various shades of red and green and the birds fluttering and chirping in...

It doesn't get really dark at all, the sun shines into our room from about 4:00 am, but that doesn't stop us from sleeping. After the English-rich breakfast, we visit the first...

Naively, I thought I was on vacation here with Susanne. But no, today we walked over 18 km, more than 25,000 steps - according to her fitness tracker. As a result, we are also...

Due to the storm, the ferry is half an hour late, we arrive in Seydisfjödur shortly before 9:00 Icelandic time (11:00 in Germany). The reverse car Tetris takes a while, we are...