Travelogues Canary Islands

The last day on La Gomera was also our departure day. Since our flight was not until half past five in the afternoon, we could sleep in, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and pack our...

There isn't much new to report at the start of the day, as the morning began again with coffee, sunshine, and a lot of relaxed lounging around. However, we simply skipped...

The day started again exactly as almost every day on La Gomera has felt. Breakfast, coffee, and then straight back to soaking up the sun. And this routine continued quite...

Today started exactly like vacation days should start: breakfast, coffee, and relaxing in the sun. This concept successfully carried through the whole day. Of course, there were...

A day after the stove fiasco, the world looked significantly better again. We hadn't really planned anything big, except for going out to have a nice dinner somewhere in the...

Today, we actually had a pretty straightforward plan. Drive to La Calera or La Puntilla, enjoy a leisurely brunch, and then spend the day at Playa del Inglés. A solid vacation...

Hiking forest

dwarf on the mountain

Right after waking up, we had coffee first. This really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone... We had actually planned to go hiking that day and head towards Teide. But before any...

Today we had to leave our Airbnb and continue towards El Amparo, where our next Airbnb was waiting for us. The only problem was that we couldn't check in until 4 PM, so we...

coffee with a view

On this day, we actually didn't have any real plan other than just living in the day and seeing what we felt like doing. However, the wind still had complete control over...

After the far too early flight from the day before, our main goal for this day was quite clear... to catch up on sleep and hardcore chill. So, we first indulged in sleeping in. My...

In search of affordable direct flights, we naturally booked the flight that seemed great in the excitement but was regretted later. A 6:30 AM flight with Edelweiss from Zurich....

Seen from a great distance, the Teide signals the way with its white peak, the snow-capped 'Nivaria'. It is considered the landmark of Tenerife and, at 3718m, the highest mountain...

Day 164 (Part 3) of a planned 175 days: Around the world cruise - Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Day 163 of planned 175: Around the world cruise - Santa Cruz de Tenerife - circumnavigation is complete

In the end, it turned out differently again. Shortly after I decided to visit the Chinese-Australian family in Tenerife, I received another message from a certain Reda, who...

So now five days have passed since I embarked on the wild Atlantic with my daring crew and finally set foot on solid ground again. This will be a longer entry about the day of...

The pleasant part

Learning vocabulary

Yeah, there's a lot to do. Yesterday we removed the floor of the foxhole, or rather, we took it out. The foxhole is the place where the shipmates sleep, and I'm a shipmate. A...

Arrival and stuff

The first week of an ocean crossing.

It was a beautiful time on the island of eternal spring: we spent 3 weeks together with a friendly family in Tenerife. An island that many of you have already visited and told...

Now it has been almost 3 weeks that I have been here and it feels like 3 days. Time goes by so quickly here and it feels really normal now. Every morning starts with the crew...

The first wild crossing.

just a little test...

From Fuerteventura, we flew with a stopover in Tenerife to continue on to La Gomera. This time, we had booked a small apartment in Valle Gran Rey for a week. Jonas and I had to...

After Jonas and I had to leave South America completely exhausted and spent two incredibly sad weeks in Germany, I was finally looking forward to spending some quiet time with my...