Travelogues Réunion

La Réunion – an island as big as Vorarlberg, with nearly 800,000 inhabitants – and yet it is far from Europe, right in the Indian Ocean. Nevertheless, politically, it belongs to...

La Réunion belongs to France, and one can enjoy good French cuisine in various restaurants throughout the island. However, it is more exciting to eat Creole, which is simple,...

After a stay in Switzerland, I was back on the road from December 3rd, 2025. I started far down in the Indian Ocean, where France has preserved an exotic department with the...

Rugged coast, waterfalls, natural swimming pools, and volcanoes .....

The breakfast was excellent. With baguette, croissants, scrambled eggs, bacon, cheese, salami, cake, fruit and delicious coffee specialties - a dream. Then the nightmare - my...

we learn everything about the company's history. And of course, we can taste the high-proof products, from simple white rum to vintage varieties aged in wooden barrels and rum...

Today we're packing our bags again and moving on. It's a good thing we were at the volcano yesterday, because there are a lot of clouds today. Everything was done right. We...

Today is a real highlight. We're going on a helicopter tour. Unfortunately, Ira is skipping it because of Corona. Micha and I are a little excited. At 9:15 we three are taking a...

Today is our last day and there is still a lot on the agenda. I said yesterday that we had to leave early so that there were no clouds up at Piton les Maido, so we had breakfast...

Our first breakfast in the hotel was even better than the one in the last two hotels. The sun is burning down from the sky and today is the market in Saint Paul. After we...

La Reunion - Island with beautiful beaches, high mountains, waterfalls, Creole food, and good mood

Today we're heading to our last stop here on Réunion. The sun is shining from the sky, the helicopters have been circling over the valley since 7:00 a.m. and we're having our...

After a relaxing night, the alarm goes off at 7:30 a.m. Yes, you read that right, in the middle of the night. But if you want to see something of the country and its people, you...

Stones. Magma. Lava. Gases. Sulfur. All of this awaited us on the hike to the active volcano 'Piton De La Fournaise'. But let's start from the beginning: On Tuesday, we woke up...

It's quite cold up here in the mountains. Luckily, the heating is working. Today the weather is fantastic again. The sun is blazing from the sky and our desire for .... hiking...

Our first change of station is today. Our battle plan for today: drive to the new hotel, ask if we can store the suitcases and explore the Piton de la Fournaise volcano through...

The flight was quite unspectacular. A little turbulence - nothing more. What I have to say is that Lufthansa could learn a thing or two from their service and food. The most...

I was still motivated

This weekend, a little trip was planned for Erasmus students. We had booked a villa in the south, 12 beds, a huge kitchen and a pool - simply brilliant! Justine, Nanou and...

Since I don't have university this Wednesday , I want to go on a hike. However, I didn't want to go alone and my current group of friends didn't do the hike on September 2nd....

Today I spent money on an activity for the first time in a long time - a guided tour through a lava tunnel. We found ourselves in Saint-Rose, in the south-east of the...

Three days after I came back from Madagascar, I was astonished to discover: It's Christmas Eve! Just met the Grinch on the street Hard to believe with 30°C and sunshine,...

The view from the patio door is great. Yesterday when we arrived everything was dark, but now this. The breakfast is delicious and plentiful (the content is a copy of the last...

There hasn't been an update from me here for more or less a long time. I don't know exactly what it was, but somehow I didn't do anything that was worth a contribution in...

And, guess what? That's right, we're in La Réunion. La Réunion is an island, about the size of the canton of Bern, east of Madagascar. It is famous for its Bourbon vanilla...

Today coincidence and luck played a little in my favor: three weeks ago I booked a 'diving with whales' trip for today without knowing my timetable. Now it turns out that...

Day 134 of 175: Cruise Around the World - Le Port/Reunion

Today we got up early. My brother and I had no idea where we were going. Only that we were moving to a different hotel today was clear to us. But first, the surprise: I thought...

10 months have passed , which means 317 out of 355 days are now behind me. Craaazy, it's really getting close to the end! From now on, days will be counted instead of months... ...